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The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-08-07

Aquet, elevated position, free from Sun okc,
should be selected where there is little noise
and nothing to dttrdct tie attention Of Mose
wiJ'iag 10 MAKE cdrGtM observations. Eve
trust this hint will have the effect to keep
the curious from the observatory Or other
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-08-07

s1g"COLD SODA WATER AND PURE
corner OF FIRST street and Pennsylvahla avenue,
Capitol Hi. To prevent the soda trade from e2o.
hlctlpg with the more important business OF dis
pensing medicines, assistance tAs been secured to
lake exclusive charge Of the soda fountain. FIJI.
teen tickets for 81 cash. No Eo1a sold on Sunday.
lg-lm
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-08-04

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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-26
DAILY DEMOCRAT
GENERAL NEW y.


Ncw Mexico contains somo 5000 peons,
he'd in slavery for debt.
A rifle has bee invented which is eigh.
teen inches long, and can &c carried in the
pocket.
Partisan lady eq,estriaas are said to BE-
discasding their Old riding habite, and new
habitually ride astride.
A gentleman in Salem, Mass, has ths
portrai's Of nine generations Of HE anees-
tors hanging upon his parlor walls.
The bullion product Of Nevada lat yeas
vas 12e, 100000.
There 10 . member Of the Freshman Olasl
Of Yale College Who II thirty .six years d
ags, while another Of the came class 10 bul
fifteen.
Christ Church. Bestss. possesses . Sons
munion service which was the gift Of King
George H., in 1873.
The American Bible Society printed lest
year .2O0,0 copies Of the Holy Scrip.
lures.
The Maine Legislature hes declared moi
to discuss the female suffrage question this
year.
II 10 calculated thst one cotton caterpil.
lar fly Of to day will have IS, sec, 600 de-
scendants by the 18Th Of October, unless
destroyed.
One OF the men employed on the Sandy
Hook lisht-ship has not been on shore for
ten years.
The ladies Of Montgomery. Ala. paid the
fine Of the gallant editor Who was mu!cted
for refusing to perform jury service.
The Secretary Of the Treasury is prepar.
ing to have ready for the Pension Agents
the $15, 100000 required to be disbursed
BY them on the 4th Of March.
A flag made entirely Of silk grown and
manufactured in California. is to b raised
over the capitol Of that State.
Two hundred thousand baptized Irish
Catholic children are every year lost to tie
faith in America.
A New Haven manufacturer has shipped
The Ant piano ever sent 70 Jspan.
A lady il New York Offers 70 invest
&c, 900 - the nucleus Of fund fes pee.
viding for the ilisgitiuats iansesnts Who
are now generally murdered In that city.
The Bank Of Baltimore has lost . clerk
who has been in its service for sixty -four
years.
Not long since An elegantly drtss d
lady wss arrested in Knoxville, Tsnnsssss,
for appearing npsn the street Arm imam
with nsere.
The Hsustos 7sle1rspA says that when
Texas 10 divided, the msn Of Texas whe do
Il will BE- the worst disappointed men In
the whole world.
Two millions Of dellars 10 tho United
States silver coin hos accumulated in Mon
treal. The Canadians do not know what
to Do with il.
The negroes Of South Caeelias are sadly
perplsxsd about State and county taxss.
They cannot understand hsw . sheriff
elected BY themselves should turn around
and ask them to pay taxes.
Michigan psys her Judges Aitsen hun.
bred dollars year.
The number Of "Sus Murphy Claims''
on ale In Washington 10 20, l76, amsunting
to 81 ,O20. 900.
Breach of promise used to cost only
twenty shillings in Massachuss It's. Tin good
old colony times
Some five hundred New York clerks havs
formed co operative insurance company.
The season is so mild In Maryland that
the farmers have commenced blowing.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-26
De n TIsTs.
IpEN.rlsTRY.

DENTIST. Once door east ofces
- ~ ncr Of Brady and Second streets.
VyYyA Has had over IL years practice In
AAO this city. Has the complete appafa-
a. FOR manufacturing and administering Nitrous
Oxide Of Gas. for painless operation In extracting
teeth. jan18-lytl
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-26
SHERlFF,S SALE.


Tas SrArs or Iowa.,
Scott County.
In the District Court Of Scott. County, Ststs Of
Iowa.
BY virtue 81 spscisl execution issued from
the Office Of the Clerk Of the District Cont Of
Scott County, State Of lowe, in favor u
Emily Daniels. Marietts Wright and Asdors
Wright, and against Nsah Daniels. dated Daven-
port. Iowa, February 3lth. 1859, and 10 nsedirse-
ted, commanding NJ that Of the1 real estate
hereafter described Of Sad Noah Dasiels,
make or cause to be made the san Of three
thousand FIVE hundred and ssvsaty mine st-l0s
%. $40 $4,000 dollars. with iuts+sas and costs.
levied upon the following described Real
Estate, lying and being situated in the County
Of Scott and State Of Iowa. viz Part Of North
West quarter of section eighteen. (le) in Town.
ship seventy eight, (7s) North OF Range four a.
East particularly described as follows, viz ::
Commencing in the North and South Division
line, Of said section eighteen. QS) sta point,
which is forty nine and one alf. (4si5l rods
North from the centre point of said section
eighteen. (ls) thence North on said division line
forty (40) rods, thence West forty (4o) rods,
thence South FORTY (Io) rods. thence Esst forty
(4o) rods to the place of beginning, containing
ten (l0) acres.
And hereby give public notice that shall
ofier for sale at public cutlery, at the Court
House door, in the City Of Dav
export, County of Scott and State Of Iowa, on
Saturday the 9th day Of March. 1862 between
the hours Of . O'Clock .. m. and clock p. m
Of said day, sale 10 commence At the hour Of two
o'clock, p. m, Of said day. and will sell to the
highest and best bidder therefor. in cash. the
above described property, or su0cient thereof
to satisfy the above debt. with interest and
osts.
Dated this cath day Of February. 1859.
GUSTAvUs. SCHNlTGER.
Sheriff Of Scott COUNTY
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-26
In Bankruptcy.

In the District Court of the United States for
the District Of Iowa
In the matter Of Byron 8. Brainerd, Bankrupt.
To the Creditors Of said Byron 8. Brainerd,
and oil other persons interested:
GlRS: YOu ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
y that petition has been fled in said Court
by Byron =. Brainerd. of Linn County, Iowa, in
said District. duly declared . Bankrupt upon
his own petition, under the Act OF Congress. en-
titled IAN Act to establish . uniform sys-
tenn Of Bankruptcy throughout the United
States" approved March I'd, 1867, fer . dis
charge. and certificate thereof, frsa ell his
debts. provsbls under said Act, and that the
hearing Of said petition 10 assigned for 10 scleck
A. ~, Of the 18th day Of March. 4. D., 1869
At Chambers. before said Court d Kaokuk, In
said district, whsp and whore you may attend
and show cause. II any you have, Why The
aver Of said petition should not BE- granted.
You are hereby further notified that the Ind
and third meetings Of The Creditors ct eaid
Byron 4. Brainerd. for The purposes provided
in the nth and 2sth sections Of The said Act Of
Congress Of March ID. 1867. will b held On The
9Th day Of March, "A. D. 1859, q ths hour Of
10 o'clock 4. n, Of sid day. before Tie Hon. n.
n. Price. Register 10 Bankruptcy, q his once.
IL the CITY Of Davenport Scott County, Ststs d
1Owa.
febS dla-fri n. K. L0v1. Closk,
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-26

s0WMD Soe ~ p104 q Ioo1QI AnA = ln1pooDeo
~ peeoon vAe0 an aM1e>pd s6oa14 eono11k IL 80
svss hsas1 q pe1isot0f ~ - bag eu4e1 6no =
- 49, \ tAhdty. MisssDalasn - voalheseln
n ~ az RePsn, is Pat,s:6 - - nsAieai -
escsioa. both hsrs and abroad. olAng ~ nese 80
led specialists here, md noeg1 k01gees % el9eee.
nal doeases. II al Others AN, osat dsspals, ~
him call. nisonl{ comnoa eesursncs ~ -
70 care eneh caees. His rooms are ospaSate for l1
and gsotlemeu, and he most co1pets In tn city,
YOU'VE Mn. Take Particular NOtico.-DOce0T =.
Glow oov0tss mach Of his time - ~ t5oatDees @
those easss caused b. secret hahs which sune -
body ead mind unAttil the 1a5ostunats i.elyiasal
for either basinses 0rsoeiety Ae ed Greet 81 ths
early heoits: or the exesesss years, s 70 49,
en- The Nebl1taes the eenstitlcoe, destroy the p1y
ell on6 naatal pOwsgD, dim11igA I'D enoBo61o. -
catura1 feelings, and exhaust he vital e1eeg1QQ q
mAnhooo the pleasures Of NE - narSoe - eDe1
ofmafTiege frustrated, an1 sx1stsoee iteeH ssoeoo
atssn ofspesasine aissyeaAsegset. - I.e.s1s
especially those cc1te0pl1fBg 06ssago, sAe1lG lee
notime n making lnmsdiae RsAc.aea, = D. p.
b. nis oew tepat6sst. eesaahas1 y iasu6ss spssdy
and perm antpt caro-.
South Ca1k street. cor. ~ Monfoe. half bi0ek nom
~ Port O0oe. Post ofiee nox ~, CAieago, m
once hOafe from "A. II. 70 81 u.
Send for hb "0aide to Health" psb,isAe1 meath.
ES.~ia1iS, $50 se assa4plise egsaias q
Rcsserle 00oAs, ~ b0t pgovonefve - 6Uooo0o1G1
10Vp. 6eatSoa1y a1dseae lSoo eAAaQ.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-26
PAINT re r g.
MI0CElIAN EoUs.

n ENTS, with Dodge 4 Mum, of Washing
ton, d. G.
NEW FlRM.
HANNAH Il PELTON.
uLACKSMITHS, HAVE JUST OPENED A
ID large and extensive shop on Third street. bet
bes: manner at reduced prices. 81 per horse. Gen.
srai Jobbing done. and all work warranted.
A. MILLER.
nl2s BRADY STREET, BELOW SEQ
ond Keeps constsutly on haad aAd nakss
70 cider.
0cntss. Boys and ChlldroUso
CLOTHING ofthe best material and In manner
shat cannot fail to give satisfaction. Lsera
patronage respectfully solicited. lmycl-dly
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-26

HSSIEyatSSS uu1y' FHvsts D1sc9ss, Fens'e
Complaints, a.. personally - By letter. An illus
trated Medical Pamphlet on The above diseases. con
sent TO any address on rceeips Of = esnts.
TO LADlES.-A pamphlet Of special importance
70 Married Ladies and others cent in sealed snya-
ope o fecaipt Of stamp. Direct III lsttsD - -
dAlsnsc lassssuss. d. Pau. umS. aaGleA&W1y
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-26
GALENIC INSTITUTE.

AT THE 0ALKNIC MEDICAL
INSTITUTE, In Concert Hail
Block, near the Post once, 81.
Peul, Minnesota.
- The only regalaf charter.
- Inhfmary u the kind n the
West, in charge Of . reguleP Sur.
eepn, . graauate q the Medical
College Of Ohio.
CONFIDENTIAL ConeUI4ASSosD.
0permaterrhGn or Seminal DE-
h{lifH RrlYANA n{aOnann HeHale
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25
Tho Sack Of Pesrlo.

A traveller missed his way and lost
himself in desert. Nearly famished
with hunger aud thirst, he reached at
length shady palm tree and q fresh
fountain. Near the fountain he saw a
small bag lying on the ground. Thanks
to God! sAid the man - he lifted the
little bag, these are perhaps peas. which
will keep me from starving Eagerly
he opened the bag and said, Alas! alas;
they are only pearls!'
Worth more than gold or pearls you
see, fss
The little loaf that feedeth met
Though he had now . bag Of pearls
worth seven thousand pounds, he was
still in danger Of starvation. But he
prayed earnestly to God for help, and
there came hastily riding on
his camel, a Moor, who had lost his bag
Of pearls. He had compa9si0R on the
starving man, gave him bread and re-
ffesing fruit, and took him along on his
camel. = as - 49, n
.Beholdv said the Moor, how won
derfal God disposes all things! re.
garded it ~ misfortune 10 have lost
the pearls, but God permitted It that I
might return again and save life!'
by little things Jehovah saves. asysv
His people from untimely graves
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25
Tho Coming. Girl.

She will vote, will be Of some nse in
the world, will cook her own food, will
earn her own living, and will not die an
old maid. The coming girl will not
wear the Grecian bend, dance tho Ger
man, ignore all possibilities of knowing
how to work will not endeAvor to
break the hearts of unsophisticated
young men, will spell correctly, under.
stand English before she affects French,
will preside with equal grace at the pi-
ano or washboard, will spin more yarn
for the house than for the street, will
not despise her plainly dressed mother,
her poor relations. or the hand OF an
honest worker will wear . bonnet
speak good, plain, unlispine English
will darn her own stockings will know
how to bake doughnuts; and will not
read the Ledger Oftcner than che does
her Bible. The coming girl will walk
i've miles day if need be, to keep her
cheeks in a glow; will mind her health,
her physical development, and her moth
er; will adopt q costume both sensible
and conducive to comfort and health,
will not confound Hypocrisy with polite
ness will not place lying 10 please
above frankness will have courage to
cut an unweicome acquaintance will
not think refinement is French duplicity;
that assumed hospitality, where hate
dwells in the heart, is better than con-
demnation; will not confound grace of
movement with silly affectation; will
not regard the end of her being to have
. beau. The coming girl will not look
to Paris, but to reason for hes fashions;
will not aim to follow . foolish fashion
because milliners and dressmakers de-
creed it; will not torture her body,
shrivel her soul with puerilities, or ruin
it with wine and pleasure. In short, the
coming girl will seek to glorify her AIa>
ker aud to enjoy mentally his works.
Duty will be her aim, and life . living
reality.-[Church Union.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25
The Lady's Friend for June.

The Steel Plate for this number is the beautiful,
sanity face Of Isabella, of Shakespeares char
acters. The Colored Fashion Plate gives rich nd
tasteful bridal dress and others of the latest style;
and number OF wel-execrted wood cuts illustrate
the most picturesque varieties of the present mode
For music, we find, appropriately for June, ''Roses
Fair as Jenny's Cheek" The literary department
looks attractive: "Dimey's Company" by Mary L.
Boes; the continuation of Mrs Woods "Rolsnd
Yorke," which is growing exceedingly interesting;
'sThe Jews in Rome" by Julia Ward Howe; Miss
Prescott's fascinating novelette,, 'Between Two;"
and an exquisit poem by Florence Percy, furnish
choice entertainment in the way of light reading
The ladies will find among the illustr atoms two pat
TENS of Bathing Dresses. Published by Deacon 4
Peterson, 319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia at a. so
year (Which also includes large steel engraving)
Four copies 5000. Five copies (and eratis) $s
"The Lady's Friend" and "The Saturday Evening
Post" (and one engraving), $500 Specimen num-
bers sent for ten cents.
We will send Palladium and the Lady Friend to
to any ofoursubscrbers, BY their paying us $50 in
advance SO that we send the money to the pub
fishers when order it for them; or, will send .
Vol. of the Friend to any of our regular subscri-
bers on receipt Of 41 so.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25
Sing Away Your orisG.

Henry Ward Beecher gives ths fol-
loving excellent advice: sfaese,fe esasr,
We can sing away onr eares easier
than We can reason them awny. The
birds are the earliest to sing In the
morning; the birds are more without
care than anything else know Of. Sing
in the evening Singing 10 the last thing
the robins do. When they have done
their daily work-they have flown their
flight, and picked up their last morsel or
food, and cleansed their bills on . nap.
kin OF bongh, then on top twie, they
sing one song Of praise. I know they
sleep sweetest for it. They dream mu-
sic, for sometimes in the night they
break forth in singing. and stop sudden
II aftaf the first ncte, startled by their
own voice. O. that we might sing eve.
ming and morning and LET song touch
cong all the way through. Az was re-
turning from the country the other eve
ming, between six and seven o'clock,
bearing basket of flowers, I INST . man
that was apparently the tender Of ma
SON. He looked brick and mortar all
over. He had worked the entire day.
and had the appearance Of . man that
would not be afraid of work. He was
walking on with light step, and sing
ing 70 ntmSelk a. ne paSee0 0OW0 Sueet,
though he had been working the whole
day and nearly the whole week. Were it
not that my good thoughts came too
late, I should have given him large
allotment of my flowers. II he had not
been out of my sight when the idea oc-
CURED to me, should hsve hailed him
and said !: Have you worked all day 2
'Of course have he would have said
sAre you singing?' sOf course am
Then take these flowers home and give
them to your wife, and tell her what a
blessing she has in you
o, that we could put songs under our
burdens o, that we could extract the
sense Of sorrow by song! Then these
things would not poison % much. Sing
in the house. Teach your children to
sing. When troubles come, 60 to them
with songs. When griefs arrive, sing
them down. Lift the voics Of praise
against cares. Praise God by singing
that will Lift you above trials Of every
sort Attempt it. They sing in heaven;
and among Gods people upon earth,
song is the appropriate language of
Christian feeling.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25

The Mirrors dead |! oh I toll ye bells
That sound at morn, at night and noon,
And awake the nations who have slept
Yes, raise their dust from out the tomb,
And hang it high in mid-air, where
The breeze from off the balmy sea
Will clank their bones, in welcoming
The sod that's cast on fate and theel
The Mirror, in whose murky folds
The viper hissed from morn till night,
And echoed every thought of man
That welcomed wrong, and banished right.
Sleep on thou'rt missed by none who love
A Country FREE TO each and all;
We will not deprecate thy dust,
But let thee sleep where thou did'st faH
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25

OGDsssBUsaH, N. T., May 2, '67.
Mr.. McKELvEY: Dear Sir-Your Life Com
pound is working wonders in this section, and
have every reason to be thankful for what it
has accomplished in my own case and that Of
my wife. Ny complaint, IS you may rsmem>
Der, was Liver Disease in its worst form. I had
not taKen your medicine more than three weeks
when felt SO much encouraged IS to order
boz for my wife also, who was suffering from
what the physicians termed disease Of the kid>
neys. This was in November last. We have
now taken two packages each, and I am happy
to oinform you that we have good reason to con-
81 ude we are both permantly restored to health
and that. by your Life Compound. Encouraged
BY its good effects in our cases. several of our
afflicted neighbors sent to you for the medicine
and am informed by three of them, with whom
am intimately acquainted, that they, too, be
lieve themselves entirely cdred by it. 2iB
You may make such use sf this statement IS
you may deem proper. pr ugE
With gratitude,
.s4 Rev. B. r. GORMLY.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25

To find the area Of square or obong piece of land,
measure the length and breadth in rods (161zft.;)
multiply the two together, and divide the product BY
$50, which will give the number of in the lot
In measuring irregular fields, divide the space into
parallelograms, ascertain the Of each, and the
SUM of the whole will give the total area.
10 lay of square acre of land measure 20S
feet 81 inches for each side Of your square, and it
will contain juse an acre. @
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25

Joseph Hellinger farmer in Steuben
county, plowed up an old boot the other
day. in which his little son found $500
in gold and silver coins.
OF the 5000 Confederate dead buried
at Gettysburg, only 700 can be identified.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25
VOL. XXXIX.}


=
- / am not old While memory lives, o.
Age cannot subjugate the soul; - +eE
Life still some scenes Of verdure gvss q fasaa
s Der which Times shadows vanly roll.
The years come like loves messengers, 10
Bearing their gifts of scented flowers. =
For sheltered greensries are hers, sas Hse
ssaa Through all the winters stormy hours;
And to the willing sweet melodies 5a -
Breathe in the winds, leaaess or green the trees.
am not old. l hear the notes
OF children laughter ringing free, 1
Far DER the dim-grown landscape float o,f
How clear those dearest sounds to mo. -
With such reminders in my ears,
To talk Of ages power how vain!
I've stepped across the gulf of years; ..s
I'm with the buttercups again.
wandered up and down the fragrant meads
With hoop and bali, where'er my fancy leads.
/ am not old. In yonder bower
Oboom such blossoms there for aye
- plucked . rose, the fairest flower,
Pn sure it was but Yesterday
We met; with many a solemn vow
We pledged our souls to endless truth;
feel the eager transport now
With all the glow Of kindng youth.
Our hearts they say, with gliding years grow cold;
If this be SO, indeed am not old.
lam not old. The middle day
Sent forth its summons to the strong;
q The harvest white ungathered lay; 1 SRI
See yonder brawny reapers throng;
I'll seize again the cleaning blade; aa1
I'll hurry forth amid the sheaves,
/ cannot linger in the shade fz
While manhood 8 muscle strikes and clsaves.
Through all the land the harvest calls again: T0
Do you not hear the reaper's cheery strain3
I am not old. Bring forth, say,
Ny gaily fashioned scarf and gown;
Bring forth my steed, my gallant gray,
With whom rode the swift stag down;
Bring forth my horn, the hunting horn
H OFT has it woke the sleeping dells;
$50 Well hasten with the opening morn
81 To scale once more the rugged fes;
The cup bring forth, my beaker foaming white;
I'm with my friends, my earliest friends tonight.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25

Clover plowed in has three uses. It gives vsgsta-
BILE mold The roots bring to the soil plant food out
of the subsoi; and the acid produced when the de-
cay sgoing aids in dssoving the mineral parts of
the SOIL In granite lands, this last il Of a. much
importance - either of the others.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25

An exchange says . workman on :
building At New Albany fell, aod strik-
ing the wall with his side, displaced
three courses of brick. He immediately
went to work as IL nothing had happen
ed. If the story is not rather tough the
man il. - - = 80. : - -,
sazzlx