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The Republican journal., 1869-06-17

MARK OF A GENTLEMAN No man IL q
gentlemen who, without proyoeation. treats
with incvilty the humblest OF hi, species. II
is vulgarity for which no accomplishment ul
dress or address can ever atone. show IL
the man who desires to make every our
around him happy, and whose greatest ,oiio-
itnde is never TO give cause Of offence to amy
enc, and we will show you gentleman w.
nature and by practice, though he may nevel
have worn a suit of broadcloth nor ever heart
Of a lexicon. We are proud to say for the
honor Of our species there are men in every
throb of whose heart there is a @olcitudc fng
the welfare Of mankind, and whose rVrrD
breath is pcrfumed with kindness.
The Republican journal., 1869-06-17

IF this should meet the eye Of John Smith =
said an enraged man, doubling up his fist and
shaking it as he spoke, ''he will hear of some
thing to his disadvantage"
The Republican journal., 1869-06-17

/ engaged (says lawyer) cha,c nj Gal.
way city to conduct me some few miles into
the country, and had not proceeded far when
it pulled up at at the foot Of a hill and the
Irish driver coming to the door, opened it.
"What are you AT, man? this is not where /
ordered YOU to stop" ''Whist. Your honor.
whst"' said Paddy, in an undcrtone, Il am
only deSaving the beast. I'll Just hang III"
door-hc'll think yer out, an then hr'll cl
uptho hill like the very devil-,ee if he don't
The Republican journal., 1869-06-17
Farm Garden and Household,
cOSp, CTED BY PUTNAM eIMONToN.

ef- Our friends who may have communications OBJ
eryations, facts suggestions. anything of interest
raiung to this department, requested to comm
nice the same TO DR.. Putnam Smonton Searsport who
h prepare the same for publications. if of sufficient i'm.
The Republican journal., 1869-06-17
VOLUME 80.

cold or warm as desired. good CASTLE soap, towels,
&C. But in the State Of Maine, not over one family
in Il thousand has bathroom and proper tubs.
Hence if this were the only method, the other nine
hundred and ninety whine would find bathing imoz-
sbc. And as kind nature h.s 50 arranged things
that all creatures may have good supply OF those
elements without which they perish--air and water.
SO to most people She has given wit enough to
eXtenrorisc, almost any time and without cost, an
excellent bath if there are sufficient thought and
energy 10 use it, For the million who have not and
cannot have these better conriyances, all that Is
wanted for excellent bathing is private aiu warm
apartment. which can always bc found SomeN ielr'
at some time. about every house; common WASH
tub to stand and catch the slops in; plenty OF soap
two towels: beginning with the head. gong GOWN
over The whole surface, Smarly rubbing ahq Scru'-
bing AS You 90. If any want to feel ten years
Younger. and as much lighter as Bunyan did when
the uely pack OF sin fell of Iii back. Yet HIM Try tins
lite-prcserNer.
How OFTEN: That depends on several condl'
ions weather, cmploymentS- state OF the SKIN. Nc'
Kinds of business. places and times which cause
dust, sweating, and all those things which give uh'
cleanncss TO the surface, require bathing once 4
week at least, aud two or three times as often is
better. Yet there are people who always abuse
GOOD thing. and so bring bad name upon it; as, II
Dire sing is good they over dress; over eat and over
dose Deratlse food and medicine are good. SOL the
multitude never bath at all, there are q Very few
who DO too much Of it. For The skin secretes ail
oil to keep itself moist, soft and pliabe; to protect
it from the air and other irritating agents so that
too much washing, especially with strong alhalies-
the potash. soda and lime of the soaps-remoNes too
much of this natural OIL leaving the skin unpro-
tcctcd, dry and often sore. On this account bath
ing the sick so much as is usually done with SalcT-
atls water is highly injurious. Here, simple water.
cold or warm ~ the ease requires, the most OF the
time, the aikalcs bat seldom, is the best plan. For
sick and well there is no safer rule than to aka
line preparation, Just much and frequently as
will remove the Supcrtluous oil, and al the impure
matters adhering 10 it, and still leave the surface
soft and Slightly oily to the touch. These facts will
suggest To over nice mothers and nurses that they
may and often do battle infants and young children
of delicate skins too much for their health and COM
fort; for such thc above rule may be valuable.
The Republican journal., 1869-06-17
A SHOWER OF SNAKES.
From the Illinois State Register, June

SHOWEh Of SNAKES.
From the Illinois State Register June T..
The great storm of last Friday night will
be long remembered in this State. In addi-
ton to the details heretofore given, we have
information from reliable citizen Of great
damage at Taylorville. The storm burst in
its full fury at that place about dark, and the
rain fell in torrents. The electric storm pre-
sented the same features as here The wind
however. was more violent. and with inter-
missions blew in great strength from every
direction. Several buildings We're damaged,
and young hickory trees actually twisted of
by the wind. The growing crops We're pros
trated by the wind and beaten into the ground
by the rain and hail. But the most singular
| phenomenon, and one which was not vouch-
satcd to any other community, was shower
of snakes. We have heretofore read of show
ers of sand Of fish and sometimes of flesh,
but never before OF a shower OF snakes; and
vet we are well assured that the phenomenon
which occurred on last Friday night can be
described i'll no more fitting terms.
On Saturday and Sunday evening last, eve
~ ditch, brook and pool on the prairie north
of Tavlorvillc, was alive with nondcscript
creatures, which have been described to IL
as being from one and a half TO two feet long,
and of three fourths Of an inch to an inch in
''i''''t'l Iil' 'ti''it'oi - WIZ HiiSntll itH9
Gneo at the heau an. tai Inc 'all Is Nat
IKE mat OF an eel, plt mas no cauuel I'M m
deed there is no fin at all. The head is in
shape, like that Of an eel but the mouth is
that OF a sucker. The eyes are small, and
| the ears are simply oritices. Immediately be-
hind the head on each side is Il Upper, like
that Of turtle, say three tourths of an incl
to an inch in length, including the limb, whicl
has perfect developed Joint. In color, these
snakes of Whatever th'E arc are "' "alh
fuc;
Inc il'illlpeF Wl lhese creatures Is pcNohu
ali estimate lhey SWIM IN every branch
and puddle OF water. ihelr mode OF pro-
gresslon, IN addition to the undulatory motion
ol snake III the water, l. by the use OF the
tiipper described above, and they swim entire
y under INC water on with the head ana
few inches Of the body above the surface
thus indicating that the fllppers are not anso
utely essential TO motion. lhey are perfect
y harmless. Boys and men take them iron
.iit ppoiI III h"''lcu7' ana they are hfon&h
~ w ~" = 10 nIsleGloil, iiI:ll'
~ Nlli'i!7 ~ o'''illi, y 'i!'t "ul icN9'
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The Republican journal., 1869-06-17

Two weeks later, at Buchsale prison, the
landlord Of the Sign Of the Deer, and the
Ghost Robber of the Black Forest, who was
the same identical person, having been prov
ed guilty of numerous fendish murders, and
fcrent times in the Black Foro5j, I H.. ,.,
atty of his crimes by letting his head fall un-
der the executioner's axe, Since that time
travelling through Schwarsald has not been
so perious TO life and purse, nor has there
been seen any "Ghostly Knight of the Road
in that section of the country.
The Republican journal., 1869-06-17

Paper calicoes, for dresses are made in
England.
The Republican journal., 1869-06-17

Our family Use the prcparation-"I IIor.lord's
PoWders"-So highly approved by the great chem
i-. Iicbg; and find it duty well pleas
IRE to say that it is all which the article below
claims for it; not only making excellent bread for
the palate. but giving TO the system those mineral
elements so essential to its well-bcng. Most gro
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-22

| noticed time ago, a good
deal written about keeping a
mixed stock on pasture. AS |
have been a keeper Of stock
from very carly youth until now,
| venture to give my opinion
And first, l have found that
sheep do very well amongst cat
tie, but cattle do badly amongst
sheep. 70 prove it, let the far
mer take the fodder left by the
cattle, even when part o. it has
been trodden under their feet,
and if the sheep are not fully fed
they will cat it up greedily;
then let him take what his sheep
leave and offer it to his cattle,
and he will find they won't taste
it if they can get anything else;
or let him turn his milch COWS
into sheep pasture, and he
will find them to fail in milk
Cattle do very well where hors-
cs pasture. In proof of this,
every farmer must haveas seen
that cattle will cat the litter of
horses, even if fully fed, but
horses won't cat what cattle
leave, unless compelled to do 50.
But horses and sheep will do
we'll III some rastu es, especially
thu horses. 10 prove this, let
the farmer turn out the sheep
from their yard and turn in the
horses, and they will cat all the
sheep have left, even the litter
around the racks John John
son,
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-22

CONVICTED Ef
J. II. STEM X II l..


So lnuch Hill. been said Upon This
theme That il appears all hackneyod
abd worn Vet il must I've talked
about TIL It's Importance u properly
estimated : failure in the govern
ri,nt % the school is failure in every
thing pertaining to the school. ear
ly. numbers of our schools arc ron
dcrcd partially Useless, and, some OF
Them actually rcrnieiouS, by ia'laro
in the government.
The Importance of good school gov
tlnment Is only cqualed by It's Difficult
ties 70 hold in quiet fifty pairs OF
little hands ANA feet lot Wonted to
Keep Silk to repress to silence nifty
little tongues itching to whisper -
their comrades some sudden thought
or fancy; to contro! within the limits
Of good ordc", the qulek, volcano I'M
lrlsc5 of unschoolel children. bursting
with sudden Joys, an9ers, g1letS, ana
eager curiosity; to cheek with awe the
willful and maynard hearts ct these
passionate and unretlectlng natures IL
ritated by the unnatural constralnt OF
their confinement and their tasks, IN
cited by the presence OF 50 many RIM
Gred beings, and rendered peryerse, 1t
may be, by long course OF bed man
Aycmen! at home; to inspire all this
mass of childhood with the common
aims, and to engage it heartily Ill the
common wo.E Of the school; to secure
from each the due amout OF study, 50
that the several classes may 80 forward
Together 10 administer Justice to this
littla community Of hasty and lrasclbic
spirits; to 40 all this, and more, under
Tile criticism ana watchtul jealousy OF
All the parents i'll the district, some
-,ncs more capricious and unreasonable
even than the children themselves; to
DO it hour after hour, and day after
day, with nnremittlng vigilance and
untlagginr strength, III sickness AMI III
health and to do it, moreover, while
the brain is racked and every faculty
is strained to its utmost with the duty
of teaching half score OF studies,
GtHlG'llllU Cicli ltotl Win tiie ~ ''ii.
splitting problem OF making the dark
things of science light to childish
minds, and its high things accessible to
their feeble reach: well might the
strongest and wisest shrink from task
50 hcrculean, SO seemingly impossible.
And when we reflect that those who
are called to this severe work are not
the men OF ripe years and large expe-
Hence, and mature strength, bat often
slight girls and bcardless youth, scarce
is out of their own childhood, the
wonder will be, not that SO many tail
to govern well, but that any govern at
all. Well may we ask the tault-iining
parents to cease from their thought
less and heart crushing censures, and
lend a helping hand, or at least an en-
couraging smile, to the pale-taced and
weaicd teacher, who daily faces, in
Wonder school-room, a task SO mighty
and yet so important as this.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-22
(Iirom Colman's Rural WORLDLY
OF SMALL FRUITS

In Your issue of April 10th,
current year, | observe a query
propoundcd by your correspond
ent "N.." of Jefferson county:
Ought berries to be cultivated
decpW or will the surface well
stirred be sutlicient?'
Having had a little expert
ence in i" that line | can some
what appreciate the pressing
interest involved in this qucs-
ton; and, as | speak from actu-
al experience, perhaps my OBJ
servations may possibly benefit
some novice in this branch of
horticulture.
The culture of small fruits is
rightly assuming its true posi-
ton, which is, indeed, one of 10
small Importance in the com
mcrcc Of the million. And just
here | may add, that | have
seen no soil nor climate that, in
my judgment, is 50 eminently
adapted to small fruit culture
as the State Of Missouri; and, as
evidence ofmy belief in the mat
ter. | PROPOSE to try IT at as ear
~ day as practicable. But to
the subject: Small fruits, berries,
etc, are supposed to have, COM
paratively, short roots, and are
hence classed as SHIRT feeders;
hence, cultivation is cminentlv
useful and necessary. But, the
kind Of cultivation your CORES
pondent inquiries OF, leads Us di-
rectly to the pith Of the matter.
Cultivation should be thor
ough and deep, Immediately
after the gathering Of the crop,
and until such time as the new
roots, i. G., Of the current year,
are ready to occupy the finely
pulverized soil prepared for
them-usually not later than
Octobcr-whcn the cultivation
should grow more shallow. and
the surface be merely scratched
from that time until the fruit is
again gathered. We have at
tanned the most satisfactory and
profitable results by this prac-
ticc. WM. DAY
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-22
Awakening Hind.
Delightful task TO rear the tender thought
10 teach the young idea how to shoot.

Delightful task to rear the tender thought;
10 teach the young idea how to shoot.
THOMSON.
There is a routine, a mechanical
daily repetition, III all schools; the
most unwearied enterprise can not
avoid it. Pieces not in tie bills, how
ever, are chen performed at concerts:
so an odd feature may occasionally be
introduced into the regular programme
OF recitation to vary It's monotony.
How the eye of the dullest pupil
brichtens as the teacher steps aside
from the beaten track OF ordinary
study and presents some thought, some
novel method, to his brain lie is
wide awake and every faculty is called
into action. Pages Ear OF corn is a
familiar illustration Of our idea. 9th
CT plans may be employed with equal
success. For instance: let two ques-
tions be given at the close Of school Oh
or" -'av, to be answered at the same
time on the next At the beginning
of this movement, the teacher himself
will probably be obliged to furnish the
queries; but as soon as the scholars
become familiar with the operation, III
tearogatorics will pour in with anus
ing rapidity. The supply will exceed
the demand. Here are few ques-
lions selected from list of several
hundred proposed III my own school,
/. How many words in English Ian
guagc:
>. Who wrote From GleenMna's ley
Iloaatawsp
8. Where Is the largest library in
the world?
I. What State most miles of rail
road?
5. Campbell's longest poem?
Is. americas greatest song writer?
As soon as the ambitious boy or
f,iil ltdCUcS HUNT IIlcG ucstllI w "
such queries, without delay, father or
mother, book or newspaper, will be
consulted to obtain the required IN
formation; the entire domestic circle
will be resolved into com littcc OF
research. Through the various fami-
lies the teacher may thus awaken a
whole ncighborhood, and excite an III
1cllec'ual revival that shall reach the
aged grandsire himself
Some care should be used in the
,hoiccoi thcscquestions. Noneshonld
hc given SIMPLY to puzzle; but such as
involve interesting or useful knowl-
edge. Items OF history, geography,
travels, biography, literature, will be
found always appropriate and enter
tanning.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-22

ABOUT TEA.-We were in q
tea house at Calton-drinking
such superlinc tea as we never
tasted in the United Statcs.-
We noticed that large jars were
placed under each table, into
which all the grounds were tos-
scd. Chinese do not, as already
stated, steep their tea in pot,
but put it in your cup, pour in
the hot water, covering the cup
to retain the steam, allowing it
to stand five minutes, draining
off and retilling. The second
cup is considered the best, and
the third filling is very good
But when the strength is eX-
haustcd, the grounds are thrown
into the jars, taken out doors,
spread on cloths, dried, doctor
ed, rcpacked, and sent over to
Us. The average cost Of teas in
China, is from fifteen to twenty
cents per pound, but duties, in
surance, freight, interest on ear
ital and profits to importers and
middle men swell it to prices
which make it an article of lux
ury. More poor tea is drank in
the United States than in any
otncr land Cartons Letters,
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-22
CHROMOS.
NOTICL-DEZ-X/TE

Notice is hereby given to all, that warn
the public against purchasing or in any mans
ner using the Dividing Bee Hive Of which
one d. ). Bear claims to be the iatentee, as /
claim and have obtained Letters Patent of n
date prior to those claimed by said D. S. Bear,
for said Hive and that | shall be compelled
to prosecute all who Infringe upon NY rig hts
therein.
invite all to ca land examine my Divid-
ing bee Hive which is superior TO any other
in use, | will sell Township Rights at SO a
piece, or Individual Rights for 50, County and
State Rights at reasonable figures A Model
may be inspected Mt the Hardware Store OF
Eadie, Gullford & Co., Toledo.
y3nl3H ISAIAH HONEY ELL.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-22
PROBATE NOTICE

kSTATE OF IOWA, lama COUNTY, IS.
~ In Circuit Court for said county
Notice is hereby given to all whom it may
concern, that at a term Of the Circuit Court ei
Tama county, held at the Court House at To-
lelo, in said county on the 18th day of July, A.
=. 1869, an instrument in writing bearing
date the oath day Of February, A. y. 1869, and
purporting to be the last will and testament
Of Samuel Nc Keen, late Of said county, de-
ceased was produced ard publicly read in
open Court; and that the next Term of said
Court, to be holden on the second day of
August, A. D. 1869, at the Court House in To-
ledo aforesaid, has been fixed for proving
said Viii; and at two o'clock p. m. Of the day
last above mentioned, all persons interested
are hereby notified and required to appear in
said Court, and show cause, ifany they have,
why said instrument should not be probated
and allowed as and for the last Wiz and
Testament Of the said deceased.
Dated July 18th, A. d. 1869.
L. Il. BLINN,
Clerk, Circuit Court. Tama County Iowa.
E2SW2
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-22
DOCTOR WHITTIER


= 4 REGULAR GRADUATE OF NED.
IN CINE, AS DIPLOMA at Office will
show, has bee II longer engaged in the
treatment of Venercal, Sexual and Pri.
vate Diseases than any other Physician
in st. Louis.
Syphilis, Gonorrhca, elect, Structure,
Orchitis, Hernia and Rupture, all Trina.
ry Diseases and Syphilitc or Mercurial
Affections Of the Throat, Skin or Bones
are treated with unparalleled success.
Spermatorrhca, Sexual Debility and
1mpotcncy, rs to the result of self abuse
in youth, sexual excesses in maturer
years, or other causes, and which pro.
duce some Of the following effects, rs
nocturnal omissions, blotchcs, debility,
dizziness, dimncss Of sight, confusion Of
Of ideas, evil forcbodings, aversion to SO
cicty of females, loss Of memory and ac>
tual power, and rendering marriage im>
proper arc perfectly cured
The Doctors opportunities in hospital
and private practice arc unsurpassed in
st. Louis or any other city. Back files
st. Louis papers prove that he has been
located there longer by years than any SO
advertising The establishment, library,
laboratory and appointments are unrival-
led in the West, unsurpassed anywhere.
Age, with experience can be relied up
on, and the Doctor canrefer to many phys
sicians throughout the country. In past
success and present position he stands
without competitor.
The Writings of Physician whose
reputation is Unionwide should be worth
reading.
Doctor Whittier publishes Medical
Pamphlet relating to .yenereal diseases,
and the disastrous and varied conse.
1uences Of self-abusc, that will be sent
to any address in sealed envelope for
two stamps. Many Physicians, introduce
patients 20 the Doctor after reading his
medical pamphlet. Communications con.
iidcntia! and friendly talk will cost you
nothing. Ohbc central, yet retired
NJ. GIT st. Charles street, st. Louis, Mo
hours 8. A. NJ. to ! r, IL. Sundayscxccpt-
v3n9tf
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-22

Horses in the west are pccu-
liarlv free from Hcavcs, but 4
ease now and then will occur
The following remedy We have
seen tried With great success.
Drop , or 3 drops of oil Of
amber on an ear of corn and
make the horse eat it. Repeat
the dose once a day for five days.
then rest for 1ivelays and~repeat
until the cure is effected. 1t
rarely fails Western Stock
Journal.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-22

CLIMATIC CHANGES PRoDucED BY
TREEs.-Thc British Medical Journal
says the ground on which stands Is
MALTA, a town OF COCO Inhabitants,
was bu, few years since, a dry, san
dy desert, on which rain was never
known to fall. All is now transformed.
The old driel-up basin Of Lake 'Timsah
has been again filled with water from
the Nile by a ircsh-water canal. Trees,
shrubs and plants of all descriptions,
grow rapidly wherever the soil is irri-
gated, and the artificial oasis widens
fast. Accompanying this extraordi-
nary transformation OF the aspect OF
the place, there has been a corresponds
ING change in the climate. At the
present time Ismailia, during eight
months in the year, is probably the
healthiest spot in Northern Egypt
The mean temperature from June to
September is "a degrees f., the four
following months "a degrees, and the
four winter months 40 degrees. Tn
I'll two years ago rain was unknown,
but in twelve months ending in April
last there were actually fourteen days
on which rain fell, and lately there
fell tremendous shower of rama
phenomena which the Oldest Arab had
never previously witnessed. Rain
ceases to fall on country deprived OF
its forests, or only falls in violent
storms. Here we see rain returning
to the desert on restoring the trees.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-22

A horse that is in the harness
every day needs an abundance
of food and the right kind
Oats make more muscle than
corn, and should always form
part of the food of 4 hard-work-
ing horse. Corn gives plump
ness and imparts warmth. The
colder the weather, the more
corn; the harder the work, the
more oats.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-22
RO.fD NOTICE.

State Of Iowa, Tama County, IS.
Notice is hereby given that Road Petition
has been presented to the Auditor of said
Comfy, praying for the establishment Of y
County Road, TO be called the A. Hand Road
in Section Township S6, Noath Il Range
-, West Of the 9TH r NJ. ana that the 2,th
day Of August, A. y. 1869, is fixed for final
hearing before said Auditor, and all persons
interested therein can appear and show cause
why said Petition should not be granted.
THOMAS S. FREE.
County Judge and cxOiiicio Auditor.
June Gath 1863 q [naGw..