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Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-04-28

busily engaged on editorials for the next
days paper, of which he is still the lead
ing editorial spirit, after an uninterrupt-
ed career of more than forty years.
In this long period during which he
has given to his own name and that OF
the Journal a national celebrity, what
volumes ofmattermust have flowed from
his pen. His power of rapid writing is
now impaired by a Iameness of the right
hand, but he told Us that he used to be
able to write a column of the Journal
.about the size of the Cincinnati Ga
zette) in tjccuty minutes. Such rapidity
of composition is wonderful especially
when it is not attained at the sacritfe Of
! literary excellence, as no one acquaint.
with Mr.. Prentices writing need be told
. it is not.
Hon. Thomas E. BramIette late gov
/ ernor of Kentucky and who will be re-
membered by same Of our rreaders-mem-
/ bers Of the old Goth Regt. as Colonel OF
the Sd Ky. Regt is now residing in
Louisville and practising Iaw-having
returned to the bar after several years
/ absence in the army, as governor and
/ on the bench. He was on the stump
+ last summer for Seymour & Blair and
seems to-think the prospect good for a
political change.
BY the way speaking of politics, I had
been in Louisville some u hours before
I saw a soldier on the street and was be-
ginning to think that the war was over
when Imet some walking about as il
they belonged here, and on talking with
one Of them-belOnging to the 18th Inf.
found that there was company on
duty here as head-quarter guard to Gen.
Thomas, and one over at JefIersonviIIe
guarding store. There is about as much
necessity for headquarters and head
quarters guard in Louisville as there is
in Urbana; but then the people like to
be taxed and if these getIemen were not
provided fer by the public treasury on
the peace establishment, they might
have to earn their living by hard work
which would be very disagreabIe. "Let
US have Peace"
Louisville is looking about as of old
but I am told is growing rapidly, and
now has a population of about one hun
dred and fifty thousand. They are build
ing a handsome railway bridge over the
Ohio-which is very wide here-which
viii connect the Northern roads with
those Of the South: but the city is pro-
posing to enforce a change of cars here
to promote the business Of the CITY,
This is very unWise and short sighted
policy it seems to me (and not to me
only for every unnecessary restriction
laid on the natural course of travel and
commerce viii only tend to drive it uI-
timateIy into another channeI-as sure.
y as q sand bar viii change the course
Of the stream. I think the present poll
cy will only be temporary.
The newrailroad to Cincinnati through
kentucky will be open in few weeks,
which will be a greatimprovement over
the route by Seymour. The pleasantest
route however is by the boats.
Yours. JILL.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-04-28

One good sign of promise for the fu-
ture is, that the number of boys, and
young men, who are turning their atten-
ton to the study and practice of music,
is increasing.
The signs are encouraging, but there
is still great deal to do. I have remark
ed before that the good old church tunes,
those dew drops of music, are being dis
placed by music of a far inferior charac-
ter.
The composers of the present day do
not produce any thing equal to them in
merit. Nor does it add anything to the
elevation of musical taste, to adapt pop
uIar secular tunes to words intended for
worship. Church music should be very
carefully selected. Not only should the
best tunes be taken, but it requires, some
judgment in choosing the tunes most
suitable to the words, that is according
| to the accent or beat of the words. Some
verses begin on an accented syllable,
and some on the Unaccented ,One. a
large number of our Psalms and hymns,
clearly show, that the writers were not
aware of the intimate connection be-
tween language and music, as in the
same hymn, some verses will suit the
tune admirably, and some will hardly
bear being adapted to the same tune
Some Terses run in triple time and some
in common time. Triple time is accent
ed on the first of three beats, and COM
mon time on the 1st and Sd Of four beats.
Take the two following hymns, both
containing the same number of sylla-
bles in line. One is in triple, the other
in common time
Trip. s.-How tedious and tasteless
the hours.
Com. 2-2-Praise God, from whom,
all blessings flow.
Try to sing these two hymns to the
same tunes, and you will see how ridic-
ulous it would be, as the accent is so
different, although having the same
number of syllabIes.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-04-28
Advertisements will be inserted at the

son standing upon the board. This per-
son is now completely insulated, the
glass being a nOn-cOnductOr of electrici-
ty. Now take q common rubber comb
and having wound peice of silk around
one end of it, rub it briskIy through
your hair, and draw the teeth parallel
to the Insulated PERSONS knuckle5, leav-
ing little space between the comb and
the persons hand. The result will be q
sharp, cracking noise, and if dark,
there will be seen a succession of sparks
Repeat the process until the phenomena
cease. The person is now "charged'
with electricity, the same as a Leyden
jar. To draw the electricity, approach
your knucklcs to the persons hands or
his nose being careful not to allow any
portion of your body to come in contact
with hisl, and there will be Il loud snap
and the sparks will be very brilliant.
Ifa cat be held so that the charged
person can hold his knuckles in pTOXim-
ity with the animals nose, it will sud-
denly appear as ifit were in contact
with an electric battery. A glass bottle
may be used instead of comb, but it IS
not So well adapted for the purpose.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-04-28
The Great Danger Of the Tcrublic

WE can at present find room but for the
following extract of a comprehensive
article in the April number of the cat
d1.y, he T.. Darwin Smith:
The eXigencics of the war necessarily
invoked the latent powers of the Con
stitutiOn and called into action and cN-
crcise every principle or theory i'm re-
spect to our Government, which could
strengthen the national arm, or contrib
ute to the common defense. The ncces-
stiles of our great war, cOnfessedly call
ed into exercise powers never before
exercised or claimed under the Con-
stitution, and the General Govern
meut, for the time being, practically
became a great consolidated National
Government Independently Of the
States, it raised armies, created nav
les, levied taxes and customs, and
took from the States the power long
exercised by them, Of creating banks
of issue, and assumed theright otcontrol
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-04-28
Experiments in Electricity

High chemical authority furnishes "a
method for making interesting expert
ments i'm electricity which is very sim
pie and will afford our numerous Young
readers much amusement. The expert
meut is made i'm the following manner:
Procure four single glass tumblers or
common glazed teacups, and having
wiped them dry as possible, hold them
over the fire To cvapOrUte any moisture
which may adhere to their surface; for
if there is the least moisture it makes u
connection and spoils the experiment.
Place them ON the floor i'm a square,
about one foot apart; place piece OF
board upon the tumblers, and have a per-
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-04-28
EIr. Jefferson on Appointing EEIs EgCIa-
tive TO Office

[FrOm RaEdaIs Life OfJcleUsou, Vol. >, Page to-
DEAR SIR have to acknowledge the
receipt Of yours of March 4th, and To eN-
press to you the delight with which 7
found the just, disiuterested and houora-
bic point of view i'm which YOU saw the
proposition il covered. The resolution
you 50 properly approx ed had long been
formed in my mind. The public will
never he made to believe that am an
pOintmeut of Il relative is madc ON the
ground of merit alone, UuiutlUcuccd hv
family views, nor can they ever see
with appreciation offices, the disposal of
which they intrust to their Presidents
for public purposes, divided out as f;lmi-
Improperly. Mr.. Adams degraded him
self infinitely by his conduct on this
subject, rs Washington had done HIM
self the greatest honor. With two such
examples to proceed by, should re doub-
ly yineNcusable tO,err. IL is true this places
the relation Otthe President i'm q worse
situation than if he were a stranger; hut
the public good, which can not he CrCr-
ted fits confidence be lost, requires
this sacrifice. Perhaps, too, he is COM
pCusItCd 10y shariU" i'm the public Cs-
tCCm. ] could not hC satisfied till a~-
SUrcd YOU of the increased esteem with
which this transaction fills me for yuu.
Accept my atlCctiunate expression of il.
TIL. JEFFERSON.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-04-28
A Frame Building Twenty-Five VI Hes
in Length

Persons who pass hastily over the
Union Pacific Railroad hardly give a
thought to the immense amount Of work
which has been performed by the COM
pany. From the Sacramento to the
present terminus Of the road, at EIkO,
the trains are once more running regu-
larly. The immense amount of money
and labor expended in cutting through
mountains, opening tunnels, grading
the road and laying the track can with
difficulty be realized by those who are
not familiar with the business. Not
the least of the problems to be solved
was that of protecting the track from
the heavy falls of snow which were to
be anticipated during the winter
months. 70 Obviate this difficulty as
far as possible, the company determin-
ed to erect 4 series of sheds, or rather
one building, which should protect the
road over the snow line Accordingly
they have erected a building which is
doubtless the largest in the world. 1t
is twenty-five miles in length, sixteen
feet in width and sixteen feet i'm height,
not including the pitch of the roof. 1t
is put up in the most substantial man
neT, all the timbers used being of the
best quality to be obtained. The sides
are inclOsed, and were it not fact that
daylight penetrates through the inters-
tics between the boards, the whole af-
fair would be like huge tunnel. The
building is braced together in the most
peculiar manner, and is, in addition
firmly bOlted to the rocks wherever the
road nears the face of the cliff. Where
snow slides are to be feared, an extern
sion Of the roof has been carried to the
cliffs, so that falling masses shall pass
over the building and lodge on the other
side. In many places, where side tracks
are located, the building is wider than
the figures given above. More than 40.
600, 900 feet of lumber have been used i'm
its construction. 1t covers an area of
more than / 500, 600 square feet, or near
ly fOrty-fOur acres. One of the best
proofs of the stability of the structure is
in the fact that, with the exception of
few miles which had not been really
completed, it thoroughly answered the .
purpose for which it was designed during
the recent severe storm, in which it was
subjected to the most severe tests.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-07-23
THE slTi AIR.
It's Rivers, ITS Railroads and Advanta.
geous Surroundings.


Intelligent men, tho country over,
agree that city of considerable magni.
tude must be built at the confluence Of
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers; that
without the display of energy and the
lavish expenditure ofmoney, such a city
would spring up IN answer to the COM
mercial necessities of the Mississippi val
ley
This conviction led to the foundation
of Cairo. What wise m N predicted that
nature would accomplish for the local
ity is being accelerated by men and mon
ey. We enjoy here, TO authorize the
Lul ling fa city,
thirty thousand miles of river naviga-
ton.
Uninterrupted water communication
with the principal cities OF the South
anu the gulf OF Mexico.
A climate that Is delightful medium
between tbs extreme, Of the North aud
the south-genial and healthy.
A surrounding country, fertile
as the famed valley Of the Nile or the
bottoms OF the G eat NJ ami.
Tn. cotton, tobacco and rice OF the
South on the one nan |, and the rdits
and grains of the North on the other.
Within easy access the finest forests
of timber In the void, Exhaust ess beds
Of bituminous coal; mountains Uf iron;
cliffs of lime aud building stone, aud in-
measurable beds Of marble and sand
stone.
Seven hundred miles Of railway,
stretching away through the centar OF
! the greatest agricultural State In the
Union, and forming connections with
| lines extending east, west, northeast and
northwest.
Five hundred mile OF railway, betting
Kentucky, tennessee, Mississi. pl and
| Alabama aud terminating On the shores
| Of the Gulf.
The annual presence OF i've thousand
steamers, bearing 60 our w"arves The
| people and commodities Of sections OF
country a thousand miles away, and des-
tined for poil yet u thodsand miles be-
You'd US.
A railroad Ia course OF construction
| that Is working lis way south west,
through s ,uth,at Missouri, the Sat sof
| Arkansas. aud reXa' ncr 81 the republic
Of Mexico t. the lores Z ths Pa H..
A railroad In course oil construction
through southern Illinois. connecting ~
with the fam, Wabash Valley, and Jes-
tined To form the shortest possible route
Of travel between the northeast and
southwest.
A railroad provided for, traversing. for
the distance az one hundred miles, the
! coal fields ot Illinois, aud giving III ac'
cess To- the vast ernnaries az the north
west when tie great Father OF Waters
IL bound In "icy letters" aud rend cred
comparatively useless 10y drouth and
| sandhurs.
To these add The lesser ~timulants 10
prosperity that are sure 10 grow into be-
| ing-a successful cotton and tobacco mar
ket, a system Of wagon roads through
/ out all the contisuogH ter ritory; numer-
Gus and sufficient a,cai q les, etc. etc,
and you have the agencies that will
create here the great metropolis, the
grand central en- rtpot and emporium Of
! the Mis-issippi Valley.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-07-23
JOINT SESSION or THE CITY COUNCIL.
Special meeting for general businoss.)

Cairo, Ills, July 2lsi, 1859.
Present-His Honor the Mayor and AL.
dermen Brankle, Hendricks, Lonergan,
Mckee, Mendel, Theobold, aud Council
men Barclay, Jorgenson, Martin Rear
den aud Williamson.--1l.
The following resolution, laid over at a
previous meeting OF the council, in joint
session, came up under the order OF un.
finished business, viz:
Resolved, BY The City Council of the
city Of Cairo, ia joint session convened,
wing under consideration the charle s
preferred by John Hyland city treasurer,
AGAINST Patrick Mockler, city clerk, the
first charge having been sustained by a
majority Of the council, the Office of cit y
clerk Is hereby declared to be vacant and
Patrick MockleT removed and displaced
from the said Office OF city clerk.
The chair ruled that the adoption OF
the resolution, in joint session, would
have no effect; that the right TO
remove an officer was one OF
the highest functions of the
council, and that II the council
could do this act in joint session II could
perform any other legislative act, and
thus defeat the object OF the legislature
in creating two branches OF the city
council-the one to be a check upon the
other. The chair therefore, held that the
resolution could not properly be enter.
tanned.
The Mayor appointed as the com mittee
to examine the books OF the clerk and
treasurer, Alderman LDnergan and X n.
nedy and Councilman JJrsenson.
Alderman Hulen appeared and l. ok
his seat.
The committee on claims reported ia.
Yorably on the following bills, viz:
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-07-23
COMMISSION AND FoRWARolNo

For Local News See Second Page.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-07-23
The Leonard scott Publishing Co,
ITO Fulton street New YORK

The L. !. Pun co also publish the
FAEW RS GUIDE,
by Henry Stephen, Of Edngburg, and the late
Norton, Of Yale College, vols, royal octavo, 80
pages, nd numerous eugrdylugs, Price, - on
The two y0ls.-by mai, p0st pgid.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-09
w. rssAN w ATasMEA.

The superior value Of American watches
aease all others is too well undcrs ood, in
this e,hntry at Last, to need further illus
trAtion. Fareign watches being conceded
on all hands t. have becn fairly beaten,
not oaly ia the market, but in the pocket,
the question now is, which Of tho American.
made watches is best An really cheapest,
The Waltham manufacture has deserv-
ely made lis way to al immense business,
IN the face Of violent and persistent oppo.
stion. Through a.pcriod OF fifteen years
At has steadily aud regularly nccd-thc
last year salc having been considerably
larger than those Of any preceding year.
The secret OF this is thst the watches have
ssaoi The tesl Of en- !uriag aai general II ial
they are found 10 90 good il tac long run
as well as the short, aud to be genera | "
a. well exceptionally, good No other.
ishmcnt IN the weird ever sold n the
htiscnth, ~ any year Of is existence,
seventy thocsand watches, as This has
dome daring the year last closed. The
tsuth IS, thc Wailham Company began by
resolving u make iirstciass article.
ithey have continued to DO so, and have
spared 40 pans or expense to keep i. Al
Tact before the public. For further in
formation IN regard 10 this subject. We
refer the reader 10 tho business card Of the
Company in another column.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-09
spEcIAL NOTICES.


Aud its effects on the Weak and feeble
The drafts which searching cold make. upon the
vital pOven otthe debiiated aud Geicate are nue
lees severe than the drain upon their strength
caused by excessive heat. Ths yast DIES parity he
tween the Temperature OF over heated rJcm> and
acee At this season. and the ragidlty of the outsr
air 10 frightfu source of sickness 10 for;ify the
body against the evil consequences OF the sudden
atern stions OF heat and cold referred To- the vital
organisation ehonii be Strengthened and hndowa
With sxtxa rsaistant power by the use Of whole
come nv1gorsnt and. or ali preparat,ops fcr M
splr pots. (whcfher embraced in the reculai pbsr
macops eis. or advertised in the pablo iournalsl
there Is none taat will compare In purity and ex
ceilcnce with HoSrEFTEhS STOMACH BIT
TENS. Acting directly upcn the org an which CON
veris the food into the tue ollie tho prppa-s,i,n
imp,rlsio it tone and yiger ~hl, his com mnrca.
ted every hbra of tho frame. The digestive func-
tion beans accelerated by its tonic operation the
liver regulated hv its anti-hll ious properties and
the waste maxer ofthssystcm carrsed on puntu
tnally by it, mld apefient scion, the whos organ
izaton will necessarily be in the beet possible con
dillon ts NEE, the .hoeks OF wlnica and the snd
den changes nttempera,lre. The weak and sensi-
tive eepe ,,aiy cannot oupterthes vfaissstudes
with safey, uniese their tender systeme are siren
cthened ara hrsrched Ny artificial means. Every
lspuar sold staple OF trade 10 adulterated, and
we're otherwise. mere alcohol IL eimply te por-
syy excitant. which, when its fret effects have sub
sr ed. leavse the physical powers land the mind a.
Willy in 4 verse condition than bcrors uOSTkT
TIERS BlTTERS. on the other hand contain the
ssse Itaf properties OF the yaluabie tonic and
Alternative roots. barks aud herbs aed their wctivc
principal IL the msllowcst least exciting and meat
inceucns cssn difasfve ssimnlants.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-09

VIII the simple deciara,ios, that a paper
dollar is as good ~ a gold dollar-will
writing the wsrd resumed over the
Treasury door Effect anythiug' That dec
lsraiion vas made when Congress passed
the act making the paper dollar legal
tender. Why repeatitf Willthe maaiIesto
that We will pay at the Treasury geld fer
greenbacks have Any effect, Surely not,
uniess il 10 followed by the fact, aud the
gold goes out Aud how long would il take
% exhaust the store there, when gold 10 At
sPrsmiam Of thirty Ave eentst How long
would Il take three hundred and 6fsy.siz
miliions 70 swallow ninety Who could o.
weulA ferbsar TO make the prchts Three
months would net clspss until every gold
dollar had been drawn from the Treasury.
Ia the"Brds Of L,mmerinoor. Scott de-
scrbes proud but poverty stricken loid,
the tenan. Of VOLTS Gag. and bis faithful
butler. Caleb Balderstone, whose ruin.
passion consisted in keeping up the ered,
If the impoverished family at all hazards by
the most er,ravagant Misrepresentation.
ga Que occasion some visitors came 20 the
castle Of the starving noble an, whe, TO
purchase supplies, gave to Caleb his almost
empty pnrsc. The loyal butler, weighing
Lie scanty store Of coin in his ta.i. ex.
claimed: lis this q that is lef,, Take
back the purse, and keep tito be maxim
sho~ before company; for IL your honor
would takc q bidding. and 10 wbilss taking
j; on. before folks. and putting il up again,
there's nasbody would refuse rs trust
Here vas an honest effort At immediate re-
sumption on the par. Of the ragged and In
dgcnt lord Of VOLTS .Crag. while poor
Gale. with little moro worldly wtsdon
,haa his master, favored the plan Of getting
up credit by holding on 70 his cssh. and
shaking II in his shrivslsd purss in the eyes
Of company. Oar chronicisr says that the
result Of both these fioaacial schsmes was .
~rstchsi dinner, empty s,onaehs, and a
hearty laugh st the shabby effort to put on
grand airs. lie fails 10 record which ex-
pertinent vas the most successful, the vain
attempt or the vain prstencs to pay specie,
whether . sudden run upon the treasury, or
asuiden gutfAw exploded its credit.
Ba, aside from this, the effect ofa return
10 specie pay mcnts even il feasible. won d
he 10 inaiet suffering on the many. while a
;ex would DO benefited. Tho diflisul,ics
Of conducting trade. tho heavy wei sht Of all
dos, mortgages, and contracts for money,
would be made more oppressive with taxes
now bscome moro burdsneome. The effect
of,hc Gndicn diminu,ion Of tho currency
depopuis,sd great provinces ia imper Al
ROME, sud recently in England from 1910
% 1880, aud created great distress. just
49, does shc increase Of trade AMI population
without an increase Of currency operate
Money bccpme. scare, and III, working
population suffer the deeps st misery; AID
- il would ba here.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-09

I oRn rfLi OF JAMES LOCK HOSPITAL
Me-, 90 .lesue, Ia, testabl .hcd Ia 1850 and 10.
theft1t = ars located Il Cl!caro-the most snc-
oessfal sf nsi OF the age In :hr treatment NJ all
dfse1s+s W ?rlst'e aa'irs--csa be ctn5feniiaIiy
cor suited ~ PIE cce and rooms ~ IS RAsnoLrs g.,
ccrSrn - nrt RHons s,nrrr, us srAirs upon the
testf es' ri Faronic, M-ycnrial, syphit;c Blood
veIeres c iarscter--wA!eh be curxs vfhcn, the usc
OF rcnr. iod!de OF potaAsa, or NJ poison
bat Wit ~. NrcrsAtizEs "A poe tive for all hu
saors and blood poiscns.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS. snch a. Seminal week.
nes. Nocturnal and Gurnai Emissions brought on by
aus- of the organ early ndescrction. exce.sss, OF
inherited causing lose Of memory, confusion, de.
precision dimless Of vision, and Often times insani.
ty. with dcporabe train of other SYMPTOMS
treated and radically cured by an fusaisl,e method
savirg time and expense. All diseases peculiar TO
the sexual orgsne, OF private character radically
and permanently cared
Old dirsasss Of the most horrible class, vAsss the
the face saail wsssfy oligess m the had and
uleAraeea thfd1 "a nessl eoea o. tAs linbo
s sef Il "a e ssss;: e ;rs
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shqsh aUpaBte hin ed - NseA e osee.
ter r. y. DfAves SO, Chieaeo encosine stamp for
return answer; Or q his ONCE 4 parlora d - hn0
doaph etfeet, CORNER Of Desruburu utrect frum 4.
Agtu bf.n. Ien sepAfaos socrA, md Fl{val6 -
trance md exip. 20 thAt patterns never cO1D 81
contact YIN each other. fverythisg private -
just published. ny Dr. rJsmss, swv pauph,sts, q
srKESAroBRuKA ard errrun. ma both GD0e q
sealed enveops9 U any address. o. receipt & ~
ccnts. o. three red uoetaGA aoamM :, IN