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GRAY PLAIN and TWILLED FLANNELS;
OPERA, PLAIN and PLAID FLANNELS
all colore.
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NOTICE.-The BOATS OF asIs.gTIIs5s, mn,
II my line viii leave the Basin
promptly on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, andsA-
TURDAYS.
an Il. A. HILL, Agent.
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nDogxs; AxD STATIONERY.

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GAVE YOUR MONEY, AND GO TO
JULIUS SYCLE'S
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rcn'g mnd Boys L y - T. r. ; " RI an
DRAWERS from the cheapest 10 the best.
, 1869-09-10

the game, ifa hazard, &C., be made that
was not attem pied, it is often said that
the player may eg07g. 1t may be derived
from the expression 10 shoot at a pigeon
and kill a crow Another term is he
made a iook (or 4lle) It seems to me
that as there are TWO fukes to the anchor
of ship, and as when the anchor shall
be dropped either fuke may take hold of
the ground (as both do NOT, SO that it is
accidental which takes hold) the fuke at
billiards may have reference to the same
cause (accldent)." In reply to the first
query, Mr.. c. Mansfield IngIeby wrote
that 'crow is a corruption of raccr0c
(chance, lucky, a French equivalent."-
GentIeman'S Magazine.
, 1869-09-10

s~haddock-trees abound. But besides the
essence obtained by distillation of the
flowers, there remains in the retort q
substance which deserves attention. both
from a scientific and a practical point of
view. especially if DR.. de Vrii's plan of
preparing n6roli on a large scale in the
tropical colonies sbonId be carried ont.
If the residue in the still is thrown. while
vet hoiI,nu moan = cloth tho clear vol
lo,';sn :IqII. "n.cn passes through de-
PoSi,S' :" t"g 'V',S' = ! " iG"o "gH - d i"ISe
%''ioun' - y,'9" olyS!aIs' 1htSe' ."
bSo,"S su'"5'',,u 70 VARIOUS OK eIillenlS'
nuhe,o ouV =" " t '"an ga wv NV
"1o~0'"y A0ulo'1"'
-: "n''PN V'''' ''""S00 "nu 0"c'eu oy
n5nl r S''~' " &C. 'n VI WHICH
nrhiaL =, I'D VIZ; :. f'lS 39SPSiiuiuo'
WA oIu ! "'S VI ~ : W.!
"",I ~ j" 80, S'."> C"'GS' - vac
p',1 "-'S.""00 eo.'"'I1u u.s. ! y
7 p" tIS..L ~ " NC oo'@,Hou
fn9ms' ""u - '4'sn"o,y i"!s9 qu"n.l.'es'
Ls |,oIn . =" - "PPoa.' w
w., W. 'p'o,4, : 0uo'Vaioo'
acii} e. g. ''1' t ~, oG ~ 9uS inu'0u'' Ploli'
-" ~ 81 'l" / Ie9cI NeS' Pein"P0'
9o'iI "''oll''o" as " SUBSTITUTE LOT noPS'
~ tLeS0 u"ys' "Hen organic c1elnistry
PIo6.eSScS WIN sue" IaPIu SIrIueS' I is
no. I!ll PossiotS lla' me SuOStance IN
qu?s'lop may nave oeea ALREADY P'ouuceo
aanll1lHlly out InlS' Oh course cannon %
"artio sa'p 80 "n,n oei'"ln'y um'tl ItS Plo,
5 po,.,0S oo anu ,oir p o Sn@5l nave og p
, 00"P'''o'y ne
40" "
"CooL WATER."-The following re-
, 1869-09-10

ConceivabIy minute as to be inexpressible
In language or figures. In one case, | d.
rectIy add to my own happiness and health;
in the other, | add one more triAing bit
of information to many millions already
accumulated, and may possibly do some
indirect good to somebody. Is the differ
ence between the two actions so enor-
nous that one should he unsparingly con-
demned and the other held up to general
admiration? Has science so mysterious
a power that the most homeopathic ex-
preston of scientific intention converts
any quantity of equivocal conduct into
pure virtue? II people would only remem-
Der that science is nothing but knowledge
put into tormuI9, they would free them
selves from this superstitiOuS awe, and see
that the line of dcmarcation is not so
broad as they sometimes imagine. II is
an historical tact that | walked down the
Strand at twelve o'clock on the 1st of
May, 1869 il is a scientific fact that the
thermometer on that day stood at Cos in
my study but whether either of those
facts he worth recording must depend
upon the influence which the knowledge
OF them would exert upon human happl-
ness. The thermometrical facts is, no
doubt, the most interesting in the case
supposed, but it is possible to have too
much of thermometers.-COrnhW Maya
zine.
, 1869-09-10

Genheman'S Magazine.
USELESS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES distin-
guiShed martyr to science once planted u
colony of some lOathsOme insect in his
thumb, and heroicaIly travelled to Europe
with his burden, in the hopes Of discover
ing some new facts about the way III
which the animal laid its eggs. Uulucki-
", if | remember right, the thumb NOR
tilted and had to be amputated within
sight of land and we have ever since
been called upon to admire the zeal and
heroism Of the sufferer. | am willing to
do so, Just as | admire ST. Simeon Stylites
for standing for twenty years on a column,
and saying his prayers 1,244 times a day.
Only | cannot help asking, in each case,
whether so rare a quality of heroiSm
could not have been turned to some better
account? Zeal is not a commodity Of
which we have such an abundance that
we can complacently see it running to
vase. Science often means nothing more
than accurate and systematic knowledge
of facts ; and the question always remains
whether the facts are really worth know
ing. If a man of genius spends years in
Investigating the habits of a microscopic
animalcule, it does not follow that the
game was worth the candle, simply be-
cause we give to the knowledge gained
the mystic name of science. [ have been
amused, in watching a controversy which
has sometimes been carried on upon a
trifing point of this nature. A harmless
race Of ~lunatics has lately taken to anus
ing itself by climbing the Alps, and has
even formed a club for the purpose Of
stimulating the natural zeal Of English
men to scramble up difficult places at the
risk of their necks. If enthusiasts frankly
say that they climb because they like it,
they are sternIy %reproved, and told that
they are unpardonabIy rash. If they
more judiciously swear by the name Of
science, their critics take off their hats
and retire with a graceful bow. But
what is the difference? If I 60 up Mont
Blanc to improve my digestion, and have
q good time generally, | so far increase
the sum of human happiness. If I take
a barometer with me. and discover once
more that the pressure of the air on the
summit is fifteen inches less than at the
bottom, add one more lnfnitesimal fact
to those already known. 1 advance
science in so far as [ increase by a micros-
copic amount the mass of raw material
upon which philosophers to reason. But
the effect Of my observation upon the
virtue or happiness of mankind Is so in
, 1869-09-10

CHEMISTRY OF II SHADDOCK-TREE.-
The weIl-known Dutch chemist, DR.. J.
i. de Vrii, who has distinguished himself
by several interesting researches in organic
chemistry, and has done much to promote
the useful applications of this science
both at home and in the Dutch colonies,
turned his attention recently to the chem
iStry of the shaddock-tree (CitruS decu-
maHa), which, after his last visit to Java,
he found growing by thousands in Ban
doug. La many higher localities like
Bandoug, where the average temperature
is much lower than in Batavia, the fruit
of the shaddock has only the size Of an
ordinary orange, and is not ealable. AS
the many thousand shaddock-trres grow
ing in the neighbourhood of Bandoug
were therefore almost useless, he thought
it would be interesting to make some ex-
periments or the preparation of the es-
sence of shaddock-hOWers. After a great
many Installations Of several hundred
weights of fresh flowers, the result was
that the average quantity of essential oil
yielded by 1O0tb. weight of fresh flowers
amounted to lib. DR.. de Vrij then found
that this essence, obtained by distilling
the petals of the shaddock-fowers, is
identical with the essence of orange-fow-
ers, called neroli. This conclusion was
amply confirmed, when he returned to
Europe, by the principal manufacturers
of perfumes whom he consulted on this
subject, and who declared the essence of
shaddock-lowers prepared by him to be
identical with the irst-rate quality of
n6roli. The next question to be solved
was whether the manufacture of neroli
on a large scale in the tropics would be
profitable, and he was soon convinced
that in Java, where he made his expert
ments, the local circumstance are such
that this manufacture would certainly
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-08-05
A Singular Blunder about
the Income Tax.

Washington July 26 correspondence of the
Boston Post.1
Tho attention of the government
has been called to an evident blunder
in the system of collecting income
taxes from government employees,
both in the civil and military SER
vice, by which the latter have un-
doubtedly paid into the Treasury at
least $20,000,0O0 since the passage OF
the Income Tax act more than they
are legally required to do by the in
come laws. 1t is explained that the
blunder is occasioned by deducting
the income tax from army and navy
officers and civil employees at the
time OF the payment Of their month
ly salaries, without giving them the
opportunities which other income tax
payers have of making deductions
for house rent, losses in business, &C.,
&c. 1t is further claimed that the
system is wrong, because, as has fire.
quently happened this year, govern
ment employees discharged before
completing years work and before
receiving the one thousand dollars
exempted by law are unable to OBJ
tain employment for the remainder
of the year. They have neverthe-
less paid a pro rata monthly tax,
when in fact they are not under the
law required to pay any tax what
ever. It is also claimed that the
monthly collections Of taxes are not
authorized by the law which pro
vides for regular assessments by duly
appointed assessors.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-08-05
An u-f.ir Report.
The Chicago Tribune and TIMES
have each been publishing tho fol-

The Chicago Tribune and TINES
have each been publishing the fol-
lowing statement which has evident
~ been coiiatcd Tor them from The
Auditors books ut Dcs Moines by
some one unfriendly to Ottumwa, to-
wit
"The following is the valuation OF
eight Iowa cities, as shown at the
auditors office in Des Moines; Coun
Gil Bluffs, S4,3ll ,4s7; Dcs Moines,
$3,608, 45S; Dubuqe, So, So, $40; DAY.
export, s2,s6O,590; Keolxuk, 1881
1874; Burlington, 5000, 9O5; Musca-
tine, s1,372,91G; Iowa City, $780,.
400.
Now the valuation of Ottumwa
property without including our add,
tons, which are left out by our city
| charter adopted in 1856, and which
| assessment was on file with the State
| Auditor, at the Same time the forego.
ing statement was made is sl,759,-
526 dollars, showing that Ottumws
| is entitled to DO classified in the
above list before Muscatine or Iowa
City, and next to Burlington in tn,
valuation of her property, and cen
sequently the 9Th of the leadini
towns of Iowa.
| We don't know who is responsible
for this scallawag effort to belittl
Ottumwa, but are quite certain o
one thing and that is that it is an un
commonly mean little thing for thes
papers to be engaged in:
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-08-05
For Auditor.

Ills Agency City friends have put
an nomination Geo. D. Hack
esd, OF that township, for Auditor.
us VIII noticed by referring to our
rapidly growing column ofannounce.
'ueEts.
II Is a work of supercrroyation for
us 10 say anything to the people Of
Napelio County where ho has 40
ioo3ng resided and has been so upivor.
sally respected, in favor of SQUIRE
Hackwerth.
lie has as County Surveyor for AL
most Il generation, had to do mora
or less with almost every mans land
III the county, and is known and rec.
"snized by all as having the Jackso.
mon qualities for Office, to-wit: hon.
csty and capacity.
The Squire is old and needy. and ia
',oN and has been from its organiza-
'Ion true as steel to our organization.
therefore we conclude that his claims
cannot be slightly considered in the
Convention,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-08-05
Of Course,

Byers the Soldier Poet went to
Washington recently en- route to his
Consulate at Zurich, Switzerland
He has writtenan account of his trip
and what he saw in Washington for
the Register, in the course of which
he gives glowing description of the
Pittsburg 4 Fl. Wayne Railroad and
says
We left Chicago on q sleeping car
Of the c. P. & F. w. road, on Sunday
evening.
Now considering that Bysrs has
just got married and had his fair
bride with him, we don't think it
such an extraordinary event that he
should have "taken o sleeping car"
asto have required him to notify the
public of the fact, through the great
organ Of the Republican party at
Des Moines.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-08-05
The Validity of Tax Titles.

An interesting case has just been
decided in our district Court. It has
a direct bearing upon the validity of
a tax title to land, and for that reas-
on we lay resume Of the facts be-
tore our readers. In August 1861, a
strip of land in Dos Moines township
was owned by Jas. G. Jones. The
land comprised 200 acres and money
enough to pay tho taxes upon the
entire strip was advanced by B. F.
Allen, he taking a title from Jones
for the whole belt. Mr.. Jones paid
taxes on one hundred and sixty
acres, but the remaining forty were
sold by the sheriff and tax title
given for the same. Baxter Reyn-
Odds Of New York was the purchaser.
He sold the property and it passed
by successive transfers into the hands
Of Elias Meyer. Against this party
Mr.. Allen brought suit for possession.
The case was argued before Judge
Mitchell, who charged the jury that
the original Tax Title was sound
Accordingly judgment was rendered
for the defendant In all it's features
this case has direct interest to al
most every western land holder
Des Moines Statesman, July "a.
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kl,,i'tTRI,1fHAN w rLSansr

krS,tiNesi, That we cordially cedorse ~. ,,,-
'.laistt2ll9h Of Governor Merrill, as wise.
,r,h"ntcai and honest, and that il deseryes ~
:. nSS rSS9iTed, the hearty approval of the
Resolved, That we insist upon a con,,nn.
HlSS nt strict and close economy. In Ali de-
i2the maintenance of the hapny financial co "u.
lion, 70 which our State has attained under
SCaa'li.aa rule. 'A'A
Resolved, That the means now in the state
treasury, and which NAV become e,e,toEIc
,SSisht 10 DC used for the purpose of defravinv
LhS iltttsssfy expenditures of the State dow
economically administered and for
sne minimum absolutely required. shonlS IL
feNted or collected until sucn messns orc oyo
lou @ms ,no t. Se end that the burthen of taxa.
'i2 p my ne matte as light as possible,
RESOLVED, That we rejoice in the gioric.s M
tlohiti victory in 1865 which has hronght
pnac., hiprihess and prosperity to our nation:
SiennrIi ".r e,s endorse the administration Of
Resolved, That the Republican PARTY NJ rou,.
tm ", among the first, since the rebellion. 10
pItnclnle of impartial Suffrage. curiiailv 80.
.,,,ptS me opportunity presented bv ndnntinu
nc ,2lh Amendment to the Constifntion III
natiSna ,,e" states, OF making that principle
be@soiyed, That the public expenditures. nj
,a Y3bh,i 1 government should be redncsd
system OF the most rigid econo,nv. ~, ~ .
Ia,atohey should be taken from the Nafionoi
nreassory Tor any work of internal imnrove.
ings not clearly necessary to he m"ani .c puu Ii
yu uhti the National debt is paid or Sreatlv ~
Nu. &c y, tnat all the money that can be saved
should be applied to the Reduction ~ fhe NJ
tlnnal debt. To the en, that the peonie NAV e
teilexed IRON the burden of taxation as ranidIv
Resoived, That we endorse and annror,o ,,,e
hniicy Nhlcl, the present Secretary az the e
a'et'HH', % the United States has pursued,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-08-05
Our Railroad Prosneots.

we clip the two following items
from the North Missourian, of Tren.
ton, Grundy Co:
HuRRAH.--At the election in Cam
eron on the proposition for the town
70 subscribe $4,000 to the Chicago
4 southwestern Railroad, not one
fote was cast against it. Cameron r.
ahead We had only two anti rail.
road voters. We had not u man but
could see that it was to his interest
10 vote the tax and thus aid to Sc
cure another railroad and by SO do.
'us double the present worth of his
real estate.
MoRE lRoN.-The Weston Times Of
the sd ult., Says that large lot of
IRON Tor the Chicago & Southwestern
railroad pressed through Weston q
lew days since. 1t also states that
CO.. Burns IN, Judge Aller, and Mr..
Howell, Chief Engineer Of the above
road, have gone East. They took
with them he Field-notes. Mans.
&c, Of the IL survey from Gamer
on to Ottn,
Pl 'i1SSIN
we are II nat the work on
ehe =. y, 2 ' llroad is progress
ing as well as iIl be expected un.
der the untnH orable circumstances
IN the absence Of which, the road
would have been finished to Platte
CITY before now. If the weather is
favorable from this out, the Iron
horse will make his way to Platte
CITY by the time Of tho meeting Of
the Fair Weston Times,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-08-05
Agricultural.
Ottumwa, July 81 '69.

OtIumWa, July 81 '69.
The Wapello Co. Ag. Society met
at the Court House in this city Sat,
urday, July 81, 1869 pursuant to ad.
jcurnment.
President Garfield in the Chair
and E. G. White Secy.
On motion of Hugh Brown the
proposition of the Ottumwa Driving
Park Association to rent their
grounds to our society one year for
$3oO,OO tor the purpose of holding a
fair was unanimously accepted.
On motion OF Major S. X. Cream
crit was resolved to hold the fair on
the 8, 9, Il 10th of September.
On motion A. L. Graves and Benz.
Laid were appointed on the execu-
tive committee, the two latter gen
tlemen and the officers OF the society
to act for it.
On motion of J. D. Laid the exec
utive committee was instructed to
prepare and publish premium list
not to exceed in the aggregate 81, 600,
90.
On motion Of Major Dreamer the
executive committee was ordered to
meet in the Court House Saturday.
- - M 70 complete prepare.
;. ..e ialr.
m,i.oa adjourned.
Il. CANFIELD Prest,
. u. White. Seoy.
All friendly newspapers in the
o",'a1y are requested to copy.
e. G. WHITE. Secy.
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Our in California, a correspondent
says, it is much the fashion to speak
of immense plantations in an affeec-
ted belittling style. This is regard
ed as sort oflocal joke. The Cali
fornian invites an Eastern visitor,
"Come down to San Mataeo and
spend o week with me-" "Have you
a rancho there2" eyes; alittle place"
what do you call a little place 2"
"Well, 10000 acres"-or $4,000, or
10000, as the case. may be. Every
body seems to have a little place.
Gen. Beal, and old army officer,
who led one of tho exploring parties
for the Pacific Railroad, was asked,
If he too, had a ''little place." eyes"
he said; "two hundred and twenty
five thousand acres on my home
rancho, and twenty-five thousand
more in Northern California That
"home rancho" if it were square
tract, would be nineteen miles across.
1t is one-third as large as the State
of Rhode Island. There are other
mon who own three hundred thous-
and acres apiece.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-08-05
For Treasurer,

Rev. VIM. A. Nye, Of Cass Town
ship, is announced elsewhere as a
candidate for County Treasurer, for
which Office he has also been recon-
mended by the caucus of his town.
ship, as will be seen from their pro.
ceedings found IN this issue.
( Mr.. Nye is ONE of the earliest and
most highly respected citizons Of
wapelio County, and together with
Col. Lotspeich, made q gallant fight
for the Legislature in 1857, against
an immense democratic majority,
which they battered down one-halt.
He has always been true as steel
to our party; never had an Office,
and is as deserving of one as any
man in the county.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-08-05
Tho OskalOosa Eti-en cove !.

Ano TUSCALOOSA Cttisen saws;
F.. NOW that the Iowa Central ia a
hNod fact, our capitalists are talking
ABOUT organizing q company to build
road from here to Agency. there IN
sh,ersect the d. d N. r. R. The prof.
ect is regarded with much favor h.
our citizons."
Ii tho good people of Kirkyille
oah'onega, and Agency City really
want q Railroad to run diagonally
through their premises, SO near the
othor great thoroughfares already
built, there is now offered to them .
splendid opportunity by the capital
ists OF the great Railroad centre of
Oskaloosa.
When it is borne in mind how
promptly the capitalists aforesaid
came down with the s25, 1000 reouir.
ca OF them at the start to secure the
d. V. Il. r. through their place, and
how successful they have been in SO.
curing the Iowa Central, Great
American Central, and SO many 9th.
or important and National Railroads
through their great Railroad Ne.
tropolis, it will be seen at a glance
what mere. bagatelle it will be for
the aforesaid capitalists, Of the afore-
said Railroad hub, to build the line of
thirty five miles of Railroad from
oskaloosa to Agency city, parallel
with the b. & M. & d. V. Railroads
at the trifling expense to the afore.
SAID stiff capitalists at Oskaloosa of
say of a million. y
But seriously did the Oskaloosa
ctt-cn editor and "our capitalists
there ever hear Of Pats story about
catching tho rats, to-wit: "When /
catch this ono | am after, and two
more, faith an DO CORY Til have
three n
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-08-05

A Paris paper gives the following
story. Prince Napoleon is the per-
son alluded to: A mighty Prince
was very tond Of travelling by land
and by water. He was continually
absent from home, which did not
prevent him from loving his delight
ful family circ'e-an adorable wife
aLd charming children--when he re-
turned from his distant excursions
OF course he could not travel alone.
SO he had travelling companion in
petticoats. One day, as he oisem-
barked in a small town, Duke de
Qet's call INN q Duke) asked the
Mayor to send to his wife in Paris
telegram announcing his safe arrival
The excellent Mayor, who was limo
cence itself, sent this telegram -
"Duke de y accompanied by his
maid Of honor, reached . : to-day
in excellent health" Luckily the
telegram was stopped; did not get to
the Duchess ~