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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-18
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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-18

&. In 1861 STEVENSON ESTIMATED that
$1,000 would be sufficient ito pay the
members and officers and defray all
other expenses of the Convention,
based on a probable session Of sixty-five
days" In 1871 this "inestimable"
mathematician figures up the cost of a
Convention OF forty-fve days to be
1926, 292.27. We suppose that the diff
ference is attributable to the influence
of reconstruction and the Fifteenth
Amendment.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-18

New York owners of lots on SANTANA
Bay, have raised the one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars due BAEz for his
second years rent, and promise from
the leaders of the 'San Domingo Ring
that it will be refunded; when Congress
meets the amount will be extracted
from the Treasury, on some pretence
All the claim BAEz has upon the Gov,
eminent is on the pretext OF leasing
them a coaling depot for vessels on the
West India Station. That this coal
station is a swindle. is proven by the
fact that the Government can coal its
war steamers at St. Thomas, at least
two dollars ton cheaper than at Sam
ana Bay!
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-18
The opponents Of the Conventio

.THE opponents Of the Convention
are afraid to trust the people Of the
State to make a Constitution. They
deny the right of the people to govern
themselves and predict all sorts Of
horrible things as the result, Oh how
ardently these men wish they had tine
registration law in their hands once
more -..
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-18

The seat of Government will be tenn
pora-ily transferred to California some
rtime next week. Little DENT goes
along.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-18

MO MORE UNSAFEANDCRA
~ Harness.. No more boots and shoes
thrown away half worn out. Use Clarified
and Perfumed Pure Meats Foot Oil, thereby
making the leather soft and pliable and in
creasing its beauty and wear 100 per cent
In quart and half gallon tin boxes, conve-
nient for rlse also by the gallon and barrel.
ISAIAH WARREN,
iei2 % Main street.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-18
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.

yJ,HE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY GIVES
notice that he will pay no debts other
than those contracted by himself
ivIs H. p. CHAPLINE.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
The Miracle of the Press,

In speech in New York respond
ing to toast to ''The Press" VIM.
Cullen Bryant said:
thank this company in the name
Of the journalists for the compliment
just paid to their profession. | do
not intend now to pronounce an eu-
logy on journalism. | can do that
in my own journal at any time, but
| wish to say word or two by way
of illustrating the convenience of a
daily journal to some who arc not
journalists. You, Mr.. President and
other getleman who have been heard
and applauded this evening, have
apparently spoken to small com
pany Of guests in this dining room.
1t is not 50. Through the journals
you have been speaking to thou
sands, perhaps to millions, and in a
few hours those applauses will have
been echoed over all the country.
The busy agents of the press have
taken down the utterances of your
lips; while you are asleep the record
will be on its way in a thousand
different directions, and with early
light will be laid at thousands of
doors. Let us 60 back to the time
when there was no printing press,
and Of course no journals. When
Cicero, in ancient Rome, launched
his fiery invcctives against Catiline,
and delivered his grand defence of
the poet Archius, small indeed must
have been the circle Of those who
had any conception of his eloquence.
But let us suppose that by some in
scrutable means 4 communication
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
could have been established between
n world &c fbot dow orJ thu would

could have been established between
the world of that day and the world
of modern times, and that an ac-
complished reporter of our daily
press and one of Hoes steam print
ing presses could have been quietly
smuggled into the Rome Of Cicero's
time. We will suppose the stenog-
rapher silently to take down in his
manuscript those noble examples of
ancient eloquence as they were ut
tered; we will suppose the steam
press to perform its Office. We will
suppose the reporter early the next
morning to visit the orator with cop
les of his oration. He might say to
him, "Mr. Cicero'-for your genu-
inc journalist is ever courteous, as
is shown by some notable examples
-"Mr. Cicero, here is your yester-
days speech. You suppose that the
manuscript in one of the pockets of
your toga is the only copy of it in
existence, but here you see are sew
eral others. Here are your exordi-
um, your argument, your illustra-
tions, your perorations; and not on
ly those, but here are all your fig
ures Of speech, your ordinations,
your rounded sentences, your well
chosen words, every one as they fell
from your eloquent lips, with notes
of the applause Of the audience, in
their proper places. The boys are
already hawking it in the streets;
men are reading it in the wine
shops; the patricians are coming it
at their breakfast tables; groups Of
plebians are assembled in the forum,
where one reads it aloud for the
benefit Of the rest. Tomorrow they
will have it at Parthenope and Baia,
and in the northern cities of Italy:
and it will soon be read in our colo
nies in Gaul, in Spain, and in Afri-
ca. Read for yourself" What
would Cicero have said to such a
phenomenon? or rather, what would
he have thought, for we may sup
pose amaZement to take away the
power OF speech? What could we
have thought, save that there was
interposition Of some divinity
Apollo or Mlnerva-working mir
acle to astonish mankind, and con
found those who disbelieved in the
gods?
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
The Old Washerwoman,
I Translated from the German of A. Chamis
Author of Peter SchemYl

Translated from the German of A. Chamisso
Author of Peter Schemyl.
With busy hands the linen folding,
Though very old and gray of hair,
Her washe state still holding,
On 10 her sixth and SEVENTEEN year,
She steadily, through pain and fear,
With zeal and almost holy pleasure,
Doth fill to perfect round the sphere
That Gods decree to her did measure.
Long years ago, winsome maiden,
She loved, she hoped, was won and wed;
A woman's lot on her was laden,.
With heavy cares aye numbered,
Her babies father weak and ill,
Her own poor little ones she cherished,
Then laid him in the grave yet still
For her nor faith nor hope had persisted.
Her children all alone to nourish
She gave herself right cheerfully,
And made in her abode to flourish
Order and honest industry.
For better fate in far-off lands
She let these dearly loved ones leave her.
Now on life's verge alone she stands,
Yet brave and busy now as ever.
With saving hand and heart resolving,
She hath bought fax and through the night
With music Of her wheels revolving,
Hath spun the thread SO soft and light.
The weaver woye the fabric fair,
With scissors then and needle plying,
Her own hand did the garb prepare
To wear when cold i'll death she's lying.
This linen is her one dear treasure;
Preserved as in a sacred shrine,
She holds it life's suprcmest pleasure
To keep this raiment white and fine.
When Sabbath comes, Gods word to hear,
She puts it on, with thoughts of dying,
Then lays it by, with pious fear,
To weaa when in her last rest lying.
Oh, when life's evening shades draw round me
Would that might, like her, be sure
That all the circling lines that bound me
Were filed with work as good and pure.
would that at lifes full fOunt
Had drunk, like her, my cups deep measure
On death with equal peace could count,
Could see my shroud with equal pleasure.
Tile True WOntdn.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
RuloR's Brain.

The Binghampton papers bring
us the particulars of the result of
the dissection Of the brain of Ed
ward Rulotf, who was hanged there
for murder on the oath. The night
of his burial, his grave was opened
three times by parties who as soon
as they discovered that the trunk
was headless, would leave disgust
ed, much to the amusement of DR..
Burr and his companions, who were
quietlyon the lookout. Dir. Burr
had legally obtained possession of
the head from the proper authorities,
for scientific examination.
The average weight of the brain
of healthy white men Of average in
telligence is little less than fifty
ounces. The heaviest brain ever
weighed was that of the distinguish
ed French naturalist Cuvier, which
weighed 65 ounces. The next
heaviest, although partially cstima-
ted, on account of portion being
destroyed by disease, was Daniel
Webster's, which lacked little of
64 ounces. Napoleon's brain wei gh-
ed about the same. The brains of
idiots weigh from 20 ounces up
wards. Ruloff's brain weighed 50
ounces, being nine ounces, or over
half a pound, heavier than the aver
Tho cto ahax-n mod Ia
are not from the American Cyclic
pedia; according to that, no brain
ever weighed was heavier than Ru-
lofts.
The average circumference ofthe
skull is twenty-five inches. Daniel
Webster's and Benjamin Franklin's
measured between "a and 245 in
ches. Idiotic skulls measure from
lS inches upward. Rulotf's skull
measured 244 inches.
The head was opened by parting
the scalp over the top of the head,
from the bridge of the nose to the
napc of the neck, and pecling it
acknowledgements saving around
Just above the orifce of the ears.
This operation occupied three quar-
ters of an hour, and the surgeons
who performed it say they began to
think before it was completed that
the head was all skull. The usual
thickness of the human skull is a
quarter of an inch. Ruloff's skull
was in no place less than three
eighths of an inch thick, and in
some places over half an inch.
The brain exhibited a remarka-
bic deficiency in he upper portion
of the head, which phrenologists
suppose to be the seat Of the moral
faculties; and here the skull was
although about the same
thickness on the back Of the head,
supposed to be the seat Of social
sentiments. The brain was i'm
mensely developed in the base,
being very deep, as well as broad
between the ears. The frontal brain
was also very broad, in the region
called by phrenologists "Calcula-
ton" and "Constructiveness," or
"Ingenuity." In this region, also,
the skull was thickest.
The scalp was thick and tough as
a rhinoceros hide, and, with the
half-inch skull under it, would have
defied any pistol bullet. The cords
of the neck were heavy and strong
as those of an OK, and it is difficult
to conceive of any way to have
broken his neck. Although not
very tall, he was broad and thick
set, and in strength and toughness
was a tremendous animal. He was
five feet ten inches in height, and
measured nearly twenty inches
across the shoulders; and in his Or
dinary health and condition weigh
ed 175 lbs.-Dubu 3ue Ztnes.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
IF so, WHY NOT :?

MEssRs. B. Fl. BENNETT & Son, sue
cessors to Bennett, Eldridge & Co., Gro
GERS, Burr's frame building, Chatham St.,
wish to call the attention of the public to
the fact that they have on hand and are
constantly receiving large and well Sc
lected stock of Groceries, Crockcry, Glass,
Wooden, Stone and Earthen Ware, which
they offer at the lowest possible living
prices.
Selling exclusively for CASH, they are
not obliged as others are, in fixing prices
to add a certain per cent. for interest on
the money which must lie idle, and for
losses by bad debts, consequently they
are confident that their prices, the stock
through, will average from ten to fifteen
per cent. less than can be afforded by
those who pursue the credit system. No
pains will be spared by them to procure
the best quality of goods, and to keep on
hand at all times a complete assortment.
Their Teas in quality are unsurpassed,
and are offered as low as it is possible to
sell good article.
A full line of Sugars at bottom prices.
Coffees warranted to suit both in quality
and price.
In Syrups, Tobaccos, Table Cutlery,
Crockery, Glass Ware, and in short,
throughout the entire stock, they are sat
isfed that they can offer special induce
ments to those who pay down for goods.
All are invited to call and examine
their stock, and to buy if suited, as they
do not wish to sell unless they can give
perfect satisfaction.
ET Cash paid for Produce.
35.tf B. H. BENNETT & Son.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

New uses for paper are continual
" discovered. One Of the latest is
to employ it for the manufacture of
railroad car wheels. The paper is
cut into d,scs the diameter of the
wheel, less the thickness of the tire,
and subjected to 4 pressure of one
and 4 half tons to the square inch,
and then secured by iron flangcs
held by bolts passing through them
and the paper. The wheel then re-
ceivcs a steel or iron Hanged tire.
The advantages claimed for the use
of paper for this purpose are, that
it is noiselcss, does not swell or
shrink with the weather, affords a
stay to the tire and a lateral support
in turning curves, adapts itself to
any tritling inequality of the sur
rounding tire, and is stronger than
any other material of the same
weight Of which wheel can possi-
bly, be made,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
An Iowa Political "Reminiscences.

The Cedar Rapids Observer tells
the following story of the times
when there were Democrats in Iowa
to an extent and number worth talk
ing about:
Talking with J. II. Bacon OF
Washington, the other evening, he
told us a story of the State campaign
of 1859, which we reproduce for the
benefit of our readers.
At the time of the occurrence, the
canvass for Governor was in pro-
gress, Ex-Governor Sam. Kirkwood
and Gen. A. G. Dodge being the
Republican and Democratic candi-
dates respectively. From his plain
dress and manners, Kirkwood was
known as the farmers candidate,
while Gen. Dodge, naturally inclin-
ed to broadcloth and clean linen,
and besides, Just returned from a
four years residence at Madrid as
Minister at Spain, was as striking a
contrast as could be imagined. On
the day alluded to, both gentlemen
were to speak in Fairfield, where
lived our friend Bacon, at that time
an ardent Democrat.
The candidates were coming from
Sigourney, and it occurred to Bacon,
who owned several fine horses, that
it would be good idea to 90 out
with a four-horse rig, and escort
General Dodge into town with some
thing like eciat.
Accordingly he went out, his
horses gaily caparisoned, the vehicle
trimmed with flags, and band of
music attending. A mile or SO out
Of town he halted, waiting the ar
rival of Gen. D.
Before long, he saw coming from
the town wagon with a hay
rack on it, drawn by two yoke OF
cattle, and mounted by many well
known Republicans. Bringing
their team into position alongside
of BIS they inquired who he was
waiting for. sThe next Governor
of Iowa-A. G. Dodge" responded
John. "Just our fx,'' was the re.
ply Of the ox-team driver, "only the
man is J. S. Kirkwood."
Kirkwood appeared first, and was
carried triumphantly into town, sit
ting on a hay-cart drawn by two
yoke Of oxen-a trick which told
immensely for the "farmers' candi-
date" and, said John H., "when
came in afterwards in fine style
with Gen. A. c. Dodge in the car.
riage, the excitement was over, the
thing fell flat, and | never got :
cheer, even from my own party
Such was one Of the many amusing
incidents of the days when parties
were more evenly balanced, and
when the excitement continued unit
election time.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
minds of officials in the Patent Office,

minds of officials in the Patent Office,
may as well be laid out of the con
sideration of ordinary applicants.
1t is not uncommon to find outsiders
trading on the strength of the sup
posed corruption Of officials or of
Congressman, and l think, as a rule,
that money paid for the purpose of
influencing either rarely goes be-
yond the pockets Of the self-appoint-
ed agent. One Of the examiners
once brought me $50 bill, which
had been left on his table in an en-
velope which also contained re-
quest for a private interview. At
my suggestion he wrote declining
the interview, and notifyea the gen
tleman that he could have his money
by applying to the Commissioner.
A day or two afterward tall and
sheepish-looking individual appear
ed and demanded the $50. He was
required to give receipt in due
form for the money, and, l think,
will hardly care to repeat the ex-
pertinent.
A meaner trick was the practice
of paying young man in the Office
a debt long due to his widowed
mother, by check payable at
point so distant that it was supposed
that it could not be collected until
the young man had acted in the case
submitted to him. The young gen.
tleman, who is a thorough upright
man, called my attention to the case,
and all proceedings were suspended
by order until the check was heard
from. 1t was returned dishonored.
There were no funds in the bank,
but the scamp was caught. His case
was still. in abeyance, and rather
than risk the action of a man upon
it, whom he had just attempted to
swindle, he paid the debt in full in
good currency.
l believe the officers of the Patent
Office to be, as a class, thoroughly
honest, efficient and capable. Some
of them who have been long in Office
have become a little set in their
ways and somewhat restive under
criticism, and not unfrequently their
resulting obstinacy seems to the
mind of an applicant, under the fos-
tering suggestion of his solicitor, to
be dictated by some corrupt motive
of opposition. Nearly every inven-
tor fears his shadow. Every pillar
in the Patent Office is lurking
thief waiting to filch his invention.
He thinks the Commissioner, the
Examiners, even the laborers and
messenger boys, must know what a
fortune there is in his new invention,
and that the study of their lives is
how to steal it from him.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
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Base Ball.

Some idea ofthe popularity fthis
excellent outdoor amusement may
be gathered from the following re-
port of the manufacture Of base balls
and bats, which we find in the New
York TGmes::
No less than sixteen kinds of balls
are in use, from the regulation ball
to the children's or fancy ball, and
prices vary from SIS to S5 cents a
dozen. Some half dozen regular
manufactures of base balls alone
exist in this city, the largest produc-
ing just now IS dozen per diem.
The town Of Natick, however, in
Massachusetts, is the greatest ball
manulactory perhaps in the world,
many hundred people being employ
ed in producing the articles, and it
is not uncommon for houses in this
line of business to order thence 5000
balls at time. Their manufac-
ture entails nothing of very special
interest, the inside being of wound
rubber and the wrapping of wooden
yarn, save that the winding of the
yarn around the ball is principally
done by men. One would suppose,
from the nicely-shaped spheres wo-
men make when winding up worst
ed, they would be most adapted to
this kind of work, but it seems to
require a certain amount of physical
strength which the weaker sex is
not endowed with. The cover of
horse-hide is put on entirely by wo-
men, who use a saddler's needle and
saddler's thread. Dark, the famous
English ball-maker, is an artist in
his way, and according to the best
authorities, employs thirty-tive work
men all the year round, and uses up
one and half tons of worsted, and
covers them with hides of 500 COWS
and oxen. The method of securing
the cover to the English ball with
the triple seam, is superior to the
American method. This plan is
said to have made the fortune of its
inventor, certain John Small.
The total number Of balls made
and sold in New York is immense,
one manufacturer alone having sup
piled $4,000 balls last year. Per
haps the United States will bat to
pieces half million of balls this
season. Bats form, an important
business alone. They run through
a dozen different varieties. 1t
sounds somewhat preposterous to
think Of mills running all the year
round, turningSout bats. AS more
bats are used than balls, one can.
form some idea of the enormous
quantity Of material consumed. Or
ders for all base ball implements are
just now ut their height, and the
supply is barely up to the demand.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
Consumption of Eggs in Manufac-
tures.

Not less than six millions of eggs
are annually consumed in the glove
leather manufactures of France and
England. The usual method of
making this description ofleathcr-
known also as alum or white leather
is to immerse the prepared skin
in solution of alum and salt, in
equal proportions but where elias
ticity and sottness are required, as
for kid gloves, very much care and
attention are necessary. The skin
having been first sottened in lime
water, has to bemany times washed,
and worked in pure water, and after
wards in termented bran liquor.
Yolks of eggs, -four, alum and salt
are the materials with which the
skin is made into soft leather, and
it is then dried, worked over a round,
blunt knife, and after second wash
ing and softening with yolks of
eggs, it is ready to receive from the
dyer the beautiful colors SO we'll
known to the public in the manufac-
tured article of gloves. 1t is fact
not generally known that the most
perfect manufactures of this kind n
the world are carried on at An
nonay, France.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
june.

The skies are blue; the sun is bright;
Nature her greenest carpet weaves;
The summer cloud floats, thin and white,
The breezes toss sea of leaves;
'Tis June, but still my spirit grieves.
For memory turns to other Junes,
When life was young and hope was high,
When birds to me sang sweeter tunes,
AS days with glorious dreams went by;
And forgot that dreams must die.
Oh, days of youth oh, Junes long led
Your flowers once lost no more may blow
Oh, dreams and hopes, now cold and dead,
How vain! And yet. ye thrilled me SO,
When roses blossomed long ago!
Oh, blooming Junes of years to come,
When shall thrill and sigh no more;
When this complaining tongue is dumb,
How will we shine the green earth DER,
And, in young hearts, your gladness pour
Be still, sad heart, for what am
Ger Junes may not see to weep?
Rejoice that while the years shall fly,
Nature her bounteous course shall keep,
And hearts be glad, though shall sleep.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

Henry Napier, the new colored
cadet to West Point, appointed from
Nashville, is graduate of Howard
University, and is said to be more
than commonly intelligent. He was
at the head of his class, and latterly
held position Quartermaster and
Adiutant Of Cadets. There will be
several more colorcd cadets appoint
cd shortly,