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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
Wonders OF the Grave.

The tomb of Edward the First,
who died in 1907, was opened Jan.
2, 1870, after 463 years had elapsed.
His body was almost perfect. Ca
mute (thc Dane) who crossed over
to England in 1927, was found in
l776 by the workmen who repaired
Winchester Cathedral, where his
body had reposed nearly 100 years
perfectly,frcsh In 1869 three Roman
soldiers, fully equipped with war
like implements, were dug out of a
bed of peat in Ireland, where they
had lain ! 800 years. Their bodies
were perfectly fresh and plump.
In the reign Of James H., of Eng
land, after the fall of the church at
Ashley, in Warwickshire there was
taken up the corpse of Thomas Grey,
Marquis of Dorset, who was buried
there the tenth Of October, 1920, in
the twenty y-second year of Henry
VII; and although it had lain there
seventy eight years, the eyes. nails,
hair, flesh and joints remained as
though he had been newly buried.
Bishop Braybrook, who was con-
sccrated Bishop of London 1881,
and who died in l4O4, and was bu-
ried in Saint Paul's was taken out
Of his tomb in 1916, during the re-
pairs of the Cathedral, and although
he had lain there no less than 262
years, his body was found firm as to
the skin, hair, nails and joints.
Pietro Rodriguez, Portuguese
jewelcr, while pursuing his occupa-
tion In the city of Mexico, was, in
1895, accused before the tribunal Of
the inquisi,ion, and after suffering 4
variety Of tortures, was condemned
to be buried alive in a vault in the
Convent DE St. Domingo, in that
city. He was then 3S years old.
The Convent De st. Domingo was
lately demolished in search oftreas-
ures supposed to be concealed there
and the body of Rodriguez taken
out'of the vault exactly as when
placed there 270 years ago. His
daughter, two and = half years old,
was laying under her fathers feet,
and as perfectly preserved as him
self. The evidence of torture on
the body Of the jeweler, are fearful
ly apparent. In one respect howev-
er, the appearance does not coincide
with the record we have given.
The miserable man must have died
in the hands of his tormentors The
position of his hands shows that he
was suspended by the neck and
body until he d,cd. Marks of the
cord and OF the burning iron are
deeply recorded in various parts OF
the body. His hair and beard were
firm, his skin natural in hue and
texture, without the least trace Of de-
composition in any part.-Ne'c
York San.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
A Wonderful Country.

California is wonderful coun-
try. Not content with astonishing
the world with its gold, its big
trees, its boiling springs, and its
stupendous mountains, it has tried
its hand on man, and has brought
forth truely marvellous creation.
His name is Don Pelugo Laborin,
and he lives near Ures, in Lower
California. He is a human mad
stone, possessing the power Of curing
hydrophobia, not by steam baths,
hypodermic injections, draughts
of wh:skey, or the other futile
modes suggested by science, but by
a single handed salivic application.
His method Of operation is very
simple. lie spits on his fingers and
then rubs the wound through which
the virus has entered the system
this causes the poisonous matter to
be discharged, much after the same
principle that the maidstone draws
forth the virus. Don Laborin has
not been laboring with his peculiar
gift long enough to silence skepti-
ciSm and convince an unbelicving
world that the truth is in him; bat
his neighbors are so well satisfied
as to his value that they have made
an effort to prolong his life by ex-
emItion from taxation and Jury
duty. The Don is not working for
money, but wholly for the good of
rabld humanity, and like the Vir-
ginia lady who cures aguc by the
laying on of hands, charges nothing
for the service. Were it not for
this fact we should think this power
closely akin to "celebrated East
India healing stone" which, some
years ago, was in the possession Of
physician, who made Minnesota
his home not many years since.
This healing stone, which the doc
tor dignified with the name of
"Tschernai," was a never-tailing
cure for malignant sores and
wounds, which country practlcion-
ers could not do anything with, be-
cause they did not know enough.
One or two applications would
cause precipitation of matter and
leave the sore in a healthy state,
enabling it to heal rapidly. And
the stone was simple cornclian,
picked up on the banks of the Mis-
sissippi, its sole virtue being nitric
acid, or nitrate of silver, dried in
previous to making the application.
The doctor found the people prone
to believe in the marvellous, and
humored them. He could make
more money by using his "healing
stone" than by applying its ''power"
in the ordinary manner, and SO he
considered himsclfa justifiable hum
bug.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
HAUNTED.
BY ROSE TERRY

He stood by the castle door alone;
Over the moor the winds made moan;
Light from the painted oricls strcnmcd;
Bloom and fire on the snow drifts cleaned;
Music thfObbed on the bitter air,
Triumph chorus and trumpet's blare:
Only through 1t all,
Like spirits call,
Far, ead, and low,
Crept little voice that said
Was it from the dead?-
"None shall ever love you,
None as have loved you!
Farewell; CO."
silk and Jewels and satin sheen
Robe his bride like an Asian queen;
Gold hath no glitter like her hair;
Her sapphire eyes are past compare;
Her voice is as clear as q wedding bell.
Somewhat softened her love to tell:
Only over all
Creeps tie little call,
Far, sad, and low,
As il once for life it plead,
Now forever fed:
None shall ever love you,
None as have loved you!
Farewell; CO."
Black as midnight across the sky
A shadow c1asped him silently;
Life that tempted and love that called.
All that lonely soul appalled,.
Sin and grief like spectres stood
Mixing gall with his drink and food:
Bitterest OF all
Sounded still the call,
Far. sad, and low;
Softly walled above the dead,
Drearily it said,
''None shall eve love you,
None as have loved you!
Farewell; I CO.
No more stars in the purple skies;
Only tender and mournful eyes
Long, long looks of wan despair,
Haunted his vision every where:
BY wooded mountain or moaning sea
From voice and presence he could not fee;
In the arms Of love and the hush of prayer,
The same strain whispered every where:
''Hear above It all
My forsakcn call!
Once living woman said,
Though her life was fled.
None shall ever love you,
None as have loved you!
Farewell: go.''
Now the DEATH pang grasps his throat;
His eyes are blinded to beam or mote;
flushed is speech for sigh orprayer;
Vainly fragrance loads the air;
The swift feet cannot stand or go;
The blood in his cold veins will not flow:
Yet, last of all,
Heareth he that call.
Sad, clear, and low,
No more far, but overhead,
BY that dying bed:
None shall ever love you.
None in heaven above you,
None as have loved you!
Farewell: CO."
-Harpe,'s Magazine for Nor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
Baby's Behavior in Company.

1t is an odd fact, no baby ever
did, and no baby ever will, behave
in company. The mother always
brings it into the parlor where the
visitor is, dressed in its clean dress
and its father and aunt come in
smiling at the same time. After
the visitor has kissed the baby and
taken it on her lap and declared it
is the dearest little thing she ever
saw, the baby's mother and she be-
gin to talk. Each talks about her
own baby as fast as she can rattle,
and both talk at once, apparently
without caring what the other is
saying. In the midst ofthe CONVEX
sation, the baby "throws up" on the
visitors dress, and is suddenly
handed to its mother.
The visitor smiles sickly smile
and says it makes no difference, but
she is mad. The conversation is
resumed, but presently the father
winks furiously at the mother, and
frowns, and clears his throat and
makes mysterious signals at the
side of the chair with his hand. The
mother looks down and perceives
that some of the baby's undergar-
ments are slipping off, and she
snatches up that infant and flies out
of the room. When she returns, it
cries to 60 to its father; and no soon
cr is it settled on his knee than it be.
trays an irresistible yearning to go
to its aunt, after which it cries furi-
ously because its mother won't take
it.
Then the aunt gets piece of can
dy to quiet it, and when its hands
have acquired sufficient sickness,
it reaches over and mauls the visit
or's bonnet. Then its mother trys
to show off its accomplishments;
but it utterly refuses to make dis
play; it is as stupid as an owl. 1t
won't say "papa" or "mamma" and
it won't say how big it is. its faith
er trys to coax it to say "papa' but
~ PbyO uO tttVCtIOlOu W ulII. llC
tries again and again, getting mad
der all the time, and dreadfully
afraid tho visitor will think the
child is dull.
AT last he grabs the child by the
arm and shakes it, and yells, "Why
don't you say papa as i tell your"
Then the child screams like back
yard full of cats. The more they
try to soothc it the louder it gets,
until at last the father exclaims,
"Gi' me the bratr' and picks it up
and dashes out of the room, and is
heard spanking it in the entry.
Then the visitor goes home looking
at her dress and deciding that the
end of that infant will be the gal
lows, if it's characteristics are allow
ed to develope fully as it grows up.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
when time and death have forever

when time and death have forever
dissolved the enchantment. Give
him that, and he will in the strength
OF it, make his own way in the world;
but let his recollections Of home be
repuls.ve, and the fortune you may
leave him will be a poor compensa-
ton for the loss of that tenderness
Ct heart and purity Of life which not
only pleasant home, but the men,
ory OF one, would have secured.
Remember this, too, that, when once
you are under ground, he will 90 to
your green grave and bless your ve-
ry ashes for that sanctuary Of quiet,
comfort and refinement into which
you may, if you possess the means,
transform your home.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
Homo Fecling.

o We fathers and mothers who
have sons and daughters growing
up around you, do you ever think
of your responsibility for keeping
alive the home sentiment in The
hearts of your children? Within
the limits of your means, remember
that the obligation rests Oh you to
make their home the pleasantest
place upon this rolling earth; to
make the word "home" tor them
the synonym for "happiness."
would not have you import the vic.
es of the outside world into your
homes for any purpose; but would
have you 60 TO the utmost verge OF
what is moral, to provide at home
those things which entice young
and growing persons away from
home. Let me assure you that you
had better spend your money in do.
ing this than in ostentation or luxu-
ry, and far, far better spend it thus
than to amass fortune for young
children to squandcr in the future
And not only as regards amusc.
ments, but also comfort and refine
ment, for children have a keen ap.
probation for these things-this
is much the best policy. Don't
send your boy to school in ill-fittine
GARMENTS, collar all awry and chat
ing his neck, buttons missing, and
shoes down at the heel. Dom,
make a warehouse or cloths press
of his bedroom. Don't feed him OF
sour bread, and tough meat, and
burnt coffee. Don't let noise anG
dissension and misrule spoil thu
hours he spends at home. DOM
do any of these things if you car
possibly hep it; especially don't dc
them for the purpose of laying NJ
money for his future use. TIL,
richest legacy you can leave him, il
lifelong inextinguishable and fra
grant recollection Of his home
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
or Growing Old.

When are We growing old? A
sound judgment and strict honesty
are necessary to answer the ques-
ton fairly to ones self. Here is
what the Country Parson' says of
it:
''By growing old l now under
stand reaching point midway be-
tween forty and fifty, not without a
tendency to get nearer the latter
age, once hardly imaginable as a
personal reality. And when one
has in this grave sense grown old,
is there any fact which is more
pressed upon one than this: that
there is such long look back now? ?
The prospect stretches far. Mem
ory is still keen and retentive; the
distant prospect has not faded into
misitness, and as you 60 on, and
now and then turn to look back,
there is just so much added to the
view. Once it was wonderful to
hear a man talk of what he done
twenty years ago; still more, of
what happened thirty years ago; it
seemed a vast stretch of time, posi-.
BILE indeed in,the experience Of 9TH
crs, but inconceivable in ones own.
For every human being is like Sid
ney's shepherd-boy in this, that he
fails to take in that he ever will
grow old. 1t seems yesterday since
the writer, reading for the bar (how
much English law lost in himD dill
igently trequented Westminster
Hall and the Guildhall; and seeing
vigorous barristers roaring away to
common juries, or going on with
cross-examination in which every
question began with the sharp and
minacious Now, sir! listened with
wonder to the assurance that the
vigorous barrister had worn a wig
and gown for five-and-twenty years,
or five.and-thirty. Surely he ought
to be dead long ago. That was the
reflection then. 1t is different now
1t has been discovered that time
passes away to the amount of TWEEN.
ty years or more; but that it is real
ly very short while; and it leaves
human being not SO much changed
still with the old weakness and
J faults; still the same man. Fur
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
The Best Ventilation

A turnice in the cellar may be
good to take the chill from the
house, and to heat its halls and pas
sagcs, but it ought not to supersede
the fireplace in parlor and chamber
at once the ventilator Of the room
and its center Of cheer and JOY. No
apparatus of ventilation has yet been
devised equal to the old.fashioned
chimney. Even when no fire is
made iu the aperture, this avenue to
the open air draws its currents and
keeps the atmosphere pure. Where
there is no open fire-p place, no free
flue, there will be sense of asphy-
xla in those stormy nights when
the windows must be fastened close.
Every room in the house which is
used to set in or sleep in ought to
have sufficient opening into the
chimney, larger than the orifice OF
a stove-pipe. No matter if the heat
ed air escapes by it; it is better to
lose halt of the heated air than to be
breathing stagnant air that is al
ready deprived of it's oxygen. In
the spring and autumn the fire. place
with wood on the andirons, gives
all the heat that will be needed,
and gives it more gracefully than
the blasts from any "registers".- -
Herald af Health.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24

A certain old lady who had been
famed for sour looks and not very
swee: words, touching the various
accidents Of life was observed to
have suddenly become very amiable.
"What happy change has come over
you?" said a neighbor. "Why,'
said the reformed, ito tell the truth
l have been all my life striving for
contented mind, and l have finally
made up my mind to sit down con.
tented without It.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24

A Texas paper says that the en-
deavors of Democratic politicians
to induce colored men to vote for
them, remind it Of the efforts OF a
red-headed woodpecker to extract
worms from copper lightning rod.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
w. H. BARTON

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Attorney at. Law,
u Collecting Agent and Conveyancer Will
perform Marriage Ceremonies anywhere within
ten miles of town. Office over Edwards store,
corner Main and Walnut Streets, Independence,
Iowa. 30-y1.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
Business Cards
AtturueNs.
u. s. LEE.

d. S. LEE, p
A TTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public, and
Main ST., over King & Kenyon'- hardware store,
Independence. Will make collections, pay taxes,
take Acknowledgements. buy and sell Real Estate,
19-y11
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
d. d. HOLDRIDGE.
e. e. HASNER.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public and Land
n Agent. Office in c. W. Taylor's new build
Ing, opposite the Post Office, Independence,
Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
O, H. p, ROSZELL,

y. n Z. COSAEAI,
4 TT0RNEY AT LAW AND COLLECTING
II AGENT, will practice in the several Courts
of the County and District SPECIAL ATTENTION
GIVEN TO COLLECTIONS. Office over King & Ken
yon's Hardware Store.
Independence, Iowa, Jan. l, 1873, 26-tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
j. S. WOODWARD

4 TTORNEY AT LAW and General Land Agent
n Independence. Iowa. Office in Wilcox BIN
Particular attention paid to Collections, and Re.
mittanceS nrOmntlY made.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
ID. w. BRUCKART

4 TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW Inde
IN pendence, Iowa. O!lice in Wilcox New
Block over Tabor's Drug Store.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
T.. w HART.

4 TTORNEY AT LAW. Notary Public and
n Claim Agent Office in Wilcox's New Block
up stairs, Independence, Iowa. 7-1y]
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24

4 TTORNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Agent.
n Office. ever King and Kenyon's Hardware
store, Main ST., Independence, Iowa. 33-tfl
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70
4 TTORNEY AT LAW, Independence, Iowa
Consultations in Euglish and German. 19-y1
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-01
OUR STATE SCHOOLS.

The State Superintendent of Schools,
has issued a circular in which he recites
the main features of the School Law and
urges upon its friends, the necessity for ac-
ton. Mr.. Fleming thinks that the total
proceeds of the taxes levied by the State
will amount to about $4.06 per scholar,
counting the average number of scholars
likely to attend schools and to be provided
for at 16O, 600. This includes the county
tax of one mill provided for by the State
aud to be distributed pro-rata according to
the scholastic population. This sum, it is
thought will not provide schools for five
months considering that for the first year
extra expenses will be incurred inaugural
ing schools. a1k II flll .tft
Mr.. Fleming then recites the action of
the different County Courts last month,
and thinks it hopeful. Thirty-four coun-
ties elected Superintendent, all of whom
he pronounces good men. He dwells upon
the importance of cooperation OH the part
of County Superintenden and the friends
of schools in securing three good men in
each civil district for school directors at
the elections to be held next August.
The success of the public schools, Col.
Fleming very properly says, depends upon
the zeal and fidelity of the County Super
iutendents. Toad them in their work is
the duty of every friend of this great re-
form. The address of the State Superin-
tendent is earnest and shows him to be ami
mated by the proper spirit, We trust the
County Courts that have yet to act on the
school, question will be as liberal as those
that have made their record,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-01
THE STATE DEBT.

Il
GovsBrown has Issued a circular letter
on the subject of funding or registration of
Tennessee bonds under the law passed by
the last Legislature, in answer to questions
of what bonds and coupons WILDE rejected
-whether the revenues under existing
laws will be sufficient to meet the demands
on the treasury, &c. He says funding and
registering will commence as early as the
first day of July next. The bonds to be
rejected will be Mineral Home railroad
abondsl amounting to 100000, and num-
bered from 9,S51 to 1856 and from 9,s9e to
$3.50. Also the bonds of the Insurance
Company of the Valley of Virginia,
amounting to $4,000 as well as all the Ten
nessee Confederate war bonds. He says If
there are any others not fundable under
the act of the Legislature, it is not
known. He adds:
'And when it is considered that out of
more than (S13, 000, 0O0.00) thirteen millions
retired since the early part of 1870, no such
bond has been detected, the presumption
is very strong that none such are in exist
ence. The bonds and coupons presented
will, however, be critically inspected, and
issued, or not issued under laws existing at
the time they were issued, they will be re-
jected." yss-e .iclr.fl h, .s,..,, ..,--.- /. i.-
On the subject of an extra session of the
Legislature, the Governor says he believes
the assessment law now in force will de-
velop largely increased amount a taxable
property, ample to meet the necessities of
the State, but should he find that such is
not the case, he viii certainly call the Leg
islature together in time to meet the emer
gency. He closes with this paragraph:
The interest maturing July LIST. 1874, can,
and will be met out of the revenues of
1873, even should there be no improve
ment in the assessment returns, as very
simple calculation, (including the taxes on
priviliges) will readily show. And if any
improvement in the revenue laws should
appear necessary to meet the subsequent in
staIlments of interest, it can, and should
be made in the assessments and Ievies of
1874. In any aspect of the case, therefore,
there is no existing necessity for conven-
ing the General Assembly in extra ses-
SlOu,' 800 rs3s't.f ft.s ~ s.t-'f tf--.+-f.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-01
Congressional Seats for Sale.

The desks that have been in use in the
hall of the House of Representatives since
the occupancy of the new hall win be sold
at auction next Tuesday, together with the
chairs that match them. The advertise
ment says. s".About 800 single and double
carved oak desks, and about 800 carved oak
leather-covered arm chairs. This sale
will be one of considerable interest, though
of much less than similar sale in the
Senate Chamber, where The same desks are
used that Were manufactured for the old
hall now used by the Supreme, when that
hall was first occupied, nearly three-uuar-
tiers of a century ago. Not one of about
forty of the, desks in the Senate but has a
history, and there is not one of them that
has not been used by some person whose
name is intimately associated with the
history of the Republic. Among the desks
in the House are many that have similar
associations, but they are few in compare
son with the whole. They are not so old
that distinguished men who have sat at
them have had a chance to die, and the in
terest in them and their value thus been
enhanced. Many of the members, howev-
er, have an anxiety to secure the desks
they have themselves occupied, and not a
few of them have left or sent bids. The
iveliest competition is expected for the
desk that belonged to Thad. Stevens
JVdsh. Cor. n. Y. Times. 'if1 fit. ~
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-01

THE Supreme Court of the United States
has recently decided in a case against the
Railway Passengers Insurance Company
of Hartford that walking is not travelling
by public or private conveyance as contem-
plated by an accident, policy. The. case
arose from one of their assured who when
near his destination started to walk home
rather than wait for a delayed convenience.
On his way home he was waylaid and
murdered. The Court decided that his adj
ministrator could not recover on thepolicy.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-01
White Cliff Springs.

THE PROPRIETOR OF MOUSE CREEK HO-
l. TEL" Mouse Creek, Tenn, has leased the above
Springs, and will open the Hotel at White Cliff for the
reception of guests by Sd June. $3.50 e
These Springs a nv q