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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-05-08
WHAT AN OLD EN0RAvER TOLD GIORGE
T .oafH ALFRED TOWNSEND. sana4 srf.Gg

'Mr. CATH you newspaper men know moth
ing whatever about the duplication Of United
States bonds, and about the quantity Of coun-
terfeit scrip afoat If you, as newspaper
man, were to 20 to Gen. Spinner and to the
heads ofthe Treasury and ask how much countefss
felt currency was in eirculation. they would
probably tell you ten per cent; but tell you as an
iengrayer. that they have admitted to me that
there is twenty five per cent. or one-qdartef Of
this country which are fraudalents Do you
know, sir. that the postal currency is. renewed
six times year2 That is the case, and see
possibilities for it's increased duplication and
counterfeiting. We could better afford to pay
fifty per cent. premium and use gold than have
to deal as we do with o lot Of paper which j.
beyond the control, to q great extent, Of the
Government officials. The extravagantly high
prices and tho corruption innouri politics and q
life hinge upon the currency, The dupicationI
lot the United States bonds will some day be
found such an alarming matter that il viii
bring the whole country ite its feet. sThat
crime began in the Treasury. A. far back, As
Chase's time. John CoyOde and others in
Congress made strenuous efforts to expose it,
but they were gagged BY the gavel ana party
minority. ladi & 8 agns &9i s bs54o4s7 se ~ L
An official. who at the time was connected ]
with the printing, had in some way got grip
upon the Secretary, and could not Be budged
from bis place by any paser ia the country
His accounts we're short one year $50 900, and
he could not tell where the money had gone. &.
They kept after bim. however, and on one oc-,
casion, be appeared before the examiners with
his arms fall OF bonds, throwing them down. 6
said :.There are your s63 900 = q Now, there
was press used for printing et that time. and
it ran repeatedly in the night. The official
was seen to emerge after dark on two occasions
with a9great tin box in his hand, which he
put in his buggy and carried away Now, how
much duplication of bonds do you suppose, it
required to make S63 900 worth OF coupons so
as to equalze that accnunt7 "77''f' r.. ''f3@a
Several hundred thousand. L suppose" 10
NO, sir; it took between SIS, ,00D. 900 and
$4,000 900 of bonds; and about that time hap
pened the first duplication" "-
looked suddenly into the old gentleman'si
eyes, and was in great doubt whether lwas,
speaking to an, intelligent lanatic or great re-,
former. 4...,..-.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-05-08

Mr.. SrocKweLL, President Of the Pacific
Mail Company, for the last year known a.
King Of Wall street, has been completely
cleaned out by combination Of bulls, Mr..
Stockwell takes his reverses in . very philo-
sophical manner. He ID reported to have de-
livered himself. in conversation the other day,
of the following humorous and trite expression:
"When I first came down in Wall street
was called Stockwell; then. when began to
make money was called Mr.. Stockwell; then
it was Captain Stockwell, and subsequently
became known as Commodore Stockwell. Now
it is that red headed cuss from Cleveland"
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-05-08

Nor 4 JosErH.-A young man named vii
liam Fawble recently obtained divorce from
his wife, in ST; Louis, Missouri. ON the ground
that be was forced to marry. by the father and
uncle of IA girl with whom he had been on
rather too intimate terms. The plaintiff testi-
fed. on the trial OF the case, that he never
courtcd the girl 10 Whom he was married; but
that. on the contrary all the courting was done
by her: that she used to call on him, and, when
leaving. coax him TO see her home, distance
of half mile from where he lived; aud that, dur
ing the attentions thus showered upon him by
the loyc,smitten maid, she succeeded in seduc-
ing him, aud that, OF course, she was seduced
by him, also: and he innocently informed the
Court that any other young man, situated as
be had been, would have acted precisely as he
did. The criminal intimacy coming to the
knowledge of the girls father and uncle, Faw-
Bile says he was taken to her house. and there
under threats against his life, he was compelled
TO stand up and go through the marriage cere-
mcny, which was performed by socaled
minister OF the gospel He stated that after
the ceremony was concluded he was permitted
to leave, and had never seen his wife since that
time. After a full hearing. a decree Of divorce
was granted, and the innocent Fawble released
81 the onerous bonds Of enforced matrlmony.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-05-08

"GIyING QUARTER.""-Our boys and girls
probably have often heard this expression, and.
It may be, they would like an explanation 81 IL.
Giving quarter 10 q csstem we'll known Ia war
fare, and it came from an agreement between
the Dutch and Spanish that when . soldier or
an officer was taken prisoner, his ransom or
price OF liberty would Be . quarter Of his
years pay. Hence, for the conquered 70 beg
quarter was b offer quarter Of their pay for
their personal safety. No qaartef" meant,
In plAin terms, that liberty would not b
granted for TINT price. s .tt Il
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-05-08

6fRAEn's SECRET. Stephen GIrsrd used 70 say
tu hts cid see. have always cous.aarad xisertis-
ing literally aud long so be tho great medium of
have mad. II usarahio ruc 10 advertise in the
dulles; times welt as the busiest long experience
having taught mo ha. money thns spent II we'll laid
out. by continually keeping nay business before
shn public II hss secured many sales that otherwise
would have iust.'' AsA
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
Constitution OF the Sun.

Multitudes of theories represent
ing the physical character Of the
sun, once popular, have been aban-
doned for more rational views.
That the sun was an cxtinguisha-
Bile ball OF fire, warming all re-
gions of space by it's radiating cal
oric. was 4 current opinion. But as
it neither diminished in volume
nor became cooler, that theory was
abandoned for another quite as re-
diculous, which has had its advo-
Gates, viz: That other globes in
their revolution round the sun were
gradually drawn into the fiery fur
mace, like fuel under = boiler, and
thus kept up a continual contlagra-
tion. That ingenious explanation
had the go by at last, as time enough
had elapsed since the creation of
the sun, according to the Mosaic
cosmogomy, to have consumed all
the stars in the Milky Way. They
are still in their appointed places,
shining as brilliantly as when Job
and his comforters discoursed
about Orion and the Pleiades.
The latest opinion, that the sun is
surrounded by vast body OF lum-
nious matter, the source of light in
the solar system, whether phospho-
rescent or not still to be determin-
ed, has the support of ocular exam
nations. From the revelations of
the spectroscope it is very nearly
demonstrated that the composition
of the sun cannot differ essentially
from the earth. 1t probably
abounds with metals, has its lofty
mountains and broad oceans.
When some rich man wishes to
immortalize himself in the annals
of science by ordering the construc-
on of a larger refracting telescope
than has ever been made, with an
object glass ten feet in diameter,
we shall know tar more of the mys-
teries of other worlds than has been
revealed by the instruments in the
service Of the Herschels, Lord
Rosse, or any observatory of Europe
or America.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

one hundred thousand laborers he
cut passages over the mountains,
throwing the removed soil into the
valleys, and, where this was not sufil-
clent to raise the road to the re.
quired height, he constructed
bridges which rested on pillars or
abutments. In another place he
conceived and accomplished the
daring object ofsuspending a bridge
from one mountain to another across
a deep chasm. These bridges,
which were called by tho Chinese
writers, very appropriately, flying
bridges, and represented to be nu-
merous at the present day, are some
times SO high that they cannot be
traversed without alarm. One still
existing in Shense stretches four
hundred feet from mountain to
mountain, over a chasm of FIVE
hundred feet. Most of these flying
bridges are SO wide that four horse
men can ride ON them abreast, and
ballustrades are placed on each
side to protect travellers. is by
no means improbable (as NJ. Pan
thier suggests,) as the missionaries
t. China made known the fact more
thana century ago, that the Chinese
had suspended bridges, that the
ideas may have been taken thence
for similar construction by European
engineers.-Popular Science Month
In.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

iFrom the New York CONNER eial Advcrtlser.l
Much skill and ingenuity are dis
played in the manipulation Of cos
tunes for our Juveniles. But in
these days Of frivolity, children are
merely miniature Beau Brummels
and fashionable bellies, in whose
service tailors and modistes exert
their highest art, and exercise their
most exuberant fancies.
A Scotch suit, for q hoy Of years,
is made Of Irish poplin, either of
some dark maroon or deep blue
shade; the small plaids are perhaps
the most popular. The skirt is cut
bias, which leaves the skirt perfect
ly plain, while handsome kilt plaits
are formed on the sides and at the
back. Thcjacket and vest are gen
orally Of some heavy material such
as velvet; the jacket is close fitting
and formed at the back in three
shield.shapcd tabs, which have
quite dressy and pleasing appear
ance the vest is, indeed, nobby,
and gives to petit masters that sort
of charm which the dandy seeks.
The promenade stockings are WOOL
en-, ribbed or down, with circular
stripes or pretty rlaids; high shoes
with deep, square heels. A hand
some suit for Harry, who is just 0
years old: Material, rich black silk
velvet, or superior quality of vel.
veteen; pants, plain over the hips,
close-ftting, the legs gradually
sloping to the knees, whore they fit
very snug; jacket, with collar, the
front rounded, long tabs at back
and on the sides, which extend
about three inches below the waste;
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
EVERY DAY.

Oh, trifling task SO often done,
Yet ever to be done anew!
Oh, cares, which come with every sun,
Morn after morn, the long year through!
We shrink beneath their paltry sway
The irksome calls of every day,
The restless sense of wasted power,
The tlresOme round of little things,
Are hard to bear, as hour by hour
Its tedious liberation brings;
Who shall evade or who delay
The small demands of every day!
The boulder in the torrents course
BY tide and tempest lashdd in vain,
Obeys the wave-whirled pebbles force,
And yields Its substance grain by grain;
So crumbles strongest lives away
Beneath the wear OF every day.
Who finds the lion in his lair.
Who tracks the tiger for his life.
May wound them ere they are aware.
Or conquer them in desperate strife:
Yetpowerless to seattle or slay
The vexing knats Of every day.
The steady strain that never stops
Is mighter than the fiercest shocks;
The constant fall of water-drops
viii groove the adamantine rock;
We feel our noble powers decay
In feeble wars with every day.
Our souls sudden bravery fills
But we endure not always SO
The drOp-by drop of little ills;
We s,i.l deplorc and still obey
The hard behests of every day.
The heart which boldly faces death
Upon the battle. field and darcs
Cannon and bayonet. faints beneath
The needle-points of frets and cares;
The stoutest spirits they dismay-
The tiny stings of every day.
And even saints of holy fame.
Whose souls by faith have overcome.
Who wore amid the cruel flame
The molten crown of martyrdom,
Bore not without complaint alway
The petty pains OF every day.
All. more than martyrs aureole,
And more than hero's heart of fire.
We need the humble strength Of soul
Which daily tolls and ills require;-
Sweet Patience, grant us, il you may,
An added grace for every day!
--EHzdbeM AkerS Allen in N0rember Stribney
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

Every one must have noticed the
great difference, as general thing
between the conduct of the bctro.
thed man and the young betrothed
woman. He, the braver and stron-
err of the two, is utterly confused
and bashful, and seeks to make a
secret of the fact. She, on the con-
trary, tries to parade it, is proud of
it, assumes certain air of propri-
etorship over him, and offers to her
friends delicate condolences as to
how nice it is to be engaged, and
how dreadfully jealous he Is if she
looks at any one else.
The cause of this is just one
thing the man is in love, the girl
is not.
have studied human nature, l
have looked into the depths of
hearts, l have made man and woman
the study of my life, and l aver that
the girl in love is rarer than a black
rose. She simply has for her lover
exactly the feeling that the young
mother has for her baby. She has
an anxious desire to see to him for
life, to make sure that he is COM
Portable, that his buttons are all
right, and that his food is what it
ought to be. She understands that
he is in love with her, and rejoiccs
in the knowledge. The idea of
losing his love is madness to her !;
but of herself she does not under.
stand it.
A woman who is not selfish, and
greedy and mean, who does not
smile on any one who can give her
fine clothes and grand establish
ment, overfows with the mother
feeling all her life. She expends it
on her dolls in childhood, on her
poodle, or her kitten, or her canary
afterward, and, when the time
comes, on her lover. Many man
would lose a great deal Of conceit
and vanity if he knew just how the
girl whom he supposed to be in love
with him really 1elt. She, also,
would be surprised to hear that she
was not in love at all, but only de-
lighted to have some one in love
with her, and in a measure awaken
ed to the knowledge Of that love
which she will some day give her
children, 1t is the best sort of love
too, and when mans wife really
loves him as his mother used to love
him, she makes him happy.
But think it is time that some
one who knows the truth should tell
it. A good woman's love is some
thing to be happy in-not the fleet
ing gallantry that man calls by that
name, but a pure and high affection,
and so much OF the motherly and
protecting in it, that l have often
heard a little eighteen-year-old wo.
man say of a six-footer of two hun.
dred pounds weight, and briga.
dier-general to boot:
"Oh, isn't he darling, cunning
little thingP just as sweet as
sugar p ~
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

tain peaks Of great height and COW
cred with ice.. It is proposed that
the coming expedition shall be it,
ted out with more particular re-
gard TO detailed investigations in the
several branches, of science than
any Of its predecessors. DR.. Neu-
mayer has made the subject study
for years, and though never having
personally. visited the scenes Of
which he discourses so graphically,
it is doubtful whether any living
European is so thoroughly acquain-
ted with the facts which the several
voyagers Of the Antarctic waters
have combined to lring together.
His aims in the present instance
are definitely laid down, and the
attainment of any one Of them will
in itself richly repay the outlay and
adventure. .....t (
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

Perley, the Washington cores
pondent of the Boston Journal,
gives the following interesting rem
inisence .t.. 10: .ss t..4z -t
"The appointment by the Presi-
dent Of Judge Orr as Minister
Plcnipotentiary TO His, Imperial
Majesty the Emperor, Of the Rus
sias recalls the eventual scenes
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
Ancient Engineering Among tho
Chinese.

The most remarkable evidence of
the mechanical science and skill of
the Chinese SO far back as 1900
years ago is to be found in their
suspended bridges, the invention Of
which is assigned to the Han dynas-
ty. According to the concurrent
testimony of all their historical and
geographical writer's, Sangleang,
the commander of the army under
Baoutsoo, the first of the Hans,
undertook and completed the forma-
ton of the roads through the noun
famous provinces of Shense, to the
west of the capital. Hitherto its
lofty hills and deep valleys had
rendered the communication difficult
and circuitous. With = body Of
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
JAMES M. wEART.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public and
n Claim Agent. Office in WilcoX's New
Block, up stairs. Independence, Iowa. Fly
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
Look to Your Titles!
W. G.. & J. B. Donnan,

Co"Plete abstract
Titles Of Lands and Village Lots in Blu.
channn County, Iowa,
Are prepared to give prompt and reliable infor
nation relating to the title of any real property in
the County.
The Abstract consists of set of books which
show the Original Entry of each separate tract of
land, and every subsequent conveyance of the
same, the kind of Deed, whether full Warranty,
Special Warranty or Quit Claim. with any and all
imperfections in description, form or acknOwledg-
ment carefully noted; also all membranes, in.
Gliding Mortgages, Bonds Trust Deeds, Life
Leases, Tax Titles and Tax Sales. and Judgment
Liens 1t is surely wisdom on the part of the pur-
chaser, to know what the title of his land is before
he purchases and thus avoid any trouble in the
future.
Several thousand acres Of wild land and several
Valuable Improved Farms For Sale,
in different parts Of the County. Also number
of Lots and Dwellings in the City of independence
w. G. & j. B. DONNAN.
Pensions, and all kinds Of War Claims, collected
promptly. milf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
I. w HART

AW, CONVEYANCING. WAR CLAIM, IN
| 4 surance Tax and Land Agency Once. Office
n Lcytze's Block. Independence, Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

. TToRNEY AT LAW, Notary Public, and
y Justice of the Peace. Office, south side OF
Main ST.. over King 6 Keuyon's hardware store,
Independence. will make collections, pay lax
es tske acknowledgements, buy and sell Real Es
tate and do all other business required OF an
aront f9y1
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
]. s WOODWARD,

4 TTORNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Agent
n Ofice over King s. Kcnyon's Hardware
store, Main Street, Inde )endence, Iowa. 33-tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
Business Cards
n. II. p. ROSZELL

A TroRNEY AT LAW AND COLLECTING
n AGENT, will practice in the several Courts
of Tho Oountv and District SPECIAL ATTENTION
GIVEN TO COLLECTIONS. Office over King y Ken
Observation-Disclosures Iowa Jan l. 1873 26-n
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
d. w, BRUCKAET,
D. S. LEE.

4 TTORNEY AT LAW. Independence, Iowa
y Office with w. II. Joslin. in Wilcox BLOCK.
Consultations in English and German. 1877
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
w. G. & j. b. DONNAN,

A TTORNEYS AT LAW. Independence, low
n Office in Munson's Block, Main st. 2-tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
.yJISTIN e. COOK,
LAKE s. HARMON,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Jesup. Iowa.
y 29-6m
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
d. D. HOLDRIDGE,

CURGEON AND HOMEOPATHIST, Office a
- Residence opposite the Methodist Church.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-05
VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA.

These States, rich in all the elements OF
profitable commerce, are within eight
days steam of New Orleans, yet our in
tercourse with these ports is much less
than that of New York and other Eastern
cities. There is valley of Paradise IN
Colombia. 1t produces all the tropical
and semi-tropical fruits, and has a healthy
and delightful climate. twill be acces-
SHE from both the Gulf of Mexico and
from the Pacific Ocean. The point of de-
parture for railroad being Buenayentura'
Columbia While New Orleans is engaged
in settling her contested politics, New
York has organized a company for the
development of this beautiful country on
the banks of the Cauea river, and will take
to herself the immigrations and CONNER
cial advantages of the new enterprise.
the Chicago Railroad Reyielc says:
The Cauca Valley road from Buenaven-
tura, United States of Colombia, South
America, on the Pacific coast (of the pro
ect for which we gave full particulars IN
our issue of October l2l is, we are pleased
to learn, in fair way to become fact &C
complished. Mr.. David K. Smith, president
of the company, with two assistants sailed
from New York on the thicrieth ultimo, to
prosecute the surveys Since the puollca-
ton of our article and we are pleased to
believe in some measure consequent there
on-a number of large capitalists have be-
come interested in the road, who will bring
to it not only money but enterprise, energy
and experience.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-05
A WORD WITH THE CITY OFFICERS.

The city of New Orleans is a subordi-
nate part of the State, and its obedience
is due directly to the lawful officers and
orders of its superior. The Legislature
has control Of the city as it has Of the
State, and can unmake the government
thereof within the tune necessary to pass
a bill through both houses. If the city
sets itself up in opposition to its superior,
if New Orleans commits the oftense Of
attempting to overthrow the State, and
this effort is aided and abetted at the City
Hall by the subordinates who should be
the first to uphold the sovereignty,
then the parties to such mis-
prison of treason should be dis
possessed at once of the positions
they fill SO unfaithfulIy. This suggestion
being understood, we apply it in this way,
that every officer of the city should be re-
quired to remain at his post of duty to-
morrow; every public Office should be
kept wide open in order that the people
their salaries instead of plotting reyolu-
ton; and the Administrators should be
required to maintain these regulations,
The penalty upon the city government for
its participation in the attempt to
overthrow the State, supposing it to
be foolish enough to make such an at
tempt, should be its instant eztin-
punishment Before the troops leave
the streets on Monday a new government
may be enacted and installed, provided the
present one pspyokes the issue by any act
of rebellion on its part. We have no de-
sire that this thing should occur, and it
does seem to US that the officers ought to
be more conservative than to engage in
any such wild and desperate under taking;
but this is not the occa sion to deal in soft
phrases or compromise measures. We
have arrived Mt the point, if the oracles of
disorder are not wrong, when the struggle
to maintain peace in this State will have to
be decided. The interests of the State can
not afford to lose a single point. There
fore LET her servants and creatures show
their fidelity to their superior by remain
ing in their Offices, under penalty of an
immediate discharge.