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The ID esquite.

The mesl quite forms a prominent feature
critics enti.le it To special notice. 1t i,
the cn!y tree, it tree it may be called, IN
these regions, that does not have to cling
to the water courses for its existence. II
lourishe> best in low prairies, but holds
it own on the high, and by It's enormous
roots seems siro'nI!y adapted for holding
II in lInge, DIX gifts
it s.mrles a dwarird honey locust, snl
i snrnsjitne, ioauI with i trunk one foot
n diameter anI EIGHT or ten fe I high, but
generally much smaller, and more frequent
is IA I. large shrub. The wood is red, hard
aud brittle, i-nites readily and when at al
iry cont nue., to burn TIL there is none
left
1t, gum, as a substitute f)r gum arabic,
becoming an article Of commerce. Its
,,hc, Yield .arge percentage of aiSal,
and in burning the heat is 50 intense that
stove ll.tes are Is soon burnt out by it as
by Tie bet P.tt>burg coat. And for this
reason Goals u.aie from it are net TT Tor
the burk~uith's use. 1t furnishes nearly
III The full used 1T Fort Caucha, aud as a
irewnoi has uo eqna;. At Fort Stockton,
one handrri AMI forty niles west, where,
at present it appe"r- niainiy as a shrub,
- roots furnish all the wood for the past,
.
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NapoleonIc Memorial at Chiselhurst.

The London Telegraph has long ac-
count Of the NE moral mass at Chiselhurst,
ON the 9th inst, on the occasion Of the
death Of the Emperor Napoleon After
di>posing of the crowd that attended, de-
spite the wind and rain, ard the celebration
OF the mass, the telegraph says: cat
length the moment Of the removal Of HE
body to Lady Chapel, and, willie the choir
sang softly, the members of the Imperial
household grouped around the coffin, ard
the priests and Bishop, surrounded by bead
les, and midst cloud Of nsense, bore it
slowly to It's last resting place. 1t is said
20 hare been the wish OF the Emperor that
he should be laid in French soil, even
Enough he might be buried in England, and
in obedience to this de sire, the earth had
been brought from the Garden Of the Tuil
cries and placed in the bed at the bottom
of the sarcophagus. Into this the cofiu
was lowered. The Bishop, duly attlred.
advanced and scattered upon it little
French soft inside the tomb, sIrinkled it
with molly water. and pronounced the abso-
luton. The Prince Imperial, who had re
NAMED spectator Of the ceremony from
the lace lac first occupied here, almost
hroke down uLGer the emotions which
crowded in upon him, and it was nearly
mirute ere he could lie called upon {. ap-
rrDach the tomb Of / /, father.
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A Mothers Love.

In the tenement house LIS Seventh
street, Jersey City, lives Mrs. Black, a
widow. She had two Children, one a
girl FIVE years old, the other boy eighteen
months CID. The latter died at nine
O'Clock 1t night on Thursday, 18th inst.
Friiay passed, and the neighbors wondered
why the women did not make her appear
ance. Captain Van Ripper, Of the Second
Precinct, was called on, and when be
learned the child was dead, he notified
County Physician Buck. The lat ter call
ed at the house and gave permi: for bur
ial. The mother would not listen to such
an order. Dr.. Buck told her it was i'm
perative. The poor woman threw herself
on Ler knees and inlpurel him for Gods
sake not to take her dear child away from
her. She was convinced that after eight
days il would come to life again. DR..
Buck consented 10 leave the lfeless child
with her on condition that she would place
ii upon ice. The poor woman answered
ooh, no; it is cold enough without placing
it on ice" Day fter day passed, and the
neightors again appealed to the police.
The distracted n)ther took the dead child
to her bosom every night in the hope that
life would return. She heated the poker
and placed it TO the soles of the Infants
feet, and when the child did not respond
she cried and greaned so piteously tina 1.-THE
neighbors were attracted to the place. A
second complaint was made to the police,
and Captain Van Ripper gave orders that
the body be removed. In carrying cut this
order il was necessary to hold the frantic
mother till the body was out Of sight
After it vas removed she cried and groan.
ed in the most piteous manner. Some
kind hearted neighbors exerted themselves
to control her, but in vain. She expects
her brother who Is her sole support, to ar
rive to-day, and then she says everything
Will be right. Meanwhile the body lies at
Brady's, and there Is no sign of decompos-
ition. Tie unfortunate woman, it is fear
ed, has lost her reason. She will not ad-
NIT any Of her urighbors to sympathize
with her, as she says she has been robbed
of her child. Her cries at i.ht are heart
rending. Today the body will te inter
red, and if the brother Of the unfortunate
woman does not appear it viii be necessary
to have her sent to the County Lunatic
Asylum. Yesterday she acted in the most
frantic manner and would not be comfort
el.-Nelr York Herald.
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BONE
ET JOAQUIN MILLER.


Some leveled hills, wall, eone
That lords its gildei arch ard lies,
While at its base beggar cries
For bread, and dies; and this Is Rome.
hou Rome that pouted, slIrieked for room
To stretch Thy limbs 4 hill of caves
For wild beasts as they we're, and slaves
And gyPsies tent within thy tomb
a Y0lf-like stream, without q sound
Steals Lhro' and hides beneath the shore
Il awful secrets e7ermore
Within its srileu bosom bound
Two lone palms Oh the Palatino.
ro6 Of cyprus, black and tai,
With white 70 t. set in Ce.lr's Hall
White root, ia At round white marbl : twine
They watch along a brok Gu wall,
They look away toward Lebanon,
And mourn for grandeur dead aud gone
a nd this Is kome-and this i. all.
Yet Rome Is Rome, and Rome she must
And will remain beside her gate,
And tribute take from kings and states
ntil the stars be fall Il to dust.
lea, Time on yon Campanian Plain
Has pitched in seigc his battle-teuts,
And round about her battlements
Has marched and trumpeted il vain.
The skies are Rome The yeIy loan
Lifts up and speaks in Roman pride;
And Time, outfaced and still defed,
Sits by and wags his beard at Rome.
ROME, 1873
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New System of Signals for Ships at

A writer in The Engineer proposes that
certain peculiar acoustic and optical Signals
should be used on board ships for the pur-
pose Of communicating with the land, or
With other ships, at ,eater distances than
is now possible. In order that The vessels
may be in telegraphic communication with
the coast or floating stations, they will
have to carry one or more parabolid retiec-
tors. gyrating round a vertical axis, SO as
to be placed in any direction Of the wind.
A whistle or bell viii be placed in the
focus Of these refectors. A practiced OBJ
server, when placed within the focus, WI
hear the signals sen. from either land,
floating or navigating stations many miles
distance, and viii in his turn cause every
other telegraphic station to hear the sig
nails addressed to 1t. Whatever might be
the circumstances 81 the weather, it would
be advisable that vessels, although not dis
Ii guisLaJle at first sight, should communi-
cate at least at four fixed periods daily.
At seven, morning, and evening, and
twelve noon and Midnight, ships might
make acoustic and optical si,nals in all
kinds of weather; and in order to observe
and receive them severally, it would be
proper, for example, that vessels proceed
ing in directions towards the south and
west should make their signals some min
utes before the said hours, and that yes
sells going towards points of the north and
east should make theirs some Minutes af-
ter the same. Nothing is said Of the neces-
sary size of the refectors to hear signals
given in gale Of wind. 1t would probably
require one large enough to capsize the
vessel. The article closes with quota
ton from the nineteenth Psalm, xhich is
considered to be especially applicable to
telegraphers-
TIER line gone out throughout al the earth.
Ana their words TO the end of the WO-!Q
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TAX NO EECE.


September IS. 1871.
The following resolution WAS adopted at
the special session Of County BoatI of Su-
pervisors, held III the city AMI county OF
Mluitowoc, which session commenced the
lltL day of September inst:
WHEREAS. There are many mistakes made
by Z. p. Fuesseaich, while in the Office Of
County Clerk therefore.
Rsso red, That the present Clerk OF the
Board of Supervisors be auth riZei to ask
through the foar city papers Of Mani;owoc,
that parties holding receipts of p. Z Fncs-
senich. for the redemption Of taxes, present
them at the County Clerks Office to aScer-
tain if the proper entries are made in books
of sale to cancel said taxes, aud that the
present Clerk be authorized to make the
proper entries on said books. and report
each case 10 his Boarl. thereby Swing;
county II great amount OF trouble ana
pcnse from Illegal tax -ieois
Notice is hereby given. that til" County
Clerk can be found at his Office. between the
hours Of a m. aud p. m each day. ready
and willing TO attend II the duties assigned
to him in the foregoing re olutiun.
If Il 5 PiERPQNT. County Clerk.
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TIE GREETING AND ADIEU.
FROM rue GERMAN OF LENAr.

FROM TIE OERNAN OF LENIT.
Ga! when she came, as fair she did appear
As budding woodland in the early year.
And, when she spoke, it thrilled M happy
breast
Like song Of wild bird or tie sheltered nest
But, when she waved TO me her last adieu.
With her my dream of happiness withdrew.
CHARLES NcBLE GREGORY.
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EUN, rows, RGE.


FROM YEAR OF JUBILEE"
10 my fever now is high;
Fly. my boy, IN pity fly;
Bra - me PAISPtINT. WULCoTT's BALM,
l. vail soon my fever calm.
Cool nay hps-they burn they burn
Fan my temples. too, in turn;
Give relief or expire,
Painting il this blaze Of fire.
Give me PAIN PAINT, by the powers;
Drop ii Ger nay head Ia showers;
Oh! how cooling to by brow;
ALI Pm breathing easy now.
PAIN PAI>r Gains my frantic brain,
Burning body free of pain;
WoLCorT' PAN PAINT adore,
Perfect health So quick restore.
Drugs and doses, unierstsni,
Degrade an ass-much more man;
Filthy compounds that they make,
Shall not, viii not, cannot take.
Observe, when Mother Earth is dry,
She drinks the droppIngs OF the sky;
And evening dew her cordial gives
To every dropping plant that lives.
Thus man, selt-taught 10y instinct, viii
Drink deep from fountains or the riil;
False guides will snatch the cup away
Cram poison down--Our stomachs fay.
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Ayers Cathartic Pills,

For the relief and
cure of all derapge-
ments in the stom-
aeh, liver, and bow
els. They are a mild
aperient, and an
excellent purgative.
Being purely vegs
table, they contain
no mercury or mine.
raj whatever. Much
serious sickness and
suffering is prevent
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Some leveled hills, wall, done
That lords its gildei arch ard lies,
While at its base begga- cries
For bread, and dies; and this is Rome.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-16

sene oil, and the safety lamp, and the
compound blow-pipe, and free schools,
and spring mattresses, and wood engrav-
ing, and Brussels carpet and lever watch,
es, and greenbacks, and cotton and wooden
factories, in anything like the present
meaning of these terms were utterly un.
known.
A hundred years ago the spinning wheel
was in almost every family, and clothing
was spun and woven and made up in the
household, and the printing press was a
cumbrous machine worked by hand and
a nail, or brick, or a knife, or pair of
shears or scissors or razor, or woven
pair of stockings, or an ak, or hoe, or
shovel, or lock or key, or plate of
glass of any size, was not made in what
is now the United States. Even in 1870
there were only seventy five Postoffices in
the country, and the whole extent of our
post routes was less than 1900 miles.
Cheap postage was unheard of, and had
any one suggested the transmission of
messages with lightning speed he would
have been thought utterly insane. The
microscope, on the one hand, and the tel
escope on the other, were in their infancy
as instruments of science; and geology
and chemistry were almost unknown. In
word, il is true that to the century
passed have been allotted more improve.
ments, in their bearing on the comfort
and happiness OF mankind, than to any
other which has elapsed since the creation
OF the world.-Batttnaore american.
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A Hundred Years Ago.

ONE hundred and ten years ago there
was not single white man in what Is now
Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana or Illinois.
Then, what Is now the most hourishing
part of the United States was as little
known as the country in the heart OF
Africa ITSELF 1t was not till 1866 that
Boone left his home In North Carolina 10
become the first settler in Kentucky. And
the first pioneers of Ohio did not settle
till twenty years later still. A hundred
and twenty years ago Canada be
longed TO France, and Washington
was modest Virginia Colonel,
and the United States the most loyal part
Of the British Empire, and scarcely q
speck on the political horizon indicated
the struggle that In score OF years was
TO lay the foundation of the greatest Re-
public in the world.
A hundred years ago there were but four
small newspapers in America; steam en-.
gines had not been imagined, and loco
motives, and steamboats,, and railroads,
and teIegraphg, and postal cards. and fric-
ton matches, and revolvers, and percus..
sion caps, and breech.loading guns, and
stoves and furnaces. and gas for dwellings,
and india-rubber shoes, and sewing ma
chimes, and anthracite coal, and photo
graphs, and chrome paintings, and kero-
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A Strange Family Meeting.

ANOTHER curious case of "Enoch Arden"
is related. Twenty-Five years aeoayoung
married man of CaZenovia, N. Y, left his
wife and young daughter, and started on
a prospecting tour out West. He went to
Iowa and pitched his tent, it seems, far
out of the way of the usual mail routes OF
that day. He wrote to his wife in Gaze
novia regularly for some months, and
never got any replies to his letters. AT
length he quit writing and buried him.
self in the wilderness, sad and solitary
man. Not hearing from his wife at all
as the years rolled on, he supposed her to
be dead, and finally quit writing or max.
ing any further inquiries about her. Late
ly he had business East, and was return
ing on the New York Central Railroad
In the car he became an object of interes,
to a lady Of middle age, who was with
another much younger woman plainly
from their likeness mother and daughter
These two got into animated conversation
OF which he was the subject. AT length
the lady accosted him, asking his name
! excusing herself in the usual way for the
liberty she was taking with a stranger. II
was he; she knew Ii all the time, and yet
she could scarcely credit her own senses
lit was her husband of twenty-five years
| ago. And he, He recognized his wife
and she introduced him to his daughter,
who was now married and had growing
family. Explanations followed by which
it appeared that both had been the victims
ofthe imperfect postal system Of the back
woods. Neither had ever heard a word
from the other since they had separated
in CaZenovia lifetime before, and each
had supposed the other long since dead
A confidential conversation of great inter.
est TO all three of that scattered family en-,
sued. The lady had removed from Gaze
novia and married again. She was very
comfortably situated in life, and was rear.
ing an interesting family with her other
mate. He is very glad TO hear that she is
happy, and tells her that he still lives
alone in his cabin in the wild woods. He
has been true TO her memory. There Is
no time TO weep over the situation. The
train arrives at the station which is her
home. The carriage will be In waiting.
Will nc get of and see the folksY No, he
cannot do that, as his baggage Is checked
through and he wants TO keep up with IL,
Besides, he bethinks that he might be an
! unpleasant visitor, and does not want 10
fix himself in the other mans memory
like ghost. He believes his predecessor
dead let him think so still and IL was
agreed between them that this strange
meeting should never be mentioned in that
happy home circle. The carriage was
there, and the train rolled away Vest
50. Louis Republican.
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Reliability.

1T Is the quality, says writer In the
Queen, that we need In our man OF bust
ness An unreliable lawyer, stockbroker,
agent, bailif-whatsoeve the functions
he fulfills--how can we get on with him
He Is our ruin incarnate, as well as his
own; and the very fact that he cannot be
trusted in bis work il condemnation
enough for all the rest He may be thor
oughIy honest and yet unreliable. Here
in Is seen the value Of the word. He may
be forgetful, indolent, impulsive, impress
sionsble, unpunctual. Any OF these faults,
which are not moral sins, units him Tor
his work az the care taker Of our fortunes,
and disqualines him for the office because
of his unreliability when in it. An un-
reliable physician, too, digs the grave Tor
his own success. To trust ourselves and
the lives Of our dearest 10 man whose
punctuality of visits Is fond belief never
translated into an actually, whose sharp
ness of perception Ia thing that comes
and goes with the weather and the state
OF his liver, and who lets himself be
drawn away from the arduous duties OF
his profession by any passing fantasy or
pleasure is TO trust ourselves, perhaps,
TO the best-natured fellow In the world,
but TO d man so entirely unre-
liable as TO be almost useless for
this work. OF what use TO sick
man the lightning quickness OF diagnosis
at one time, when the dull brain lacks
even the ordinary power OF secondrate
intellect at anothers What we want in
our physician is emphstically reliability
reliability all through, not in fragments,
nor by fits and starts, but steady.going
qualify OF trustworthiness from end To
end, and to the extent to which his natural
powers may reach.
In fact, there is not function or posi-
tion In life in which reliability Is not the
most valuable characteristic. Genius
which sends scrimped work as often as
noble effort, and the mainstay OF an under
taking not to be trusted for time or
punctuality, energies which are heroic on
one occasion, then sink below the meas
ure of child's strength on another, love
that burns like the sun to-day. and Is dead
and cold as mere heap OF ashes to.mor-
row--who cares for such gifts as these
Beautiful as they are when they come,
they are intrinsically worthless. because
so entirely unreliable; and qualities which
have not half the show and shine OF these
have twice their value because always 70
hand when wanted, always TO be trusted
in and relied ON when they have work 70
do and responsibilities TO fulfill. Yes, II
Is grand quality we know none grander.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-16
Our First Love.

We have some very vivid recollections
of the first time we lost our heart. We
were about seventeen years of age at that
time and had the disease in its most VIC.
lent form. We used three quires of gilt
edged note paper, a whole bottle of red
ink, and exhausted the English language
in our endeavors TO iDdite a satisfactory
billet-doux to the fair object of our atfec-
tons, but without success, however.
Then we called in person for the purpose
of urging Our suit, but was seized by fit
of bashiulness Immediately after we got
there. The first symptom of the disease
that we noticed was a very high fever in
our face, accompanied by a choking sen.
sation in our throat, loss of speech, weak
ness in the knees and general debility.
Then the disease attacked our mental
faculties, and we arrived at the conclu-
sion, after thorough examination, that
our legs closely resembled a couple of
crooked sticks stuck in a pair of raw
potatoes; and we didn't know what to do
with our hands, as we could find no place
in our immediate vicinity where we
thought they looked right. We could
have employed them probably in assert.
ing and twisting our mustache, only we
uldH "thI bIt ut blldb AlliiI, Wv lux w
extreme youth After we had recovered
from the first shock of the meeting and
succeeded in convincing Miss Julia that
we were having very nice weather, that
being the only topic we could call
10 mind just at that time, we in
formed her that we had an en-
gagement with friend that evening
and must he going. We had adjusted
our fine beaver hat on our head and as
sumed control of our cane, and was just
backing up TO the door with winning
smile playing over our features, when we
came in contact with chair that was
going that same road, and lost our equi-
librium. When we became cognizant of
change in our position, we were laying
on our back. partially supported by the
chair, and our feet describing circles in
the air in the immediate neighborhood
Of the ceiling. We judge our position at
this time was very affecting, as we heard
Julia smothering her sobs in her hand
kerchief very distinctly. After some
minutes of severe exertion on our part
we succeeded in regaining our perpen-
dicular, but was surprised TO find that the
conclusion had driven our head down
into our beaver and knocked the bottom,
or rather the top, of 1t entirely out. We
attempted to remove it by gently lifting
it upward, but the operation was attended
by so much pain TO our nasal projection
that we were constrained 10 desist. Then
we gave il few tender jerks downward,
and by elongating our neck to Its fullest
extent succeeded in getting our organs
Of vision far enough above the hat TO get
the bearings of the door. We went out
Immediately, without waiting to make
the bow we had intended to make, but we
presume IL was unnecessary, as we heard
the back door close violently a few in
stants before we left.--J0hn Oliper, in
Ddnbury Mems.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-16

1t is the very crown, the gathering in of
so many notable virtues which without it
are of no account, that we might part
with many good gift bestowed by nature
upon man rather than with this which
gives vitality to all-this supreme ex-
cellence of reliability. With it boor
has worth; without it demi-god his
dangers and his valuelessness. 1t means
everything that is solid, everything that
is trustworthy, and no one is SO great that
he can do without it. no one SO humble
that he is not ennobled and made of value
with ii.