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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

This machine is one of the closest
approaches that mechanics have made
to the dextcrity Of the human hsnd.
1t is about the height and size of 4
lady's sewing machine, only much
stronger. On the left side, at the
back, Il light belt dcsccnds from
long shaft in the ceiling that drives
all the machines, ranged in rows on
the floor. On the left side Of the
machine hangs on a peg a reel of
wire that has been Strengthened by
RAINING through compound system
of small rollers. The wire desccnds,
and the end enters the machine. This
is the food consumed by the voraci-
Gus little dwarf. He pulls it in and
bites it off by inches incessSntly--
one hundred and forty bites to the
minute. Just as he seizcs each bite,
q little hammer, with concavc face,
hits the end Of the wire three times,
s'upsets" it to u head, while he grips
it to . counter-sunk hole betwee his
teeth, With an outward thrust with
his tongue he then lays the pin side
ways in y little groove across the rim
of q small wheel that slowly revolvcs.
by the external pressure OF Il station
ary hoop these pins roll in their
places as they are carried under two
series of small files, three in each.
These files grow finer toward the end
of the series. They lie at slight ills
clination Oh the pins, and a series OF
cams, levers and springs are made to
play like lightning. Thus the pins
are dropped in little shower in Il
box. Twcnty-ciyht pounds are a
days work for ore OF these jerking
little automatons. The machines re-
jcct crooked pins, tic slightest irres
ularity in any Of them being detected
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Tvo Centuries Hence.

The following fancy picture of
what may be familiar enough two
hundred years hence is no more i'm
probable on the face of it than our
railways, electric telegraphs, and the
like would have seemed = century
ago.
Scene-Library in the house of an
elderly gent, somewhere in Australia.
Old gent telegrsphs to the kitchen;
and waiter ascends in balloon.
Old Gent-"John, fly over to Cal
cutta and tell Mr.. johnson that !
shall be happy to have him sup with
me. Newer mind your coat now,
but 60"
John leaves, and at the end Of Eve
mintues returns.
John-"Mr. Johnson SAYS he will
come. he has got to go to st. Peters
burg for few minutes, and then he
will be here"
Old Gent-"Very well, John. Now
start the machine for setting the ta-
bic, and telegraph to my Nite's room,
and tell her Mr.. johnson is coming;
then brush up my balloon, for l have
an engagement in London ut twelve
O'clock"
John flies, and the old gentleman
runs over to the West Indies to buy
a fresh orange.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Tobacco, or not Tobacco.

1t is the fashion nowadays to quote
Philip Gilbert Hsmbcrton, and this is
what Philip tiiIbert Hambcrton SAYS
about tobacco:-
The use of tobacco has so much
extended itself in the present gem
Grafton that We are Obliged to make
. decision for ourselves on the an
cicnt controversy between its friends
and cncE.ics. We cannot form any
opinion about tobacco without bear
ing in mind that it produces, accord
ing to circumstances, one Of two dis
tinct and even opposite classes of
effects. In certain states of the body
it acts as a stimulant, in others As =
narcotic. People who have a dislike
to smoking affirm that it stupctics;
but this as e.tion, at least SO tar rs
the temporary consequences arc con-
cerned, Is not supported by expert
encc. Most of the really brilliant
conversations that l have listened to
have been accompanied by clouds of
tobacco smoke, and great deal of
the best literary composition that is
produced by contemporary authors
is wrought by men who are actually
smoking while they work. My own
experience is that very moderate
smoking acts as u pleasant stimulus
on the brain, while 1t produces tenn
porary lassitudc of the muscular sys-
TEN, not pcrccptiblc in times OF rest,
but an appreclablc hindrance in times
of muscular cxcrtion. 1t is better,
therefore, for men who feel these
effects from tobacco to avoid it when
they are in exercise, and to use il
only when the body rests and the
mind labors. Pray remember, how
ever, that this is the experience of an
exceedingly moderate smoker, who
has not vet got himself into the gen
cral condition of body which is
brought on by larger indulgence in
tobacco. On the other hand, it is
evident that men engaged in physical
labor find u muscular stimulus in oc-
casionally smoking, and not a tenn
porary lassitude. 1t is probable that
the effect varies with individual cases.
and is never precisely what our own
experience would lead us to imagine.
Eor excessive smokers it appears to
be little more than tranquilizlng Of =
sort Of uncasincss, the continual sat
ist:.ction Of a continual! craving. l
have never been able to asceit tain that
moderate smoking diminishcs intel
lectual force; but | have observed III
excessive smokers y decided weaken
ing of the will aud y preference for
talking about work. to the effort Of
actual labor. The opinions Of medi-
cal men on this Subject arc so much
ut variance that their science only
adds to our uncertainty. One doctor
tells me that the most moderate
smoking is unqucstionably injurious,
while others affirm that it is innocent.
Speaking simply from observation, !!
find that in my own case, tea and
coffee arc far more pernicioas than
tobacco.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Tho Boy Who Ate Turnip.

Most everybody knows "red-hcad-
cd 1im,' the newsboy and bootblack.
lie is always getting hurt, crossing
the pa'h Of the police or falling into
the river, and yesterday he came near
having his earthly career cut off in
its spring time. lie helped himself
to = turnip from farmers wagon on
the Campus Martius as he came down
town, and ~ he meandcred down
Griswold street folks saw him giving
the turnip rub on his elbow and
then biting out "hunks" which would
have made >toppcrs for catsup bottles.
One Of these bites failed to go down.
1t went into his throat and stuck
there, and Tim was seen to suddenly
drop his box and jump up and down
and throw his arms about.
"Tim's got n new circus trick!r
yelled boy OH the other side of the
street; and in u moment half \ dozen
ran over.
Tim jumped up and came down on
one foot, tried to cough and his eyes
hung out like porcelain door-knobs.
'lsn't that just old high circus,
thought exclaimed one OF the bows,
and the other boys threw up their
caps and hurrahcd.
Tim jumped up and down again,
motioncd for some one to pat him on
the blck, and an old gent came
around the corner and said that If
such fooling wasn't stopped he'd
whistle for y policeman. Tim tried
to motion out that he had something
in his throat, and the old gentleman
went on to say that things had come
to q pretty pass in Detroit when All
old pioneer couldn't walk out with
out u boy making faces at him.
"Give Tim three chccrsw shouted
4 little muffin AS Tim backed up
agSinst y telegraph pole, hoped up
and down and grew purple in the
face.
'Look at the great American dis
tortioncr!" shouted another boy and
they Knocked their boxe together
and chccrcd Justify.
One Of the lettcr-carric:s halted
and said that if he had boy who'd
act that way he'd take his hide off
and hang it on the fence, and bank
porter said that it made him shudder
when he remembered that he was the
father of nine children.
Things were getting black with
Tim. He made more motions for
some one to pound him on the back.
and he whcczcd like locomotive off
the track, but they thought he was in
fun.
ut is sad to think that the prison
doors will clash behind him before
he reaches manhood" sighed wo-
man who was carrying letters to the
post-office.
"When see such actions in one
so young can no longer wonder
that our .jails are running over with
Dick Turpins," chimcd in mclan-
choly looking student, and the boys
shouted:
"F'ling 'cr up again, Tim!'
just then policeman came run
ming across, thinking it was fight,
and he caught Tim BY the neck and
gave him lively shake, causing the
hunk OF turnip to fly out like q cork,
and then everybody knew that the
boy had been i martyr and that they
had wronged him. 1t took him al
most y whole minute to seth breath
and then he looked around on the
boys and growlcd:
"Circus tricks! circus tricks! you
blasted bcan-catcrs! Can't YOU tell
when tellcr's dyin'!'-DetroN Free
Press.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
THE ROMANCE OF A ROSE.


From the Atlantic Monthly for October.
It is nearly hundred years ago
Since the day that the Count de Rochambeau-
Our ally against the British crown
Met Washington In Newport town,
Twas the month Of March, and the air was chill,
But bareheaded over Aquidneck hill,
Guest and host they took their way.
While on either side was the grand array.
OF gallant army, French and nnc,
Ranged three deep In glittering line;
And the French deet sent . welcome roar
OF hundred guns rom Canonicut shore.
And the bells rang out from every steeple,
And from atreet to street the Newport people
Followed and cheered with hearty zest,
De Rochanbeau and his honored guest.
And women out Of the windows leant,
And out Of the windows smiled and sent
Many q coy, admiring glance
To the nne young Officers Of France.
And the story goes that the belle Of the town
Kissed rose and nung It down
Straight at the feet Of DE ROchAmbeau;
And the gallant marshal, bending low,
Lifted 1t up with Frenchman'e grace
And kissed it back, with glance 1t the face
O the daring maiden where she stood,
Blushing out Of her silken hoOd.
That night At the ball, still the story goes,
The Marshal OF France wore faded rose
In his gold laced coat; but he looked In vain
For the givrr's beautiful face again.
Night after night. aud dsy sitter day,
The Frenchman eagerly sought, they say,
A feast, or at church, or along the street.
And she, night after night, day after day,
Was speeding farther and farther away
From the fatal window, the fatal street.
herr nj M afA hear Md audd heat
throb too much for the cool control
Puritan teaches to heart and soul;
A throb too much for the wrathful eyes
Of one who had watched in dismayed surprise.
Prom the street below; and taking the gauge
Of . woman's heart in that moments rage
He swore, this old colonial squire,
That before the daylight should expire,
This daughter Of his, with her wit and grace,
And her dangerous heart and her beautiful face,
Should be on her way to . sure retreat
Where no rose Of hers could fall 1t the feet
OF \ cursed Frenchman, high or low,
And so while the Count de Rochambeau,
In his gold coat. wore . faded flower,
And awaited the giver hour by hour,
She was sailing away in the wild March night,
On the little deck Of the sloop Delight,
Guided, even in the darkness there,
BY the wrathful eyes Of = jealous care.
Three weeks after brig bore down
Into the harbOr Of Newport town,
Towing . wreck twas the sloop Delight;
O6 Hampton rocks, In the very sight
Of the land she sought. she and her crew
And all ON bOsid Of her, full in view
Of the storm bound fisherman over the bay.
Went to their doom on that April day.
when Rochambeau heard the terrible tale
He muttcred a prayer, for . moment grew pale:
Then Mon Dieu!" he exclaimed, so my aas 70.
nance
Prom beginning to end Is . rose and glance"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

man body that cndangcrs, nor even
the discharge of that electricity,
since the body can hold but a small
amount; it is the passage through the
body of an immense discharge, be.
tween clouds and earth, that kills
and destroys.
Old maids, and young ones, too,
throw themselves upon feather bed
for protection from ''th,mdcr, or de-
sccnd to the cellar. An iron bed
stead would be safer than either of
these places, because it would keep
the charge away from them by rccei-
wing it through itself. Timid ladies
are terrified when boiler discharges
steam through safcty-valve, for fear
it will burst; when the roar of cscap-
ing steam is proof positive that il
will not burst. And to crown all,
some misguided victims of an insane
fever forgetful that .'action and resc-
ton are equal" and that "gain in
power is loss in time when a force is
given," still labor and strive to Gre
ate force out Of nothing, and make
what science has, time and time
again, declared impossible, perpetual
motion. .
SNch absurditics, Of course, Will
never cease until ignorance ceases.
But they are altogether too common
~: ong those that should know better,
and reveal great lack Of logical
reasoning and definite knowledge.
Superticiality is perhaps the great
fault of our common education, cs-
pccially i'll science, where exactncss
is essential. The natural and exact
sciences are, We are happy to say,
taking more nearly their deserved
stand in our American educational
courses; and We hope the time may
come, and come soon, when such
nonsencc as We have discussed can
not possibly be found, much less be-
lievcd in, among those who have
been fairly cducated.-A H., in
Scientific american.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

IT will do no good to tell the peo-
pie that the mission of the Rcpnbli-
can party is ended, when, at the
slightest prospect of Republican dc
feat. the threatening clouds of re-
bcllion gather in the Southern sky;
when ut the first intimation that any
considerable number of voters are
willing to withdraw from the Re
publican party, even for the purpose
Of experiment, it is seized upon by
the rebels rs an evidence that the
people will no longer insist upon the
enforcement Of the Legislation which
grew ous Of the war.-B.srliagtoa
lfu,ck- Hye." -
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Ludicrous Scene in a Pulpit.

A South German paper relates the
following: In a Bavarian town Of
the most pronounced Catholic ortho-
doxy, the priest preached lately
against the Old Catholics, and stated
such horrible things against them
that his pious hearers were horror
stricken at Old Catholic impicties.-.
At last the preacher cried out, "The
Old Catholics a:e 80 vile that thcv
will all be cast into the pit, and if
what l tell you is not true, may the
devil take me now OH the xpot!" His
excitement was terrible, and he so
struck the cushion that the book fell
from it. Not far from the pulpit
there sat All Amcric sn, who had u ne
gro servant with him, to whom he
beckoned to take the book up to the
priest, who, perhaps, had never seen
one of those sons OF Ham in his life.
The negro at once obcycd, and as he
mounted the lowest Of the pulpis
steps, the clergyman repeated his
wish that the devil might come and
take him if what he had said against
the Old Catholics was not true. Al
though the negro went softly, the
preacher heard his footsteps, and,
turning around, saw black object
solelnnly, steadily and surely ap-
preaching him. lie looked at him
with terror, and believing that he
would be the next instant collared by
his Satanic Majesty, he cried ont,
with trembling voice, ut is, after all,
possible that there may be good peo-
pie among the old Catholics" Turn
ing around to see if the object had
disappeared, he saw it still steadily
apl reaching. The perspiration burst
out on his brow, and, full Of despair,
he called out, "There are even many
good people among the Old Catho-
lies" Thinking that this would suf-
flee, he turned around, but what was
his horror to find that the object was
close at hand. I'm 6 ming h ms If in
the very grasp of BE, lzebub, t rn;ng
partly to the negro and partly to the
congregation, he cried out, "May the
devil come and take me ii all the Old
Catholics arc not better than We arc!!''
The terrified priest tainted from the
fright, and it was only after some
time that he recovered.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
THE $4,000 reward lately offered

THE $1,000 reward lately offered
tor the James Brothers by the Post
master General makes the reward
now set upon the heads of these out
laws over $4,000. 1t would seem,
if the detective has not played out
in this country, that this ought to
fetch them. The $4,000 reward Of
fered by the Governor of Missouri is
certain, whether the game be brought
in dead or alive. The rest is to be
paid on conviction.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
John Paul, in describing y Sarato-

John Paul, in describing Sarato-
ga ball, says: "A lady attracted
considerable attention by having her
dress cut down in the back with =
libcrality which astonishcd me, and
delighted the back-biters on the back
piazza. Twas not Pompadour
style, exactly, rather more on the
barndour order of architecture, !
should say; and nothing could be
in better taste if a lady's back wcro
a bollevard-but if not, not"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

a grccnhorn sat for long time
very attentivcly musing upon cane
b, ttom chair. At length he said j.,
II wonder what fellow took the
trouble to find all tn IN ar holes aud
mt st-aws arourd thcm." "
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

AW CONvEYANCING, WAR CLAIM, AND
4 Land Agency ONCE Once in First National
Bank building, Independence. Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
9hnsitians.
DR.. H II HUNT,

NfrICE and Residence corner OF Court and
~ Blank Sts., north of Catholic Church. 42-:f
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
u. W. BRUCKART,
W. q. II. b. DONNAN,

A TTORNRY AT LAW. Independence. Iowa.
~ Once in Clarkes new building, west side.
Consultations in English and German. 10y
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Miscellaneous Items.

VIZ arc indebted TO provilcntiAl &c
rangement of Tupper's liver for his abb
scncc from this country. Here is ut least
one advantage in having II. liver.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-10
ABOUT BURNING KEROSENE

! We wish to call the attention of all
consumers Of kerosene oil to the per
nicious and unhealthy practice of US
ing lamps filed with that article Will
the wicks turned down. The ga,
which should be consumed by the
fame is by this means left heavily il
the air, while the cost of the oil thu.
saved at the present prices would be
scarcely one dollar ayear for the lamp.
Of a household. A large family o
children in the country were taken il
one night, and on going to the nurser,
the mother found the whole room
nearly sufocating with a lamp turned
nearly out, whereupon the doctor for
.bade the use of a lamp at night unles
burned at full head. A girl was sub
ject to fits Of faintness, which if no
'induced were greatly increased b,
sleeping in the room with the LAM
turned almost out. Besides the dam
age to health, it spoils the paper ane
curtains, soils the mirrors and win
dows and gives the whole house al
untidy and unwholesome odor.-Er
change.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-10
1AE P1YAOUTH PAsTOEs Ideas OF
FREE LOVE.
Fran. BeeeheTs Ihanksq;vinq Sermon,

fsom BeeeheTs Thanksgiving Sermon.
The family idea is the grand prim-
tive institution of life-it is the grand
universal life. No other institution
has awakened anything like its
strength. 1t supports all those who
are sprung from the father and moth
er into model commonwealth, where,
by reason of the smallness Of the num-
Der, they come within the sphere of a
parental government that has thus the
fundamental ideas Of laws within a
law. Now, l find in this a revelation
above all revelation, not of an innum-
erable company of angels, of archan-
gels, Of seraphims-not a dramatic
representation Of power; but in this
family idea God reveals Himself, and
in His nature His mode of governing
the world, and in the condition of the
father and the mother his relation
thereto. You might destroy the
whole Bible, you have yet the whole
germane idea of what the Bible saws
in the family idea. There is only the
one place in the whole world in which
We know what it is to govern by love.
In this you have the most precious
thing that was ever given to US.
Now, is the family idea losing or gain
ing? Gaining. There have been
some mischievous, licentious people
who have put forth philosophy that
has regarded this view of the family
as mischievous. All the moral sense
Iof the race, however, is strong to-day
for monogamic family. The family
was never so virtuous and so refined
as it is to-day. 1t takes more to be a
husband and father than it did
some hundred years ago.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-10

F.iie'well all my hopes; hopes ia farewell /
TO what fiery degree Of crimson my
poor face would 6a','el; got; to ,vhat
violence Of ps1pitation 1ny poor heart
would have tiuttered, I: can Z, a. not i,,,d3
gay, had not Ware, in his magnanimi
ty, come to the rescue by rising 'Ib,: Iab,-:
ruptly in the midst Of my. chagrin.
For thus relieving me, 1 shall owe
him a debt of gratitude that devot-
ed life only can repay!
It's useless to 60 through with the
rest Of the evening: All my hopes
were dashed to the earth. A china
cup, flung upon a stone step, would
not have been in worse condition in
point Of unity Of atoms than the afore-
said hopes. Here I had sung that
refrain to Ware, "Any how she is, a
devoted Episcopalian," until T. wa.
ashamed to: look in his face, as he sat
pretending to mbble away, at his
M'telzigencer and Eainburg Review but
every now and then flipging q wicked
glance over the top Of the paper
in the direction of "the devoted Epis.
copalian" and me, as we sat demure.
ly together on the sofa, she blissfully
unconscious Of the sensation she had
created and I utterly At a loss to give
myself a reasonable excuse for the
ecclesiastical blunder Of which I had
been guilty.
After the devoted Episcopalian had
been hospitality shown up to the blue
room, to whose becoming drapery
she had been voted by the ez porte
Judgment of Ware, returned to the
parlor with my hands before my face
in very shame. l shall not undertake
to describe the scene that followed
my chagrin, and Wares remorseles.
ijests: Here I had imported an :unsus-
:pecting young damsel Of eighteen
summers; placarded her all over the
village as a devoted lover of the
church. to find her unpack-a Con.
gregationalist! and of how deep a
dye, no one could yet surmise!
CONTINUED NEXT wEEK.)
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-10
- ~
10 AK.

The race is not always won by
the strong. Were it so, the onion
would be head instead of the cab
bage.
Why did she turn her back on
you, young man? Innocent child!
She wanted to make an exhibition of
her new overskirt.
People who saw him jump up
and down and heard him swear
thought him crazy, but he wasn't.
He had merely delivered fifteen
cords Of wood at the wrong place.
Detroit Free Press.
Said Detroit lady to small
boy whom she found crying in the
street the other day: "Will you
stop crying if I will give you a pen
ny?' "No," said he, "but if you'll
make 1t two cents III stop if it kills
me-"
According to Cincinnati paper,
John Thomas was recently sued by
Hester Prim for breach of promise.
"John Thomas, come into court !"
shouted the constable. "John Thom-
as needn't come in to court me any
more,' said Hester primly.
Detroit Free Press: The Mil
lerites have settled on the Goth ofDe-
cember as ascension day, but for men
who expect to be in heaven on the
21st they hold hay and oats up Won
derfull Y stiff, and want their cash
down.
Look out for your commas! A
tombstone bears this inscription
Erected to the memory of John Phil
lips, accidentally shot as a mark of
affection by his brother"
A Coroner's jury rendered YER
| dict that "the deceased came to his
death by excessive drinking, produc-
ing apoplexy in the minds of the
jury"
A correspondent introduces a
| piece Of poetry to the editor of an
American newspaper in these words {:
"The following lines were written if
ty years ago by one who has for many
years slept in his grave merely for
his amusement.