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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21
THE NEW CAPITOL.

10 08O1O Nu1HHH00-~VHA A1B0O0y
Capitol Commissioners Finkbine
and Dey have just returned from q
visit to the Missouri quarries from
which the stone for Iowa's new Capt.
tol building 10 being obtained. The
frat named gentleman Is In the city ct
present and from him . Leader re-
porter has obtained tho following par
ticulars:
ST. GENEvlEvE QUARRY.
10 situated GO miles south of st. Louis
on the Mississippi river. It is in first.
class shape and . large amount OF
atone 10 already stripped and ready
for shipment to this city. During the
coming season the proprietors expect
to send four car loads per day for the
New State House. The stone 10 first
loaded upon barges, towed up the
river to St. Louis and from thence by
rail- to this city, over the Rockford,
Rock Island & st. Louis and Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific roads. The
distance from the Quarry to Des
Moines by this route 10 about 400 miles.
The company have contracted to fur
n{a6 thA atone laid AnWm hare fnF
a "a ~ nsr cnhic Snot The coat ~ t..ns.
,.orss sttcn Il shnnt SA0 r.r c.r vhich
cnntairs i "a cubic feet. The stone II
of hnd color and viii be used for ths
hodv ~ the bnildin9. III va an
nsed In fhe construction ~ hniIiin~s
IN l82O-and has withstood 8 test oi
81 years enthusiastically. Manv Of the
finest public buildines OF Missouri Il
constructed of this ssone, @ are alec
the piers OF the new bridge across the
Miseissippi at st. Louis. Time and
weather seem to have little effect upou
its appearances or its flrmness.
rur CARROLL couNry ou..pv
.. .,..sa asv ,,,.. -. - ~.
sMusss1 NJ w.. 49,. q, T T~n," r 1oUss' Us..
~ a ~, W.,S.n "h .u' rs;i-csS al % sn 1nss;.h hN"!
vrsv ssnd atone whioh hss ssood 4 ~
isiactory test Of thirty. tve years. Thil
stone will be used In the new building
tor the door and window trimmings
cornices and for general ornaments.
tion. Two car loads per day will b,
shipped during the season. over th,
above named road and the Ksokuk 4
Oes Molnes from Ottumwa. The cos
Of transportation 10 about 40 per O.
ard the stone 10 laid down here for
per cubic foot. Tho distance from th'
Carroll Quarry to this point 10 -
miles.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21
From the Cincinnati Weekly Times.
CURING Il GRUMBLER.
BY 1srr1E LANE.

IN ovoSS ~ WV Il
The Squire stood very high in The ssti.
nation Of his neishboss, but not more =
than hs did In his own. He was lord and
master mot only Of his farm, but Of Ais enI
tire household, tEumTA As wife, down to Ro.
vsr, his dog. including hired man, and tho
half dossn scioos Of the house Of Hall. He
cold Ill the products and made ali The pur-
chasss for the family, without consulting
Tie wishes Of any oos bat his own. And
what was woess, hs bad very disagrssabls
habit Of grumbllng whensvsr called upo1
20 replenish the sugaH.box OK tsa-csnlsees.
We now present him 70 our rsad@A
staudiog with ecgvuga4ed brows, wiplns
ht haads on the hugs solle towel H6
wiis, with The cir ois sulPsit had just In
formed him that the - was out snd the
co6ee and sugar nearly %.
"You don't say so,' be exclaimed wrath.
tnily. ..tha's always ths cry; II faint ons
thing its another"
II don't 80 whsre everything soss 10
that's brought into this house. II this a.
travagance goes on much longer veil Ill
be in the poor houss. The drouth Tainsd
tbe bay crop. and cut down ths corn 70 .
and I 80 fG1pn an 1hs eRes sc. ne edp dpq6uiRsg aR.
the apples o6; but no matter whether ~
have anything to ell o. not, thssss always
enough TO b boaehAn
Ths Sqaire 6niahsd his t:rads By taking
hb scaa at the veil fillsd breakfast tAbls,
whsre be solsosd himself b drinking fosr
cups Of strong coffee, well sweetcned WITH
sugar, which provel conelusively that le
preached economy bstter than he pracsicd
i. He diepaeohea hIo breakfast 10 grim 4.
isncs, and thea mounted his hoEse and rode
down 70 tho ..CosnerAS 10 the gsocery.
/, Nrs. Hall nllked cows, fed calves, plss
and chickens, washed dishes. made bed,
got tie children rsady los school, and did Q
thousand and one other things that fall 10
the lot Of . fasmssh vife. And while hse
hands wers busy her mind wss employed
also. She felt her heart swell with indik-
nation when she looked bsck over The CT.
teso ysars Of hss married lifs-yeAss Of haSd
end ueves eoding TOLL remsnbersd
that ahs had nsveS made. Q household want
known without being lcctured for il, q if
sue had committed some capital offense. Z
'I'll asvse ask for anolher pound Of gro.
ceries while I live, /" shemsntally exclaimed.
dashing tho hOs tsass paasionsssly from hsf
Il do my duty faithfully, under all cir.
cumstances, and I wontt Be treated like .
dog any longer. / will have little self-
respect, anyhow i 9
The Squire rsturnsd in couple OF hours
and laid thlee dimlnutive packages on the
kitchen table with the air Of one giving 70
many drops o. bis hearts blood. Mn.
Hall ma6a NO remark. hut amiled 10 h0.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

A drove Of cattle crossing the Wasatch
range, in Utah, lost their footing, slid over
precipice one hundred feet high and were
dashed to pieces.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

President Grant was invited 10 attend
the banquet Of the Baltimore Knights of st.
Patrick on the 18th ult. He replied ~ fol-
lows:
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

not because any of the Delaware Bavards
gave 1t any great significance, but because
there was an old chevalier who died sans
Pe'er ct sans reprOche, and he said, rebuked
on the battlefield of his death for the
political side he espoused: " 1t is not who
should fear to die, but thou who art in
arms against thy country and thy king"
II Mr.. Bayard can run on this saving. he
will run well.
But, except for the Presidency, he has
qualities worthy of all consideration. He
Is pure, dignifed and sweet of nature and
life He has honor and the desire to keen
1t. He is lawyer in fair practice, success
1ul IN politics early in life, but under con-
dltlons quite unusual in this country. and
his social accompaniments and large family
show that he is in tune as in relation ortbo-
doX and realistic. lie has a residence in
washington, recently, acquired; with the
senators OF the majority he is in fair favor
II we desire good citizen from small
State which does not possess republican
nor even modern form of government.
we cannot do i'll with Tom Bayard. But it
Is good deal to carry on ones back: n
State without an institution of a State
except county government and the full
number OF Senators. a candidate without
any record except the name of Bayard and
opposition to the Democrats picking up
Greeley! But if Iwere good old Bourbon.
and did not believe there had been any
deluge, | should hurrah for this candidate. |
If were politician, likewise, and wanted
sleek virtue, I should be for this political
kitten of Bayard, sans purr.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

PRINCELY SALARIES.-Probably some OF
our ambitious American citizens, who either
hold or aspire to office, and make up their
modest official compensations by being
parties to jobs and ring stealings, have in
their minds eye the salaries of the different
monarchs of Europe when they are thus
engaged. They doubtless think their SER
vices are worth as much as that of some of
the useless monarchs. The salaries which
they compare with, and thus breed dissatis-
faction within themselves, are given as fol-
lows by German statistician: Alexander
H., $9,152,O0O, or $4,000 day; Abdul
Air, $9,OOO,OOO, or $24,657 a day; Francis
Joseph, $4,OOOOOO, or $lO,050 a dav
Frederick William H., $3,OOO,OOO, or S..
2lO day; Victor Emmanuel, s., 400 OO0
or $6,S4O a day; Victoria, $2,2OO,OOO. or
$6,27O day; Leopold, 100000, or 81, CAB a
day. In addition to this salary each ofthese
individuals is furnished with dozen or
more first-class houses to live in without
any charge of rent.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

Ham AND EGGs.-TO make dish of ham
and eggs as good as possible, cut the ham
nearly half an inch thick, boil it in plenty
of water till barely cooked through. pour
OFT the water, and put the pan in place
just hot enough to brown the fat part or
the ham slightly, but not hot enough to
make smoke or to brown the lean meat
much. When this is finished remove the
frying pan from the fire, take up the ham.
pour off the fat into cup, and wipe the
pan till it shines like mirror without a
single speck to mar the polish. Then put
in spoonful of the clear part of the fat
break in the eggs, and set the pan in a
place scarcely hotter than boiling water; ;
cover it and let the eggs cook as slowly as
possible for four or five minutes, taking
them up as soon as they can be lifted
out. Place them around the ham. and
do not pour any of the fat on the dish.
Eat with mashed potatoes.-Coo,try Gcntc-
man.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

LIE New JERSEY COMPULSORY LAw.-The
recent compulsory school law passed by the
New Jersey Legislature is now in full force.
1t requires parents and guardians who have
children between five and eighteen under
their control to send said children to
school at least twelve weeks in each school
year. Those who do not comply forfeit and
pay for the first oficnse$2. each subsequent
oifenSe IN the same year So a week for not
more than twelve weeks; provided that
the law shall not be operative in those
School districts where there are not sufi.
clent accommodations to seat the children
compelled to attend school under the pro-
visions of the act.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

\ good set of dishes will last for ages. if
properly handled. We have heard of an
excellent housekeepcr whose bridal dishes.
thirty years old, are in excellent condition
to-day, although they have been in use
every week, more or less, during all the
time alluded to. In a common dinner
service 1t is great evil to make the plates
too hot, as it invariably cracks the glaze on
the surface, if not the plate itself We all
know the result. 1t comes apart. Nobody
broke it. at was cracked before" or
" cracked long time ago" The fact is
that when the glaze is injured, every time
the things" are washed the water refs
into the interior, swells the porous clav and
makes the whole fabric rotten. In tbis
condition they will also absorb grease. and
when exposed to further heat the grease
makes the dishes brown and discoIored
1t on old, ill-uscd dish be made very hot
indeed, teaspoonful of fat will be seen TO
eXude from the minute fissures upon its
surface.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

AN HONEST MAN.-Last evening farmer
tired to drive out of town with his mule and
vehicle, but after railfencing back and forth
across the street dozen times, he finally
got his vehicle foul of post.
Hello! what's the matter?" asked q
pedestrian, as he halted
"Mazzer!"
. Yes; why don't you drive in the road ?''
" Mizzer," replied the farmer, after long
look 4" won't tell lie fl die fort; you
may think yis mules drunk, but he amt
hes sober's judge an I'm drunk's Billy
be-; TicksJnry Herald.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

a WONDERFUL CLoCK.-A marvellous
piece of mechanism in the way of clocks is
described in the French journals. 1t is
an eight-day instrument, with dead-beat
eseapemcnt maintaining power. 1t chimes
the quarters, plays sixteen tunes. plavs
three times every twelve hours, or will
play at any time required. The hands 90
round as follows: One once minute. one
once an hour, one once week, one once
"a month, one once year. Its show
the moons age, the rising and setting of
the sun, the time of high and low water
half ebb and half flood. BY a beautiful
contrivance there is part, which repre-
sents the water, which, rises and falls.
lifting some ships at high water tide as
they were in motion, reccding leaves these
little automaton ships dry on the sands.
The clock shows the hour of the day, dav
of the week. day of the month, and month
of the year. 1t shows the zodiac, and has
the equation table, sowing the difference of
clock and sun every day in the year.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DROWNED
Last week Mrs. Mary Moller and her
daughter aged twenty years, of New
ofk' went into the surf at Rockaway
Beach, New Jersey. The daughter ven.
tured beyond the safety lines, and was
caught by the outgoing current. Tho
mother seeing her daughters peril, went to
her assistance and she too was taken into
the current. Together they struggled to
gain the shore, but in vain. A number Of
men Immediately rushed into the surf, and
ooth bodies were reached and brought to
the shore, when it was found that thew
We're apparently dead. Every effort was
made to resuscitate them, some two hours
being spent in the endeavor, but without
success.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

VINO SAYS So?-Why Captain Porter told
Joe English, that Powell & Smith overheard
Captain 7. Hill telling Cap. G. Murphy, who
said their was no doubt that Sykes said
that Tom Collins thought j. Carstairs and
Mccall believes and Governor Hartranft
reckoned positively that King Kalakaua
had declared that it was generally believed
that Horace Smith said he heard General
Grant say that Dusenberry sells the best
Oysters in the world, and that any one
caught reading this should treat the party.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

How TO HAVE COOP EGGs-Thcre is Ia
vast difference in the flavor of eggs. Hens
fed on clear, sound grain and kept on a
clean grass run, give much finer favored
eggs than hens that have access to stable
and manure heaps and eat all kinds of
filthy food. Hens feeding on fish and
onions flavor their eggs accordingly, the
same as COWS eating onions or cabbage, or
drinking offensive water, imparts bad
taste to the milk and butter. The richer
the food the higher tho color of the eggs.
Wheat and corn give eggs the best color.
while feeding on buckwheat makes them
colorless, rendering them unfit for some
confectionery purposes.-More's Rural Nc,o
Yorker,
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

By THE SKIN OF ONES TEETH.-When one
makes narrow escape, it is usual to say
that he saved himself by the skin of his
teeth," In the most splendid of all COM
positions (see Book of job, chapter xix,
verse 2O), it is written, My bone cleaveth
to my skin and to my flesh, and I am
escaped Wih dc skin Of my teeth,"
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22
VOLUME XXI.---NO. II.
P0etrY.
For the Smyrna Times.

For the Smyrna Times
There are fountains that gush in the bosom of earth
From springs deeply hidden below;
And wander afar from the place of their birth
Ere the Sunlight illumines their flow.
So concealed in the heart there feelings that lie
In silence unbroken and deep,
Till affection unbinds every magical tie
And wake them forever from sleep.
As the Ocean shell taken away from its Home
Ever echoes the song of the sea,
So the heart once attuned to a soft kindred tone
Will vibrate in no other key.
Then If sweet spirit voices take up this refrain
And eer whisper kindly of me,
May hope thou will ever fond memory retain
OF one who thinks always of thee
by HENRY S. DEvIINE
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

Many housekeepers Danish palatable and
nutritious dishes from the cuisine because
OF the unpleasant odor arising there from
during the process of cooking. This obiec.
ton may be overcome by putting a small
piece of red pepper the size of a wafer, into
the meet or vegetable when they first begin
to boil. o.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

The New York Real Estate market con.
tinues in deplorably depressed condition.
Recent sales on foreclosures show decline
of fully thirty-three per cent The Savings
Banks and Insurance Companies hold
mortgages in New York to the amount of
SlS5,S3O, l29, and in Brooklyn of $4,000.
3S4. 'OO0''
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

A Brooklyn sick girl cleared space around
thirteen ears OF green corn at one meal the
other day, and, picking the fragments from
between her teeth with hair pin, observed /:
IL ever get well enough again to eat
much, | think could live on corn.n
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

GRAPE JELLY.-Boil your grapes till yer,
soft III double kettle, or, if you have not
that, IN large earthcn pan, covered tightly
with a plate, set in a kettle of boiling water.
When soft, rub through sieve; to every
pound Of pulp thus obtained, put
pound of sugar. Stir well together: boil
slowly twenty minutes, taking care it does
not burn. Dip out, when cool, into small
bowls, Jars, or large tumblcrs. Cover with
piece OF white paper dipped into brandy.
ana theh paste newspaper tightly over the
top The branded paper is to be laid on
top OF the preserve to keep it from mould
ng' ! should not be afraid to warrant Won
that grapes prepared in this way would
keep three years. Be sure to put it in
small dishes, it keeps so much better
" hen wanted for use, remove the pasted
paper; and if you find the other paper all
covered with mould, don't be alarmed. if
won't do any harm. Take it off carefully
and turn the grape out upon plate, when
you can cut out into any shape-round.
square, diamond, or any other wav-as if
Will remain just as you cut it, Keep in a
dry, dark, cool place.-Bostoa C,Zticat9r.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

Sixteen Chinese women were sold at auc.
Uon no IN California the other day, only
Chinese being allowed to bid. Fiobt
dollars was the highest price, and one sold
Tor sixty'five cent, her nose being out Of
plumb, y
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

DRYING PEAcHES.-Never lqre peaches tc
dfy' Let them get mellow enough to be in
good eating condition, put them into 5oToo
water Tor a second or two, just long enough
ana no longer, and the skin will come off
IKE charm. The gain is at least six.fold
saving OF time in removing the skin.
great saving OF the peach; the part saved
Is the best portion; less time required to
stone the peaches, less time to dry them.
and last but not least, better when dried.
A whole bushel may be done in a boiler at
once and the water then turned off Tins
the other morning, friend had over two
bushels skinned, stonned (halvcd) and on
the boards long before quarter of them
could have been peeled.
Another way of drying peaches has been
practiced by Thomas Belangee, Egg Har.
Dor, NJ }. He has a small house with q
stove in it, and drawers in the sides of the
house, lathed at their bottoms. Each draw.
er will hold nearly halfbushel of peaches.
that should be ripe and not pealcd, but cut
IN two, and laid on the laths with the skin
downward, so as to save the Juice. The
drawer having been showed in, they are
soon dried by the hot air of the stove, and
laid up. Peaches thus dried eat like raj.
SINS Gcrma1tt0icn TtlcruDE.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

Little girl-"O, see Johns cutting the
sparrowgrass !" Little boy" Ho, sparrow,
grass 'Faint sparrowgrass; it is sparargus
grass"
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22
DAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER % 1875

as he threw the inflated cocktail into the
slnk' well repudate this, as they always
do'' And he mixed another cocktail on q
WHISKY basis. But" he said, dispose
you hadn't had another fifteen cents. or
that all the whisky in the house had been
IN that cocktail, where'd you have been,
eh ?"
Mr.. Kelley, smiled and invited the bar.
keeper to join him. The later comnliod
and took little gin, syrup and bitters
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

HE Tides OF THE CHEsAPEAKE.-Thos sub.
Ject of the tides has been one of interest 70
mariners and landsmcn for long time
curious fact, as stated, is that it is always
ebb tide at Cape Henry at moon rising or
setting; it is always high tide at New Point
Comfort at moon rising or setting; it is
always low tide at Iooper's Straits at moon
rising or setting, and high tide at Sandy
folnt at the same time, and flood tide at
all points above Sandy Points whcrt the
moon rises or sets. \ vessel entering the
capes with strong, fair wind at the begin.
ming OF the flood tide may carry the same
tide to Baltimore. But n vessel Ieav;nc
Baltimore for the capcs will enter three
mood tides on her way, no matter how fast
she may sail, and it may be She will have
to contend against several more if She has
head wind. Every flood tide that enters
the Chesapeake bay goes to the head of
every tldewatcr stream or tributary of the
bay, while the same cbb tide does not run
more than sixty miles, and sometimes a
great deal less, so that there are ALWAYS two
cbb tides and two food tides in the Cbcsa-
pcakc bay at the same time, and sometimes
three Of one or the other. Tie food tide
runs about six hours, the ebb runs little
longer, 50 that twelve hours and forty
minutes are required for a food tide and
eDo tide to pass the same point. 1t is
always flood tide in the Wicomico river on
the morning of Easter, and the same at
Whitsuntidc.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

NO lime FOR ANYTHING.-The great diff.
Guilty IN this country is, that we have nc
time for anything. The very walk of an
American shows that he is in hurry. An
Ehgllshman buttons his coat and gloves
and goes to business as deliberately as no
goes to church. An American business man
illes after the car, struggling with his coat
sleeves as he runs, plunges in head.fore
most, and plungcs out at the end without
regard to his neck. Chief amongst onc
accidents stand those which occur bocouso
people jump upon flying trains, or after
departing boats. To wait ten minutes is
something not to be thought of. Dinner Is
not eaten, it is swallowed whole: and when
one comes to the dessert he finds that the
fruit was picked before it was ripe.
Everything is hurried through. from tbo
building Of house to the curing of = ham.
The women who work on sewing machines
stop before they come to the end of the
seam. The dress-malcr sends home vour
dress with basting- threads in it. and no
loops to hang it up by.
There Is none of the slow, sure complete
ness OF the old world about anything. and
even fortunes are made in a hurry. and
lost in the same way. If any man we know
Is getting rich by the slow and patient
process of saving, be sure that he was not
born upon this continent.
Yet people live as long here as they do
anywhere else, and the days are the same
length. Why is it that we have no time
for anything2 MARY KYLE DALLAS
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

[lckLED PEAcHEs.-Pick out the largest
ana falrest of clingstone peaches: rub all
the down Off with coarse towel; fill YOUR
steamer and place over a kettle of BOILING
water for fifteen lninutes-some peaches
require more time, some less. Steam them
until they can be easily punctured with a
lork' not till they begin to crack open:
take them oft, and as you place them in an
earthen jar, stick three or four cloves in
each one. When the jar is full, pour over
them boiling vinegar spiced with pounded
cinnamon tied in muslin bag thew need
hight weight to prevent them rising to the
surface ; in week they are ready for use.
lhey are to eat with meat for breakfast and
dinner. 10 have them little nicer, add
one pint of sugar to every quart of vinegar
While boiling, and more spice if desired.
and pour over the same as before.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22

All honest men will bear watching. II
IS the rascals who cannot stand it.
Smyrna times., 1875-09-22
WHOLE NO. 1865.

MR. WILSON'S LETTER.-Vice-Pr President
wilson, in letter to member Of the Re-
publican State Committee of Massachusetts.
repeats the same advice to the party of
which he has long been an honored leader
that he gave in his letter to the Boston
Ad'ert'Ser last June. lie confesseg that he
regards the position and prospects of tho
Republlcan party with profound solicitude.
lie believes that it connot regain its lost
position except by courageous reform of
abuses, prompt removal of unfaithful or in.
competent official, and wide opening of ifs
doors to take back "those who onca
belonged to its ranks and who, for cause or
without cause, have left it," The welcome
Oh these returning prodigals should be
prompt and cordial. The party should 20
out to meet them. "Surelv the bour hos
come for all Massachusetts Republicans to
forgive, forget, and unite.'"