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Year: 1868

HOW DYE DO. ..


Like bad penny I am eternally
coming back, and am as hard to get
rid Of as a pug nosed daughter with
out an Inheritance. Oh! this thing
of being born with a pen behind
ones ear, it is like having unani-
nous call but no salary to suit it ;
it is especially SO with one who has
little time but great inclination to
listen to the calls Of genius. I tell
you it is not pleasant, and if I am
ever to be born again 1 will choose
the silver spoon arrangement; that
is, if I am consulted, l will.


Well, I've gone to farming. I
did not tell you this before, and so
I tell it now. Everybody farms
either in imagination or reality.
Mine is the real thing. How my
bones ache at night: and how
sleep, I only wonder that every
body does not move to the country.
Farm work is healthy. I like it.
And then the thoughts that are
travelling through my brain while
am using the hoe. Away off yon
der, outside of my field, where the
blue sky comes down to the ground,
is the city. I almost hear the din
and noise going on there It is
reasonable to suppose that every
body is pursuing happiness. But
why this eternal tnmult ? Is hap
piness so hard to find ? Is there
not enough for all ? Who invented
money? Bring out the reprobate
he is accountable for all this scramb-
ling to get upon the top rock. 1t
reminds me of a lot of rats IN tub
of water, all struggling to keep
their noses in the air. Presently
one large rat, by placing his paws
well upon others, is enabled to make
terrific spring and lands high and
dry in some secure place. But
alas his freedom has cost his mates
dearly. Many Of them sink to rise
no more, and he waves caused by
his efforts half strangle and weaken
others.


Did you ever notice how mer
prey one upon another the world
over? Nations, companies, corpc
ratlons and sects, each is striving tc
leap into the fancied secure place
If need be, of all others. Mighty
man, made, it is said, after Gods
own image, comes down to the
level Of the hyena and jackal in this
respect. I do wish some of GU,
savans, who measure the distance
to the sun and spy out remarkable
things in the sky, would tell US how
to live without eating each othel
up. But horrible, our wise mer
live, move and have their being BY
takipg hand in the same Gambia
game. Do you suppose they will
upset their own dish :? Guess not.


Somebody intimates that the
farmer is sort of rat in the sense
implied above,-hum-is that so
They say Seward has bought Rus
sia. -


Do think can turn the world
over, you ask. Of course I do
Stand out of the way and let me
try. "My dear Mr.. Public" 1 would
say, edo you know that YOU are
Year: 1868

There was once q child, and he
strolled about Il good deal, and
thought of number of things. He
had sister, who was child too,
and his constant companion. These
two used to wander all day long.
They Wondered at the beauty of
the flowers; they wondered at the
hight and blueness of the sky; they
wondered at the depth of the bright
water; they wondered at the good
ness and power of God, who made
the lovely world.


They used to say to one another,
sometimes ''Supposing all the child
ren upon earth were to die, would
the flowers and the water and the
sky, be sorry ?" They believed they
would be sorry. For, said they, the
buds are the children Of the flowers
and the little playful streams that
gambol down the hillsides, are the
children of the water; and the small
est bright specks. playing at hide
and seek in the sky all night, must
surely be the children of the stars,
and they would all be grieved to see
their playmates, the children ofmen
no more.


There was one clear shining star
that used to come out in the sky be-
fore the rest, near the church spire,
above the graves. 1t was larger and
more beautiful they thought than
the others, and every night they
watched for it, standing hand in
hand, at window. Whoever saw
it first cried out II see the star p
And often they cried out both to-
gether, knowing SO well when it
would rise, and where. So they
grew to be such friends with it
that. before lying down in their beds
they always looked out once again
to bid it good night; and when they
were turning round to sleeep, they
used to say, s'God bless the starr
Year: 1868

Daring the holidays and for week


after, our streets swarmed with the sable
population Of the country for the last
week or ten days they seem to have
quite disappeared. We would naturally
suppose they had hired out, and dis
Year: 1868

THE RUSH AT DEALHAM Clothing Store
still increases daily. His price list, found be-
low, Oxcels anything ever offered in his line,
and those in want of good Clothing who wish
to save 25 per cent will do we'll to give him g
call as ha is sailing them OFT fast.
Year: 1868

The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
as cutter at Mr.. Cones Merchant Tailoring Es-
tnbIishment, would inform his friends and the
citizens Of Rock Island and vicinity, that he has
opened New Merchant Tailoring Establishment
for the purpose Of manufacturing to order first
class nne custom work to those that have been in
the habit of getting their garments cut BY US,
while at Mr.. Cones, we would extend an inyita-
tion to call on us at our new establishment, and
to those that cannot get suited in Rock Island
and are in the habit Of sending east for their gar
ments we would invite them to call and give us 9
trial, feeling confident that we can suit them In
every respect. We have handsome assortment
Of fine Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, together
with large variety Of splendid French Coatings
and Tricots in different shades and colors for fine
business suits. Also fine Beavers in different
oolors, for overooats,-all Of which we will make
TO order in the best aud most fashionable manner
atlower rates than the same class Of goods can be
obtained on either side of the river. Call and
examine our styles, and compare our goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business.


THOMAS MCCULLOUGH,


North side Of Third Street, near the Post Office,


Davenport, Isws.


Formerly cutter at Cones.


NJ The cutting department is under our
own supervision. oy29dIy
Year: 1868

Old Father Time takes many year
To turn to white dark colured hair
But instantly the EXCELSIOR DYE
Brings back the tint that charms the eye;
And Nature owns that cunning Art
Can her own living hues imnArt.
Year: 1868

The Mecklenburg Government has or
dered that all Mormon emissaries that make
their appearance in that country shall be
locked up, on bread and water, for twenty
four hours, and then conveyed across the
frontier. If they should be caught again
in Mecklenburg they would be treated to a
dose of twenty five blows on the posterior,
and three days bread and water cure. In
Denmark, too, where the Mormon emissa-
ries are displaying great activity, serious
steps are about to be taken in order to put
an end to their agitation. They are depict
ing Utah to the ignorant Danish peasants as
the finest and most fertile country on earth,
and tell them they can have there as much
good land and as many pretty wives as they
want. .
Year: 1868

Picnic AT CAMP LEE.-The Sisters OF
the Visitation have picnic at Camp Lee
tomorrow, the proceeds of which win be
devoted to making the last payment on
recent purchase of these good ladies-the
building and lot corner Of Twenty-sixth and
Franklin streets.
Year: 1868




IMPEACHMENT. The New York Evening Post
saysi


In the meantime Il is 10 be earnestly hoped that
the Senate will act without precipitation, or under
the influence Of any undue excitement. IL must
maintain the supremacy Of the law until it has
been modified by the legislature or set aside by
the Judiciary. The President has no right to erect
his own Interpretation Of the Constitution into
rule for the other branches Of the government.
When he has vetoed bill, and il is carried over
his head, his perogatiyo ceases. He is as much
bound 10 submit TO it as any other officer and il
he does not he renders himself liable to impeach-
ment. lie may resist a law, doubtless, TO the ex-
tent Of getting it tested by the courts, but beyond
that his action is revolutionary; and reyoutiona-
ry action is not method approved in any sense
by the people Of this country.


But the President cannot IL h;s own person test
Il law udcinlly by disobedience, because his oath
is TO execute the law, and the Constitution itself
defines what is law--for instance, any act passed
by two thirds of Congress. This is aud remains
law until a constitutional authority sets it aside
either Congress by repeal, or the courts judically
The President has no constitutional authority to
resist, set aside or repeal any law. To give him
that power would make him an autocrat. Hence
in the present case, even if the Supreme Court
should decide the tenure OF Office act unconsttu-
tonal, the President is impeachabe for assuming
power that belongs not TO him but to Congress or
the Supreme Court. 10 avoid impeachment the
President should have waited for case to arse,
and for the decision Of ii by the Court. He might
have done that but he has not, and the error is
fatal to him.
Year: 1868

To THE HONORABLE THE County CouRr OF TIE
COUNTY OF SHASTA:


The Grand Jury. empannelled for the Septem-
Der term 1868, of this Court, respectfully report
that they have examined with care all the cases
submitted to their consideration, and have found
one Indictment.


We have visited the County Jail, and, are happy
o say, found no one confined therein, and in our
opinion the place is sufficiently clean and strong,
but recommend that the fence of the back yard be
built higher and stronger.


The Committee appointed to visit the County
Hospital found therein ten patients The inmates
expressed their entire satisfaction with all that
relates to the attention bestowed upon them by the
physician, as well as the quality and quantity of
food and bedding The rooms and all things
therein were clean and well kept, but some repairs
are necessary in the kitchen and other parts Of the
building.


The books of the Sheriff, County Clerk, Auditor,
and Treasurer present neat, clear and las far as
we were able to determine) correct showing of the
business transacted in their respective Offices.
To the business-like attention Of the District At
torney we indebted for the facility with which
most of our duties have been performed.


All of which l. respectfully submitted.


s. HULL, Foreman.
Year: 1868

REGISTER AND ENRoLL.-Let Union men in
every precinct of the county give their i'm
mediate attention to the business of seeing
that their names are registered, and properly
enrolled upon the poll lists of their respect
I've precincts. All voters must be enrolled in
their precincts by the Sd of October Give
tae matter attention, aud allow no votes to
be lost this year.
Year: 1868

strings of geese move twice day
when the scene shifting must be done
that is, when sun rises and sun sets
but they do it as noiselessly as they
can. Troops OF pellcans pass here and
there, quartering the heavens into long
lines with the geese, but no noise comes
from them, they never move again
when once they alight, unless disturb
ed, for all and everything must help to
Ike. p still.
Year: 1868

A bill is before the Pennsylvania Legis-
lature making it unlawful for any railroad
company In thatState to warm its cars with
stoves heated with coal, wood or any in
flammable matter. They must keep them
warm by some means that will not occasion
fire in case of accident. Ifany stove heated
with coal or wood shall be used thirty days
after the passage Of the act, the conductor,
engineer, PrecideEt and Secretary of the
Company shall, ON conviction in any coun-
" through which the cars run, be fined not
exceeding one thousand dollars. If any
passenger shall be btfrned to death or
killed in consequence of a car being warrS-
ed in violation of the act, the conductor
shall be prosecuted for manslaughter, and
If convicted he shall be imprisoned not ex-
.ceeding ten years. No petroleum can be
used to light cars
Year: 1868

OUR race groans under evils, and car
ries burdens heavy to be borne; some OF
these may be traced back to the first sin
and are beyond our control, but most of
them are of our own producing, and may
be arrested by resolute act of the will,
or by aids which come from other sources.


Two evils now fill the land and world
which are of human invention, and are
sustained by human authority. One of
these is alcoholic drinks and the other is
the use of tobacco-of the latter we wish
to say few words,


This has grown and overspread the ma
tions of the earth till now it challenges
observation, reflection, and the exercise of
enlightened conscience while looking the
naked facts in the face Such is its pres
ent extent, that five and half millions of
acres are occupied in its growth, produc-
ing two millions of tons annually and
costing the human race ten thousand mil
lions of dollars, by far more than enough
to pay the whole debt, in one year, of the
United States and Great Britain, startling
as the fact may seem. In our own coun-
try alone, one hundred and fifty millions
are expended annually in its consumption,
by far more than is appropriated to sup
port the gospel of Christ and the cause of
education. How appalling such state of
things, while want and suffering are all
around us Multitudes are without the
Bible, millions have never heard the
name of Christ, and the most important
enterprises for promoting the welfare of
mankind, falter and fail for the want OF
support. ~-.-~..-.


Yet this enormous expenditure is entire
ly useless. No one claims that he is the
better for the use of tobacco in any form.
1t is mere habit, innocently formed, and
while at first pleasure has grown to be
master and tyrant


Not only this, but ii is an offensive,
filthy habit, finding o place in the church,
in the parlor, the ladies' saloon, or else
where, as o high order of society meets
and indulges in exercises which the higher
nature Graves.


Multitudes, using it, are ashamed of the
fruits of it, and would be glad to be rid OF
it, if they knew how to break away from
the enchantment. But this is not all, or
even the worst of it. 1t is injurious to
health when taken to excess operates as
of a poisonous nature, weakening the sys-
tenn, and leading to premature death.


Such evils, together with its enormous
expenditure, ought to make sober, reflect.
ing conscientious men consider whether it
can be right to continue such habit rs
this-ought it not to be overcome atal laz-
ards, and thus promote health and clean
illness, and save the funds thus uselessly
spent to provide for personal and family
wants and build up the cause of truth and
righteousness in the world ?-ESchange.
Year: 1868

THE fibres of the leaf which spread out
from the base are prolongations of the
vessels OF the wood; and beneath these
f1bres, and forming the covering of their
under surface, are similar prolongations of
the inner bark. The green exterior por-
ton OF the leaf is a continuation of the
outer tissue of the bark in a thin porus
form. The pores or mouths in the green
portions are an essential part of the struc-
ture. The leaf of the common lilac is said
to contain not less than 10000 pores to
the square inch. They are most numer-
GUS on the under surface. The leaves
spread out their broad surfaces to imbibe
gaseous food from the atmosphere. Under
the stimulus of light, they continually
absorb carbonic acid from the atmosphere.
In the vessels of the leaves this is decom-
posed into carbon and oxygen. The car
bon is retained and the oxygen thrown off,
During the darkness, oxygen is absorbed,
and combining with the carbon in the yes
sells, is thrown off in the form of carbonic
acid, but much less is thrown off in the
night than in the day. Hence in the
Arctic regions, where the sunlight is never
absent during the summer, and there is no
darkness to interrupt the absorption of car
bon, we can understand how vegetation
pushes upward with almost miraculous
rapidity; and in regions where the days
are very long and the nights comparative
ly short, we see why the wheat and corn
spring up and reach maturity in a few
weeks.


Twenty-Five hundred gallons of air con-
tain about one gallon of carbonic acid gas
To find and absorb this small quantity of
gas, the tree spreads out its thousands of
feet of leaves, which are constantly in mo-
ton in the ever moving air, and thus the
ponderous trunks of the forest are built
up, atom by atom, from the atmosphere.


On single oak seven millions of leaves
have been counted. Now if each square
inch contains 10000 pores, and each leaf
four square inches of surface, it may not
be difficult to show in figures the number of
pores on the leaves of the oak, but who
can grasp the idea, or form in his mind
any adequate conception of such num-
ber? But this is but one of the trees in
the forest that spread over the surface of
the earth at this moment, and which have
sprung from it since the creation And
every blade of grass and every grain and
every shrub and weed is equally busy dur,
ing its growing season, in drawing its sub
stance from the feeting wind.-Ne,o Eng
EG7ed Farmer
Year: 1868

A CONTRIBUTOR to the Shoe and Leather
Reporter gives some valuable hints in rela-
ton to the preservation Of leather. The
extreme heat to which most men and
woman expose boots and shoes during win
ter, deprives leather of its vitality, render
ing it liable to break and crack. Patent
leather, particularly, is often destroyed in
this manner. When leather becomes so
warm as to give off the smell of leather it
is singed. Next to the singeing caused by
fire heat, is the heat and dampness caused
by the covering of india rubber India
rubber shoes destroy the life of leather.
The practice of washing harness in warm
water and with soap is very damaging
If coat of oil is put on Immediately after
washing the damage is repaired. No har
ness is ever so soied that damp sponge
will not remove the dirt; but, even when
the sponge is applied, it is useful to add a
slight coat of oil by the use of another
sponge. All varnishes, and all blacking
containing the properties of varnish should
be avoided. Ignorant and indolent hostlers
are apt to use such substances on their har-
ness as will give the most immediate effect,
and these, as general thing, are most
destructive to the leather When harness
loses its luster and turns brown, which al
most any leather will do after long ex-
posure to the air, the harness should be
given new coat of grain black. Before
using this grain black, the grain surface
should be thoroughly washed with potash
water until all the grease is killed, and af
ter the application of the grain black, oil
and tallow should be applied to the surface.
This will not only "fasten the color, but
make the leather flexible Harness which
is grained can be cleaned with kerosene or
spirits of turpentine, and no harm will re-


suit if the parts affected are washed and
oiled Immediately afterward. Shoe leather
is generally abused. Persons know moth
ing or care less about the kind of material
used Than they do about the polish pro


duced. Vitriol blacking is used until
every particle of the oil in the leather is
destroyed. To remedy this abuse the
leather should be washed once month
with warm water, and when about half
dry, a coat of oil and tallow should be ap-
piled, and the boots set aside for day or
two. This will renew the elasticity
and life in the leather, and when thus used
upper leather will seldom crack or break


When oil is applied to betting dry it does
not spread uniformly, and does not incor-
porate itself with the fiber as when partly
damped with water The best way to oil
belt is to take it from the pulleys and
immerse it in warm solution OF tallow
and oil. After allowingit to remain few
moments the belt should be immersed in
water heated to one hundred degrees, and
instantly removed This will drive the
oil and tallow all in, and at the same time
! properly temper the leather.


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Year: 1868

No man can be sure of his nerves at all
times. We have, within our own personal
experience, known Of more cases than one
where men with ample professional training
have been in the jaws of death from no other
reason than this. One Of these men was an
architect. thoroughly used to walk about all
parts of houses in the course of constructions
who told us that he had once, when walking
along plank which joined two walls at great
height from the ground, felt sudden sense of
danger, upon which his senses left him, and
only returned after some seconds, when he
awake, so to speak, in the arms of one of his
masons, who had most fortunately seen his
state IN time to carry him across the plank at
the risk OF his own life. A second and more
curious case requires little previous explaAa-
ton. Some years ago the paintings on the in
side of the dome of St. Pauls wanted repair,
and 1t was c0ntrived in order to save the trou-
BILE and expense Of scaffolding built up from
the floor, that a sort of suspended scaffold
should be made, supported by the ledge, about
halt yard in width, Of the upper surface of
the cOrnice just below the DOME and hanging
by ropes which ran through holes in the upper
part OF the dome. A ship carpenter-an old
hand at such matterS-undertOOk the lob, and
began it by stepping out of small door at the
foot of the dome upon the ledge in question,
from which there was clear fall of two hun
dred feet to the pavement beneath. He walk
ed few steps along the ledge, and then, being
broad-shOuldered man, found that the inward
curve of the dome made him unable to stand
upright, and caused him to lean over danger
ously with an altered and unsteady centre oi
gravity. Seized all at once with an overpower.
ing sense of fear, he managed nevertheless to
turn his face to the dome and to rest, being once
more able to stand upright, till he had little
recovered his senses. Then, to his horror, be
found that he had forgotten on which side of
him the door was, or how far off it was, and
by trying to get to it by short sid long steps
took the wrong direction, and literally walked


in search of it round the whole base of the
dome, falling into the door at last, utterly pros
trated, and feeling, as he said ten years
Older" He made the scaffold afterward, and
used to tell the story of his fright while walk
ing about ON the ledge in the most unconcerneC
Year: 1868

WE have never for a moment doubted the
permanent political supremacy of the white
race over the whole vast and fertile surface OF
our Southern States. The colored mans party
has lately gained success in some elections in
the South; but, while the white race has, on
its side, numbers, development, intelligence,
property and organic superiority, it is impossi
BILE for people far behind them in all these
points to retain, for any length of time, even a
show of dominancy. After the election of Gen.
Grant, and the settlement of all the affairs of
the Southern States we expect to see large
white emigration there. These emigrants will
care very little about the prejudices of the
Southern chivalry or their extravagant preten-
sions, or their political vagaries. They will in
troduce active industries among them, furnish
them with capital and skill, obtain possession
of their lands, get control of their State affairs.
and pay very little attention to their antiquated
protests. They will do just what has been done
in the Western States by the myrlads OF white
emigrants who have swarmed there In the last
tweaty years. And the South will become
strong and energetic, and free, and rich, and
attractive, and more sunny than ever.-N I.
Times.