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Year: 1865

wards circulating the story Of her sins ?"


''Why-I have told several


"Aye-and they have told each sew
eral more. Now what authority had you
for telling what you did p


'tWhat authority Why-I knew it
was SO. Mrs. Tellum told me she had it
from one who saw it. Lucy Peepwell
saw part of it with her own eyes,


"And you stand ready to condemn any
person upon the mere word of another.
How did you know that Harriet Ander-
son might not have explained it all hon
estly and properly? [ thought you had
not INDUCED in the evil of taking up one
side of question of this kind, where
the very character of person is concern
ed, before you have heard the other side.
Had you taken the trouble to see some
of those who knew, Harriet Anderson
well, you might have been enlightened
upon the subject


"How so?'


"Why-you would have found that it
was not Harriet Anderson at all who did
these things It was a widow woman
named Henrietta Anderson, and not even
a relative of Harriet's. A female there,
who was an enemy to Harriet, got hold of
the matter, and either desi gnedly or 9th
erwise, circulated the story that the lat
ter had been doing these evil deeds. So,
while Harriet Anderson was away with
her brother in the city, she was said to
be in Weston doing these terrible things
She knew nothing Of it until her return;
and when she did hear Of it and tried to
trace it to its source, she found several
who said their information came from
you-from Ellen Everett. She simply
pointed out to few Of her best friends
first, that when these things happened
she was seventy miles distant, and sec
ond-that it was Mrs. Henrietta Ander-
son who bore the guilt


Poor Ellen She was in an unpleas-
ant situation. She gazed into her hus-
bands face few moments, and then she
sought efuge behind that impregnable
barrier of women-tcars. She wept
profasely, for she felt it most keenly-
OF course George could not chide her
under such circumstances only he sim
ply remarked that he would bear his loss
resignedly, if the circumstances required
her to give an opinion.


Harriet gladly forgave her; and from
that time their friendship remained firm
and unshaken-for a friendship which
has been sorely tried is often the most
faithful in after times. At the end Of a
year Walter Adams gave up the business
he had taken and entered into partner
ship with George Everett.


They prospered; and between them
and their families there existed bond
Of union which could not be severed =
Yet Ellen forgot not her vow. She new
er again allowed herself to join any side
in social strife, nor would she ever ex-
press an opinion until she knew that she
had heard and understood both sides.
Year: 1865

CONSEQUENCES OF THE EARTH BEING
STOPPED IN IT'S ORBIT.-If the earth
should be stopped in its orbit it would
begin to fall straight towards the sun.
AS it approached more nearly to that
great source of heat it would soon reach
point where the temperature is as high
as two hundred and twelve degrees, and
then all the waters Of the ocean would
be eYaporated AS it drew still nearer
the rocks would be melted, and after
ward they also would be evaporated.f
Before it reached the sun this solid earth
would be converted into vast volumne
Of red hot gas, which, when it fell into
the fiery atmosphere of the sun, would
merely produce blasts Of wind from the
point where it struck outward in all d.
rections.
Year: 1865

MAKING THE MosT or IT. A respect
able farmer, though violent Republican,
in southern Ohio, ascertained that his
daughter had become practical Misce-i
genationist, by the astounding fact that
she gave birth to mulatto baby. The
author of the mischief was found to be
a ''colored gem'men" in the vicinity.
He was arrested, taken before provost
marshal and disposed Of for the sum Of
$1,000 and duly sworn into the service
Of Uncle Sam. The grandpa" of the
little contraband. took 5000, for his
trouble, and returned home feeling that,
the dark prospect before his family was
somewhat frightened. ,94 rigial
Year: 1865

LAFAyETTE. May AT the municipal election
here TO day the democratic ticket was defeated
By about 200 majority Union gain of $50 to
400 over previous elections. This is the first
time the democratic ticket has been defeated
since the days of know nothingism.
Year: 1865

The symptoms Of Cstarrh as they generally appear,
At FIRST very slight Persons find they have cold
that they have frequent attacks and sensitive
TO the changes Of temperature In this condition, the
nose may be dry, slight discharge thin and acrid
aterw ards becoming thick and adhesive As the disc
becomes chronic the discharges in quantity
and changed in quality; they now thick and heavy
and are harked or coughed or The secretons are Of
fensve causing bad BREATH the voice thick and na-
SAL the eyes weak the OF the smell
or destroyed; deafness Frequently takes place. Another
Is obliged to clear his throat the morning
thick slimy mucus, which has fallen down from the
head during the night When this takes place the per-
son may be that his disease is its way to the
lungs, and should lose time in srresting IL.


The above but few Of the many c.tsrrA symptoms
Year: 1865

IT is not often that Henry Ward Beccher
says anything We can heartily commend, but
the spirit Of his remarks last Sunday morn
ing respecting his intended participation in
the Fort Sumpter .fete seems to us to be just
and generous. He said, according to the
New York Times report: ....


at other times. when the prospect of lift
ing the flag to its former place seemed al
most visionary, he had spoken of such an
event with jubilation. But now as the time
in reality drew near, his soul trembled with
in him at its solemn meaning. Many would
go there imbued with this feeling of solemn
jnbilation, in this wonderful event in the
history of this people. He should feel sorry
if any went there with any other feeling
than that of Christian patriotism. If 9TH
ers went with feelings of exulation over q
fallen foe, for his part he went as a brother
to appeal to mislcd brethren from the day
otthcir nrisarprchension to the day of knowi-
edge. 1t would be to say to them that, af-
ter four years OF blood and darkticss, NC had
brought back to them the same hearts of
love that had been smittcn in these long four
years.
Year: 1865

The organ of Gov. Brough assails Mr..
Osborne, Republican member of the Leg
islature from Lake county, because he said
in speech that Brougt's call for the Ma
tlonal Guards last summer was unpopular


The organ says that the "feather-b bed mill.
tia ought to know that the way to defend
the State is out of the border" We are
disposed to think that if Brough comes I'm
for reelection this fall that the 'teather-bed
militia will remember his Kindness in ten
dering the Government hundred days Of
their time! .7
Year: 1865

ROMANCE ON THE RAIL.-A pretty little
DIT OF romance developed itself in one of the
state street cars recently Among the pas
sehgers was pale, quiet little woman, plain
~ dressed, and very pretty witbal. Present.
y one legged soldier labored into the car
on ms crutches. The seats were crowded
ana the soldier had to stand The young
woman got up, pulled the blue sleeve and
pointed 10 the seat she had vacated. For
tne hrst time, as he turned, she had a full
view OF his face, and neither of them Maid
any more attention to the empty seat. They
stared at one another minute and then. in
spite OF the awkward motion of the car. en-
braced and kissed each other with hysterical
teryor At flrst, the passengers were some
what astonlshed at so public a demonstra-
ton: but all OF them soon joined in congratu-
lating the delighted couple upon learning
that the two persons thus suddenly BROUGHT
together were man and wife, long separated
by the vicissitudes of war. The soldier had
been desperately wounded in Tennessee and
had been taken prisoner. He was supposed
to have been killed, and before he was re-
stored to freedom and able to write, his wife
or widow as she had supposed herself, re
moved to Chicago, and so his letters never
reached her. The poor fellow, as soon as be
could travel, set out for home, with a de
spending heart, to learn why his letters hac
never been answered.' He reached Chicago
on Friday, on his way thither when tai
generous impulse of kind little woman to ;
manned soldier brought her back loving
husband, and threw him into the arms of &
wife who had long mourned him as among
that innumerable host who laid down then
lives for the salvation of their country
CNicaQo Republicdn.
Year: 1865

ABOUT ADvERTIsING.-The following very
sensible remark we copy from the Louisiana
Flag They are true and to the point:


" We cannot censure man IN business
who does not advertise if he has nothing
worth advertising but readers must know
that the business man who throws out his
sign in newspaper, and is not ashamed of
his stock of goods. can always furnish bet.
ter quality at lower prices than those who,
either through shame or penuriousness.
nefer let the public know what thev have or
what they are doing"
Year: 1865

Legislative action upon our mining inter,
ests is needed to this extent, and no more /:
that every claimant of mining claim shall,
if possible, work it. Such a law would
increase the wealth of the mining regions
immensely, check litigation, and operate for
the good of all. Idaho has such law, and
her quartz mines are being developed largely
in advance of our best looking DISTRICTS
Such a law would put an end to mining on
paper; notices would only serve as guides to
the prospector who means business, indcat-
ing the way to place where work could be
made profitable We ask for such law,
and hope the mining journals throug ghout the
State will support us. In this connection
the Sacramento Union we'll says:


We hear that there is some hesitation in
investing in lodges believed to be rich on
account of the dread of litigation. These
lodges were taken up long ago, worked
awhile and then abandoned. But the fact of
abandonment IS to be proved to the satisfac-
tion of jury, in case the old claimants
renew their claim-and they frequently do
SO when the mine they relinquiished turns
out to be rich-and capitalists are not dis
posed to take the risk of eiectment after
spending their money. The Idaho Leglsla-
ture met similar difficulty by an Act ap-
plicable to the whole mining region OF that
Territory, tending to give good title to men
who were actually working the mines II
such law were passed at the next session OF
our Legislature litigation would be dlmln-
ished and additional inducements would be
offered for the development of the wealth
now slumbering in our rocks.
Year: 1865

HIGHLAND MILL.-This company has made
another clean up from work done in pieces of
days amounting in the aggregate to about
seven. Result after melting and assay =
S3021 90. There is not water sufficient to
run the mill more than few hours at time,
and the company is only cruz hing small par


cells of rock that have been lying here and
there about the mill, and in the way of a
regular systematic run when the wet season
arrives. When the rain comes, so that full
time can be made, the Highland will clean
up 10000 per month. Make a note of this.
We mean it, and know men who will bet Oh
Year: 1865

BULLY FOR UNCLE TIM Mr.. Timothy
Crowley has been prospecting a little. He
was not content that young folks should have
all the wealth of the county. lie went out
back of his dwelling short distance, where
he had noticed white groupings, picked up a
few pieces and brought them into town,
crushed them in mortar, panned out and
showed prospect equal to forty dollars per
tun. Evidence incontrovertible is daily
piling up, proving beyond a doubt that Shasta
has no superior in mining wealth. Work is
all we want
Year: 1865

Or LOCAL INTEREsT.-On the first Monday
of Hecember the Legislature meets at Sacra-
mento. The great interest of Shasta county
is in her mines We suggest now to every
man interested in a quartz mine, that he put
up in small package, not exceeding in
weight say from four to eight ounces, speei-
mems of what his lode contains. mark it with
name and location, hand it to our Assembly
man, and let him take it to the capital with
him. He will then be able to Illustrate his
arguments in favor of our mines. 1t is
something tangible that is wanted to induce
immigration. We need the immigration. We
have got the tangible arguments; let us see
to it that they are used Let the specimens
be made light, or Chapel will have to char
ter freight team; at the same time let them
be fair. The poorest are good enough, so
we can afford to be honest.
Year: 1865

"EcoSoMY. Peck & Peart have thus
christened their mill of the g Little Devil
species 1t is at work, with pleasing pros
poets. OF course it is too early to give any
idea of what the capacity of the mill is in
working the rock where it stands, or what
the yield of the rock will average.
Year: 1865

TIE Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has decided that a farmer who manufactures
butter and cheese from the milk produced on
his farm is not subject to license tax, though
he manufactures more than 81 600 worth
per year. Such products are legitimately
derived from his business as farmer, and
are ordinary farm products.
Year: 1865

HoNEYcoNB. Growers new mill is
running only four stamps, and laboring un
der the discouraging prospect of only eigh-
teen and twenty ounces per day from the
conner plates alone. We are anxious for re-
turns of clean up at the Honeycomb. The
Highland may be beaten, but then that
would be too good thing.
Year: 1865

Sophia had told her mother concerning the
rattle-snake, and although Mrs. Thompson was
very far from being a superstitious woman, yet
she could not bat draw some favorable eonclu-
sions in her own mind, from the circumstance
that had taken place.


A serpent was the simiitude of deception
of seduction-of enmity-in fact the enemy of
mankind was called that old serpent, the devil.
A serpent had been destroyed by a stranger,
which, probably, would have destroyed her
daughter-but her daughter would not have
been exposed had ikaot been for this stranger.
1t was in assisting him that she became leopard
ized-still she might have been strolling that
way. and might have been bitten by the snake,
if the stranger had never appeared. At any
rate the facts were the same-the snake was
killed by him, and who could say it was not a
favorable omen?


"Who knows, my daughter" said she, "but
that this stranger is, at least, the harbinger of
some good news for us? l think have seen
him before; and his offering in the first place
TO pay the debt and release your father, is a
strong proof that he feels more than common
sympathy for our misfortunes" Il hope,
said the girl, " that it may be as you predict
he is the finest looking man ever saw-he ap-
pears so sensible-so mOdest-and glad was
to see him drag the ugly fellow out Of doors. =
oYes. my dear, and it was in our defence, for
which fear he will meet with trouble" q"
heard them talking together at the corner Of the
house" saws Sophia, /" and thought they were
Year: 1865

In order to give the reader some idea Of the
place where this family had retired, We shall
sketch a short description of it.


There was not an inhabited dwelling for two
miles in any direction, and the village before
mentioned was the highest. a few scattered
huts, thatched with straw, and now entirely
deserted by a ragged set of families, were inter
spersed among the black logs and shrub-oak
bushes, on patches partially cleared, which
made the country around more dreary by far,
than if the whole were in a state of natural
wildness; and the tinkling Of distant cow-bells,
where half-starved cattle were seeking a relief
from pinching hunger, Ginning in mournful
sounds, echoed from a thick dark grove not
more than ten rods from the opposite side of the
dwelling. A field in front was enclosed, which
belonged TO man of the red mills, SIX miles off.
Excepting this field, the place was surrounded
by a dark forest, almost inaccessible. Fish
creek ran to the south, few rods east of the
cottage. which had been occupied by family
from the red mills All was dismal and lonely.
A road from the village north, passed about
twenty rods to the west, ran about twenty rods,
and then took short turn to the east, crossed
the creek near the bars, and made very crook
cd way to the red mills.


Here dwelt the lady and her daughter, with
no other but her son, about II years old, who
Year: 1865

Cash beias indispensable in the renewal Of our
business, Fe may nevertheless state that we shan
consider payment made within the month Of sep
tornber o. a compliance with our terms OF suoscrip
don Fricads send in your names at once so that
YOU nay have the Grst number before the edition Is
eEhausied.
Year: 1865

who was faithful in his promise, and in this her
lonely dying never for one moment left her.


The bells Of the village church rang out at last
for the Joyful midnight, rang out the old, worn
year, and the old worn lle the pain and the
struggles after peace that never came, and rang
in home and Robbie.


And how did E4,hcr spend her New Year
how Verify, il is the unanswered problem Of
ages how this child spent her beautiful New Year


W hen the morning sunlight came, Meta end
George clasped hands and looked upon the quiet,
upturled face, but she'd no tears.


think am happier now than yesterday"
said Meta thinking Of Robbie, You know, and
stooplng to kiss her sister.
Year: 1865

To CHICAGO AND THE RAILROADS.
The Chicago Repubticon publishes a
sensible article, telling Chicago and the
railroads that now the war is over. and
the Mississippi opened, it is about time
to stop the exorbitancies by which they
have been getting rich at the expense
OF the people of the Northwest. ItQives
a timely warning to railroad companies
for their injustice In taking advantage
OF the people Of the Northwest during
the blockade of the Mississippi by the
war. it says truly that shippers to the
seaDoard have experienced great annoy
ahce IN getting freight forwarded, and
dafinH the past season nearly every par
" who shipped freight, sustained a
heavy loss by his property being de-
talned. In some cases large quantities
OF provisions and other produce was
over FOUR months on the way between
the West and the seaboard. We would
also warn the same lines that the cxor-
bitant rates charged by them last win
ter will not be submitted to in the fu-
ture. The restoration of commerce be-
tween the North and South will enable
the Northwest, or large portion of it,
TO send its products to the seaboard yiu
the Mississippi river to New Orleans,
and from thence to New York and Bos-
ton at much less cost and on shorter
time than it did to ship through Chica-
go ria rail last season. - Darenport
Democrat.
Year: 1865

The delegation appointed by the rail-
road Convention held in this city on
the 27th of April, to visit st. Louis and
confer with the officers of the North
Missouri Railroad Company and the
Chamber of Commerce of that city,
have returned and bring with them
very encouraging reports of the man
ner in which they were received and
the disposition of the capitalists of st.
Louis toward the project of construct
ing grand trunk road through Iowa,
thus connecting st. Louis and st. Paul
1t is now patent to everybody that all
that is necessary for the people along
the proposed route of the Iowa Central
road to do, is to raise stock enough to
grade and tie the road; that accom-
plishcd, we are assured that there will
be no dllhculty in negotiating for the
iron and rolling stock. There was a
railroad meeting in Union Hall last
evening at which the delegation sub
mitted their report to the citizens. We
are sorry that we are not able to give it
in this issue of our paper--it will appear
next week. In the meantime, we hope
that the officers of the company will
take immediate steps to swell the sub
scription list to the proper size, and that
the people of the county will respond
Literally TO the call and do il immedi-
ately. There Is not a shadow of a doubt
but that we can secure the location of
the road through Oskaloosa, if we will
do as much as others propose to do, for
the reason that ours is the only direct
route, and 1t is more practicable than
any other that can be selected. We
cannot afford to lie still in the matter.
There is but one hundred and i've miles
OF road to build to connect OskaloOsa
with Macon City. The North Missouri
Company has already provided for
about sixty miles of this distance, leav-
ing but forty-tive to be built by Mahas-
ka and counties between her and the
Missouri line. That this matter can be
settled Immediately and the road put in
operation within eighteen months is
certain, and only requires the earnest
cooperation OF our property holders
More OF this anon.
Year: 1865

MARRYIEd FOR SHow.--In the fol-
lowing we find displayed volume of
honest and wholesome good sense
" Put a pin In here" good swains and
lovers.


ITO the question often asked of
young men why they do not marry, we
sometimes hear the reply, am not
able TO support wife, In one case in
three perhaps this may be so; but as a
general thing, the true reply would be-
am not able to support the style in
which l think my wife ought TO live.
In this again we see false view Of
marriage, q looking TO an appearance in
the world, instead Of union with a
loving woman for her own sake.


There are very few men OF industri-
ous habits, who cannot maintain q wife
if they are willing to live economically,
and without reference to the opinion Of
the world. The great evil Is, they are
not content to begin life hunibly, to re-
tire together into an obscure position,
and together work their way In the
worid-he by industry in his calling,
and she by dispensing with prudence
the money that he earns. But they
must stand out and attract the. atten-
ton of Others by fine inouses and fine
clothes.
Year: 1865

1t is with pleasure that we record the
presence in our midst of several promi,
nent citizens of Iowa, representing large
interests in that State, who come for
the purpose Of consulting with our pco.
pie upon the subject of securing more
intimate business relations. That which
suggests itself as n prime necessity 10
this end, is q direct railroad connection


and to this object more especially IL the
attention of the delegation turned. -
The early completion of the Main Line


Extension of the North Missouri road i:
q result particularly desired by the peo


pie of Southern and Central Iowa.


Nor are our own people indifferent to
this subject, as Is shown by the legisla
ton of last winter, wherein the State o
Missouri made most liberal grant tc
the North Missouri Company for tbs
the connection above spoken Of. There
can be no doubt whatever, that the pc
riod will be but brief before the North
Missouri line will be pushed through
Iowa, and the people ofthat State will
enjoy the opportunity of direct and
cheap communication from st. Louis,
and Southern market. We are high
ly gratified that the IOwans so fully APP
preciate its importance,


From this time forward the relations
of all kinds between the people Of Iowa
and Missouri are certain to be more in
innate and friendly than in the past.
Slavery no longer stands n wall Of parti-
tion between them, while tho develop
ment of their mutual resources Will
constantly tend to keep them together.
In many things they have IA community
of interests, and the sameness of their
institutions will secure at all times a
cheerful cooperation.


The people of this city especially have
reason to look with much interest to
the field of business enterprise which "a
railroad communication with Iowa
would open up. There IL no part of the
country where a larger share Of agricul-
tural wealth will be located, or where
more enterprise and business activity
may be expected to prevail. Our mer-
chants will do well TO give their closest
attention to the matter, being assured
beyond all contingency, that whatever
they may contribute In the way of ma
terial aid to secure an early railroad
communication with our Iowa neigh
bors, will all come back to them with
liberal interest. They could not make
a more profitable investment. They
will take much pleasure, we know, in
giving their representatives hearty
welcome and every encouragement in
their power.