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Year: 1872

My friend had climbed up behind the fa-
nous clock in the great Cathedral at Stras-
bourg, when his attention was called to a
stone in one of the highest pinnaeles, far be-
yond the common view,


1t was exquisitely wrought and finished,
but its beauty could not possibly be observed
excepting by those who took the pains to as
cend to a close inspection.


When the question was put, "Why was
this perfect work consigned to so obscure a
place ?" The response was, " A woman spent
the labor of a life upon this stone, losing
health and sight in its execution. When il
was completed, she asked that it might be put
high up in this spot"


They told her that it would not be seen,
and that therefore her life work would be
wasted but still she insisted that the stone
should be where it is, saying that even
though mortal eye we're never to behold it,
God and the holy angels would see it, aud her
ambition would be satisfied with this"


If our motive in all that we do were only
how to please our heavenly Father, not one
labor of our hands would be lost,
Year: 1872

A most curious spectacle and well worth
our attention. The warm air of the low
lands has been rising all the morning, and
meeting the cooler mountain air, the in
visible vapor with which it was laden Is
condensed and comes into view. This
accounts for the sudden appearance of the
clouds in the air. They do not come from
some unknown place; they are created
before your eyes. A mere trailing whisp
OF vapor becomes mass of cnmulus
while we look at it. The swiftness with
which the face of nature changes in the
high Alps is something wonderful At one
hour the sky is clear; almost in a few
minutes we have masses of vapor rival
ling the mountains in size. Just now the
mists are forming rapidly and rise about
us on every side. As we stand on the
sloping Platte they blow past our faces,
thin, cool and damp. The fields and
mountains look vague and indistinct
through them. They gather in masses on
the mountain and shut out everything.
As there is nothing to be seen we turn
back to the hotel, and climb the knoll be-
hind the house, sitting down to await de-
velopments.


Nothing lasts long here; change is busy
everywhere. One night the snow falls,
and the irregular fringe of white on the


mountains spreads wider. The sun comes


out and a thousand brooks leap down the


cliffs, and the snow line retreats again.


Clouds gather, and the rivulets and wa


terfalls boil and foam in sudden freshet.
Clear weather follows, and the streams
dwindle abruptly. While we are watch
ing the clouds increase they may begin
to disappear. We saw them form into
air. sweep up past US and gather on the
mountain tops. When they become too
heavy they will fall. There they go now,
drifting in silent procession like SO many
nuns in pearl gray white. They creep
down the slopes and slip into the depres.
sions as if trying to get back into the hap
py valley. They come to the edge of the
cliff and fall over in a cataract. Down,
down they sink till they reach an invisi-
BILE floor, over which they spread. They
can fall no father and floating idly in the
air they seem to melt away. The clouds
becoming too heavy, tall till they meet a
higher temperature and they part with
their visible shape and turn again to va
por.-torrespondent Boston Globe.
Year: 1872

New YORK, July il2.--A Worlds special
says Sumner was asked directly. Yesterday
whether he would support Grant or Gree
ley. He replied that the time had not come
for him to speak out yet, and at present no
man Tas authorized to speak for him.
Year: 1872

SUPPRESSED Chills--Sudden Death. Sup
pressing the chills is not caring them. In
fact this method is worse than not treating
them at all, as they only lie dormant in the
system, ard IN any unfavorAble turn Of the
weather are liable to cause congestion and
sudden death. DR.. Wintarsnith's Tonic
Syrup, or Improved Chill Cure, always
breaks the chill in such manner that it will
never return, eradicsting it completely from
the system, while it is sufficiently tonic
to restore the patient to perfect vigor and
full health Our best dealers all sell it.
Year: 1872

Some ladies suffer dreadfully with the
headache and this causes their hair to fade.
NArURE's HAIR REsTORATIvEl is . sure
remedy for the headache and will restore the
color of blanChed, gray or faded hair. See
advertisement,
Year: 1872

TWkNI1-FINE hESiDENCE LOTS IN MY
l additions to the City Of Rock Island Terms
payment in four annual iEstallments with interest
at six per cent.


Also frame house with four rooms and lot


B. DAVENPORT.
Year: 1872

from lands end TO lands end, that ell may
read, and reading, believe, that for the
countless millions who are on the road to
an un.iusly grave With bilious complaints,
there is bat one truly great and reliable
remedy, aud that is
Year: 1872

Texas has a lawyer aged forty
three. who never drank drop OF
liquor. who never swore an oath.
and belongs to no church. We should
like TO know what sort of q lawyer
and what sort ofa Texan he calls
himself with such characteristics as
these
Year: 1872

The plan of selling cotton tor delivery at
a future period. at stipulated price, has re-
ceived but little attention from the planters,
but has as a general thing been confined to
spectators and middlemen, who in order to
realize heavily upon such contracts, have,
year after year, combined against the produ-
GERS, fighting the staple down to such prices
as entailed loss upon those obliged to sell,
until they obtained control Of enough to sat-


sfy their obligations and leave them hand.
some margin for profit. Now this custom of
making sales for future delivery" prevails in
every line of trade-the dealers in grain. pork,
sugar, tobacco, wool, &C., all buy and sell flu
lures, but no other agriculturalist rests his
claim to remuneration for years arduous
toll, so confdingly in the hands Of the "mid-
dlemen," as the cotton farmer. While he is
toiling to make crop, and looking forward
hopefully to obtain, say fifteen cents a pound
for his cotton, yet without the ability to with.
hold it from sale though the market price
may be nine cents when it is ginned and pack
ed, the middlemen 60 forward and sell the an
ticipated product of his labor for fifteen cents,
as futures" to spinners and spectators, and
then unite in ring to compel the producer
to sacrifice his crop at such figures as will as
sure them handsome gains If our farmers
are determined upon devoting their energies
to the production of cotton, then they, should
at once adopt the plan of selling for future
delivery-as soon as fair stand is obtained
the planter should endeavor to contract for
the delivery of his entire crop by a certain
time, as will give him fair profit when this
is done he can return to his field and labor
with the consciousness that he has only to con.
tend with the enemies that nature places in
his path, but is safe against the wiles of the
speculators and cotton sharks. Now and then
it may happen that cotton will advance far
beyond the price at which he has contracted
to deliveriHs crop, but in that event he will
have the satisfaction of knowing that he had
sold at fair figures and good profit, while if
the cotton market opens badly, he will know
that he is safe and will make money, while his
less provident neighbors are forced to sell at
sacrifice. Weare we'll aware that the gam
bling instincts of our people will prompt
them to reject this policy in many instances,
and to take the chances of being forced to sell
at eight cents rather than forego the possibili-
ty of getting twenty-five, yet the planter who
will persistently sell futures at fifteen cents
for his whole crop will be likely to make for
tune, while his gambling neighbor will, ere
many years, surrender his farm to his credi'
tors. Sell your cotton to good and solvent
men if you can, as futures, and thus farm up.
on a safe and independent basis. But few OF
you ever farm without lien of some kind or
other upon the growing crop, and if it is en-
numbered by any kind of a lien, will it not be
better to have such one as guarantees you a
fair price for it, than the ordinary deed which
will permit the creditor to sacrifice thunder the
auctioneer's hammer ?-Aberdeen Examiner.
Year: 1872

AN ingenious man in Philsdelphia
has found a new use for an artificial
leg. He worked in a pipe factory, and
WAS in the habit of filling his porcelain
limb each day with a choice assortment
OF meerchaums, which he disposed Of
on h1s own account. When discovered
he had made about $500 by the
traffic In this way he
was walking of with a goodly share Of
the profits of the establishment. .. r..
Year: 1872

The steamer j. G. LITERAL was stationed


at the foot of Clinch Street, on First creek
yesterday morning, and set to work to throw


water through line of hose up to the new
cistern lately built on Clinch Street, west Of
Gay, for the purpose of filing it with water.
The engine worked beautifully, pumping 1876
gallons per minute, equal to 35 tons per hour,
according to the calculations of the city en-
gineer> The cstern is divided into two Sec
tions by strong partition wall.


After the engine had worked for several
hours, the depth Of water in the cistorn was
tested and found to measure seven feet ten
inches. Shortly after, or about 3 p. NJ. the
water in the westerly apartment suddenly
disappeared, to the astonishment of all who
were aware of it. The engine was stopped
as quickly as possible, and anegro went down
to ascertain if possible the cause of its sud
den disappearance. On returning to terra
frma he reported that large portion of the
western end of the floor of the cistcrn had
given way, leaving large hole down which
the water had gone glimmering.


This is only an additional evidence of the
condition OF the prlnclpal NIL on which Knox
vile is founded, and Of which we have seye-
raj tines spoken in the past. Similar oc
currences have at different times occurred in
various parts Of the city. The most nota-
BILE instance was that of the dropping out of
the bottom of the cistcrn in yard i'll the rear
of the Lamar House some twelve or fifteen
years since. Many of our citizens will re-
member the amazcment of the frightened
Irishuan who scrambled up out of the els
tern to tell the story Of his lost mattock.
which, having struck through slipped out of
his hands aud dropped into depths unknown.
The cistern, though its bottom has never
been found nor restored has proved quite
valuable to the hotel as sewer always rea-
dy to receive, and discharging is contents
no one knows where.


Numerous instances Of similar character
might be cited. but We care not to exotic
needless apprehension among the less right
eous portion of our readers that the fate of
Korah is about to ovcrtake them. We are |
too well archcd beneath, no doubt, to fear
general caving in for yet a little while, at
any rate.-KnoruWs Whg. s...s
Year: 1872

The Nashville Union and american tolls
the following: "a young man about eighteen
years of age made his first visit to Nashville
a few days ago, and registered at the Maxwell
Having some business to transact, and many
things to see, he did not retire until late
hour. A servant took him to the the eeva-
tor, and telling him to roll in, went get the
conductor, who was in one Of the parlors
with friend. When they came back they
found the young man half undresscd, and be-
fore they had time to say anything he com.
meuccl talking about the little room and the
funny bed"
Year: 1872

A writer thus happily alludes to re-
markable popularity of the down-trodden
sex:


Did you ever see woman throw stone
at hen? 1t is one of the most ludicrous
scenes in every day life We recently OBJ
served the process-indeed we paid more
attention than the hen did, for she didn't
mind it at all, and laid an egg the next
day as if nothing had happened. In fact,
that hen will now learn for the first time
that she served in the capacity of target.


The predatory fowl had invaded the sa-
cred precincts of the flower bed. and was
industriously pecking and scratching for
the nutritious seed and the early worm.
blissfully unconscious of impending dan
ger. The lady now appears upon the
scene with broom. This she drops, and
picks up rocky fragment of the Silurian
age-''they all do it, ,'-seizing the pro-
jectile with the wrong hand. Then. with
malice aforethought. she makes the furth-
er blunder of swinging her arm perpendi-
cularly instead of horizontally ly--whereupon
the stone flies into the air. describing an
irregular. elliptlcal curve, aud strikes the
surface of the earth about as far from the
hen as the thrower stood at the time. and
in course due west from the same. the
hen then bearing by compass N. N, E. by
E. half east. At the second attempt the
stoue narrowly missed the head of the
thrower herself. who. seeing that any fur
ther attempt of the kind might have been
suicidal. does what she might have done
at 6rst-starts after the hen with an old
family weapon. The moral of which is.
''stick to the broom stick"
Year: 1872

A good stopper for decayed teeth is the
tincture of benzoin (friars' balsan). Gold
and other hard stopping last only short


while the decay of the teeth is not arres-
ted by them. and they presently fall out.
The alcohol of the tincture Of benzoin
evaporates, and leaves gum which ex-
cludes the air from the tooth. In the case
of tender teeth, susceptible to dampness,a
fogs aud cold air. the tincture is very eff
fective. It hardens and strengthens the
teeth and gums. and will preserve from
toothache. It should be applied at least
once day: but twice aday preferable.
After fortnight. more or less, it may
be discontinued. The bestway ofapply-z
ing is this i-take piece of cotton wool,
the size of a large pea, fasten it in the nib
of a steel pen with a holder. dip the wool
into the tincture. and put it into the cavity
of the tooth; after which dip it again and
apply to the whole of the tooth and to the
gum adjacent. The yellow color which
the benzoin imparts to the tooth is easily
removed at any time afterwards with tooth
brush and water but as it does not per-
manently stain. it is best not removed.
Year: 1872

In the recently published "Autobiogra-
ply of Lord Brougham," the following
singular occurrence is related


"Tired with the cold of yesterday,
was glad to take the advantage of hot
bath before | turned in. And here a most
remarkable thing happened to me--so re-
markable that I must tell the story from
the beginning. After I left the High
School, [ went with c.. my most in
innate friend, to attend the classes in the
University. There was no divinity class,
but frequently in our walks we discussed
and speculated upon many grave subjects.
among others on the Immortality of the
soul and On future state This ques-
ton. and the possibility, I will not say of
ghosts walking. but of the dead appearing
to the living, were subjects of much spec
ul3tion; and we actually committed the
folly of drawing up an agreement. written
with our blood. that whichever of us died
the first should appear to the other, and
thus solve any doubts We had entertained
of the life after death And after we
had finished our classes at the college,
c. went to India. having got an ap-
pointment there in the civil service. He
seldom wrote to me. and after the lapse
of few years | had almost forgotten him;
moreover, his family having little connec-
ton with Edinburgh, I seldom saw or
heard anything Of them. or of him through
them, so that all the school-boy intimacy
had died out, and | bad nearly forgotten
his existence | had taken, as l have
said, warm bath j.; and while lying in it
and enjoying the comfort of the heat, af


ter the late freezing | had undergone,
turned my head around. looking toward
the chair on which I deposited my clothes.
as was about to get out of the bath On
the chair sat c., looking calmly al
me. How got out of the bath | know
not; but on recovering my senses I found
myself sprawling on the foor The ap.
partition, or whatever it was that had takcr
the likeness of c., had disappeared
This vision produced such shock that
Year: 1872

had no inclination to talk about it. even
to Stuart; but the impression it made upon
me was too vivid to be easily forgotten,
and SO strongly was I affected by it that
have written down the whole history, with
the date, 10Th December, and all the par
ticulars as they are now before me. No
doubt I had fallen asleep; and that the
appearance presented so distinctly to my
eyes was dream, I cannot for moment
doubt; yet for years I had no communica-
ton with c., nor had there been
any thing to recall him to my recollection
nothing had taken place during our Swed-
ish travels either connected with c.,
or with India. or with anything relating
to him. or to any member of his family.
I recollected quickly enough our old dis
cussion, and the bargain we had made.
[ could not discharge from my mind the
impression that c. must have died,
and that his appearance to me was to be
received by me as proof of future state
yet all the while felt convinced that the
whole was dream; and so painfully vivid
and so unfading was the impression that
could not bring myselfto talk of it or to
make the slightest allusion to it, | fin
ished dressing, and as We had agreed to
make an early start. was ready by six
o'clock. the hour of our early breakfast" ("
The sequel to the above, recorded more
than sixty years after the blood-written
compact was made. runs thus:


I" Broughan,. Oct 16. 1927 have
just been copying out from my journal the
account of this strange dream: Certissinaa
maortis io,agol And now to finish the
story, begun above sixty years since. -
Soon after my return from Edinburgh,
there arrived letter from India announ-
cling G.'s death. and stating that he had
died on the 10Th Of December! Singular
coincidence Yet when one reflects on
the vast number of dreams which night
after night pass through our brains, the
number of condolences are perhaps fewer
and less remarkable than fair calculation
of character would warrant us to expect
Nor is it surprising. considering the vari-
ETY. ofear tissagats in sleep, aud that they
all bear some analogy to the affairs of life.
that dream should sometimes coincide
with cotemporaneous or eVea with a
future event. This is not much more
wonderful than that person, whom we
had no reason to expect. should appear to
US at the very moment when we had been
thinking or speaking of him. So common
is this, that it has for ages grown into the
proverb,: ''Speak of the devil" etc.


The great critic. lawyer, and statesman,
it will be perceived, undertook by reason
to dissipate the spiritual conclusion of the
divinity that stirred within him; but he
could not discharge from his mind the i'm
preston that his friend had died, and
that his appearance was to be accepted as
proof of future state. He tried to con-
vince himself that it was all dream, yet
his interior consciousness persistently ac-
cepted the impression as one of the realities
of the outer iniaite-=a proof Of existence
in the limitless Beyond. d.-Phrenological
Journal
Year: 1872

f.r~e- ~
all his labor, and that be has right to
spend it in any manner that he pleases.
He may need advice, but advice should
not be forced upon him. When he is full


" convinced that his employer is looking
to bis interest," he will not be tardy in
seeking and following his advice. A Ia
borer should be paid also nproportion to


his real value. The habit of having a
fixed rate for grown men. and so much for


boys Of equal age, is discouraging to those
who wish to excel by the quality and
quantity Of their work. It retards pro-
gress in the right direction. It stretches


all upon a Procrustean bed, cuts down
good qualities aud eleyates bad ones to
the same level. = = 37's.i s3t - ga


s.. The most liberal rates should be paid


for labor. The best interests Of the farm
er require this In this manner he can
always secure as many labores as he may
wish on his farm. and be able to secure
the best. Knowing that thegv are receiv-
ing the highest wages they are not so easy
to take offense and quit but are will
ing. in pushing times. to move forward
with alacrity and a will which the poorly
paid laborer never feels. More satisfac-
ton isfelt aud greater energy secured and
developed 10 the management Of the farm ?


6. The employer should be kind and
act with impartiality and kindness towards
his employees. Fretting and fault6nding.
persisted in, will ruin the best set of farm
laborers in the world. Rules should be
reasonable. but rigidly enforced. Too
many orders should not be given at once.
The farm should be supervised BY the
owner, and the laborer should be made to d
feel his responsibility for faithful work.
Occasional holidays should be given, and
for good and faithful service, well and
truly performed. Christmas present or
New Years gift would be no bad invest
ment. It is not the value of the gift.
It is the manifestation Of good feeling; it
is the sympathetic link that unites the
superior to the inferior it is an evidence
regard that is always appreciated
by the most ignorant One Of the most
successful business men in the State. when
in Rome on visit, had a number of beads
blessed by the Pope. and the proper dis
tribution ofthose among bis house servants
has made the bond Of attachment between
them indissolnble.J All admirers of Sir
Walter Scott remember how proud his old
servant Tom Pardie was of gift brought
for him in Paris by Sir Walter. II is
not the gift. said Tom. that I prize so
much as that the lord should think Of me
so far from home. a-@@ so q e-7


Let the negro become identified with
and attached to the soil upon which he
lives, and he and the landowner and the
country will all be benefited by his labor.
Year: 1872

The best books were written
when the fcwest were read. Now
that they are written, it would be
foolish and ungratefnl not to value
them, but equally foolish to think
that by them is the only way to the
spirit which produced them. Take
them as great blessing and means
of enjoyment; as what, if you do
not make the most Of, so far as you
arc able, you are foolish; but do not
take them as what they are not,
necessary for intellectual develop
ment, for very little Of them would
suffice for this if only the mind is
not suffered to sleep. And if we
want something to think about, let
us think about words. Our stock
of language is great book in our
minds, always ready for us to read,
suggesting to us us all kinds of i'm.
ages which a Milton could do no
more than put together, and full of
Year: 1872

AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly a Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits independence is familiar
with Turner'S Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gents Hats and Fur
nishino Goods, making it truly
Hat Store. We say it (and
without boasting), that we have
AS large and as fine an assort-
ment as can be found in any
store of our class Of goods west
of Chicago.


To the Ladies { as usually, we
solicit a share of your patronage.
TO the Gents-remember it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; expcn-
ses small consequently our
prices we guarantee.


Remember the place, The
Sign of the Big Hat.
Year: 1872

Professor Huxley thus describes his
ideal church II can conceive the exis.
tence Of an established church which
would be blessing to the community
a church in which week by week services
should be devoted, not to the iterations
of abstract principles in theology. but to
the setting before mems minds of an
ideal oftrue, just And purefiving place
in which those who are weary Of the bur.
den of daily cares should find moments
rest in the contemplation Of the higher
life which is possible for all, though Oh.
tanned by SO few; place in which the
man of strife and ofbusiness should have
time to think how small, after all, are the
rewards he covets, compared with peace
and charity. Depend upon it. if such
church existed, no one would seek to dis.
establish it."