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Year: 1873


/ KNOW the splendid jessamines can fill
The air with perfume, and the breeze that brings
Inc magic odor has power to thrill
The senses of the little bird that sings
In yonder thicket and to give tone ~
OF sorrow to his sweet, melodlous moan.
/ know the soft reflection of the stars
Is tremulous along the mighty stream;
l know that naught above deters mars
The beauty of the mourning moons faint gleam
And yet my spirit strangely seems to wear
A veil through which nor earth nor heaven is fai1
l know blessing cometh with a curse;
l know waking cometh with a dream
l know better fooweth worse;
] know an ocean lies beyond the stream;
| know the perfume hath power to bless;
think the bird once sang of happiness =
Yet all is dust and ashes now: the light
Is bloody, and the air is filled with fire;
And nothing but the swift Overwhelming night
Can keep me from vision grim and dire;
For night is pitiful, and hides the face
Which cannot Tighten with repentant grace.
| know soul who lost treasure fair;
Poor soul it nursed wild, consuming painl
Dear soul Its sorrow was too hard to bear,
Yet sOulfully it struggled, though in vain.
1t rose to Heaven, and strobe along the skies;
1t delved to hell and heard the demons cries.
Then once again it took its place on earth,
Resolved to bear its bitter pang alone.
1t could not move itself to worldly mirth,
But 1t had stronger, Drawer, purer grown;
Yet, when it fell to thinking on it's loss,
1t seemed to mur1nur at its heavy cross. RI.


".
The end of all things did it most desire
Save one eternal, sweet, delightful calm.
To that condition did it most aspire
Where it might find Obvion's healing balm
Yet never dared it hope forgetfulness
Would come to pity, linger DER and bless;
For in its struggles it had learned that sin
Keeps memory awake for evermore.
Sad SOUll if cOu1d not hone to enter in
To rest, and shut behind it the worlds door,
And so it bowed beneath its heavy load,
And stumbled on-along a weary road.


--Scri6ner's Monthly for October.
Year: 1873

OLD Mr. Mugride, who has a cottage up


at Shadynook invited few Of his friends


to go up and stay awhile and enjoy the


country air. AS they were all fond of
good beer, he sent up a keg of new ale to
be put in the cellar and kept until his al
rival. Saturday afternoon he ard his


friends went up. After opening the par


lOrs and making things comfortable, he


thought little beer wouldn't go bad; so


taking his gimlet and lantern, he went


down to fill the flowing bowl. Arrived in


the cellar, he found that the keg was


leaking through an old vent, so getting


his lantern down, he commenced to tap


it, putting one of his thumbs over the
leak; but finding that the light wasn't
good where the lantern set he took the
handle of it in his mouth and continued


boring. Pretty soon the gimlet went
through, and the beer came out whiZzing (;
and as he had neglected to make plug,
he had to put his other thumb over it. He
had the beer all snug enough, but discov-
cred that he himself was in fix-he must
either stay so or lose the beer. His mouth
being in use, prevented his calling
anybody. He turned his head to
the left, then to the right, and
then he would drop it in de-
vOtlonal manner, and make noise be-
tween a snort and a growl. About this
time he began to feel something damp
under him, and found, by Investigating,
that he was sitting-in in pan of soft soap.
Above him he could hear his friends en-
ioying themselves in the parlor, playing
the piano, and his daughter singing
Father, dear Father, come home with me
now," followed by "Thou art so near and
yet so far" His jaws began to ache hold
ing the lantern, and the drool was run
ming out of each corner of his mouth,
which made him nearly frantic. His feet
and legs ached, too, from the cramped po-
sition which he was in, and he had de.
cided to let the beer slide, when he heard
footsteps approach which proved to be the
servant girl coming down after coal, AS
soon as she caught sight of him she drop
Year: 1873

ped the coal-hod, which fell into tub
containing nest of pet kittens, killing
three of them and causing the old cat to
light out up the stairs, landing in a pan
behind the stove. The loss of his pets
made the old man so irate as to drop his
lantern and rehearse that part of the die
tionary which is left out. After scraping
off the soap as we'll as he could, he wend-
ed his way up the back stairs to his room
and changed his raiment. Returning to
the parlor, he told his friends that he had
been out to see man-D0n6at1y NeaoS.
Year: 1873

pRovIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF
! additional Weghers.


SECTION !. BE 1t ordained by the City Council
OF the City OF Rock Island, That In addition to the
city weigher provided for by ordinance the
Ci1y Council may appoint as many persons as they
may deem proper within the city Of Rock Island TO
10 public weighing


Sec. ? Any person appointed as a public
welghet snal, before acting in that capacity, give


Doha III the penal sum of $500 to the city OF Rock
island with two good and sufficient securities to
De approved by the Mayor, conditioned that he will
ialthiully perform all the duties of such public
weigher in accordance with this ordinance


Sec 3. Each public weigher shall cease IN he
such on the hrst day OF April OF each year, when
he may be re-appointed If the City Council sees At
to do 80.


Sec 4 Each public weigher shall. before enter
ing on his duties such, be furnished by the civ
Clerk with a certificate of his appointmen mt and also
with a bound book In which record shall be kent
Of each load weighed on his scales for any person
other than himself He shall also furnish the per.
son for whom he weighs, certificate showing the
full weight Of the load the tare to be allowed for
The vehicle OF conveyance, and the weight of the
same after deducting the tare, which certificate
shall be numbered the same as, and be a duplicate
Of. the record kept by the weigher and be signed
by said weigher, for which weigh book said
weigher shall pay TO the city. at the time of pro
curing It, the sum of three dollaFs.
Sec. .. Each public weigher shall at the end OF
each and every month, report to the City Clerk
Sec 9. The sum to be paid to the City Treasurer
by each public weigher at the end Of each and
every month, shall be two and half cents for each
load weighed by him. from the last report


Sec. :. Any public weigher who shall neglect "a
furnish the person for whom he weighs a eertif
cate a. provided for by this ordinance, fail to
Keep record of any weighing, use any device
or shift to eyade the provisions Of this ordinance
snail be hned not less than Eve nor more than hfts
dollars for each offence, and may be prohibited bJ
the City Council from further acting such publit
weigher


Sec g. The sum Of ten cents shall be charged b
eaeh public welgher for weighing each load on hi
sealee


sec " ANY person procuring weighing done or
any o. said public scales who shall fall to procure
out eollusion with any public weigher make an,
shliL OF device TO evade this ordinance shall b
nned not less than nye dollars, nor more thar


Approved, THOMAS MuRnocx Maxo-


Attest: J0HE BARsB City Clerk


AocK Island, March ITth, Is7s. isdst
Year: 1873

in healthy condition the skin is kept
supple by an oily secretion. which answers
the same purpose as oiling leather.
During warm weather this secretion, in
common with all the other secretions of
the skin, is more abundant than in cold.
When it is insufficient the skin becomes
dry and harsh aud on those parts Of the
body where the skin is thick and subject
to much motion, as on the hands, it readily
cracks or assures. The amount of this Sc
cretion is 50 much reduced in cold weather
that the frequent washing Of the hands
with soap causes them to chap readily.
aud this the more certainly if the soap is
not washed off The alkkaH in soap is
usually in excess. and this combines with
the oily secretion, and so deprives the skin
OF Its natural iubricator To prevent the
hands from ehapping, then, be careful to
wash all soap from them thoroughly in
clean water. This will ordinarily suffice !;
but, if not, it will be necessary to make
good the removed oil by using KENNEDY 5
SALT RHEUM OINTMENT, a sure cure for
all skin disease of whatever name or nature.
PRICE 80 CENTS. Sold by Druggists


3-Idly.
Year: 1873

pose of shielding the latter, who had been
criminally intimate with her. Gooden was
released, and Robinson, the complainant,
sent to Jail to answer the charge of perjury
and conspiracy.


Complete accounts have been received
of the loss of the steamer George Wright.
with all on board.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEST.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after a trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article This
is a fact worthy the attention of consum-
erS
Year: 1873

From lands end to lands end, that all may read,
and reading, believe, that for the countless mil
lions who on the road to an untimely grave
with bilious complaints there Is but truly great
and reliable remedy, and that is
Year: 1873

The following is q letter from a
German merchant in Honolulu: Two
weeks ago we had a ball at the palace OF
our king, Lunalilo l. lie is our friend.
When he was still merely crown prince
| loaned him two dellars--only for a day,
he said. When | met him, year after,
| reminded him of the loan, but he told
me to wait until he should have become
king, of which the prospects were the n
very slight. But now he is king, and l
have silently made him present of the
two dollars--cheap friendship, consider
ing he is a king. 1t was fine ball
which he gave in honor of the English
admiral, and the king was the first
who got gloriously drunk next came
musicians; then the guests, and, finally,
] myself began &c feel unsteady. saw
young English officer occupy the
kingly throne, with Honolulu girl
by his side, while the king and Queen
Emma sat at his feet. Then the king
took a drum and walked around the floor
beating a tattoo. Finally the musicians
began ,quarreling and fighting, SO that the
admiral could not part them. The king
is q good fellow, and likes us Germans
particularly, probably because we
treated him so often when he was
only crown prince. He has even
learned some German songs, which he
sings passably; for instance: When
the Swallows Homeward. Fly, and Out
of the Tavern I've Just Stepped To-
nigh"
Year: 1873

said about the wrongs which the South


ern people have inflicted upon the negro,
the white man refuses 70 drive in a ring
with tire black man, and his refusal Il
sustained by the judges in power Al
the coloi'ed fair which was held at Lex
ing on in the last days Of September, in
the contest for the largest purse offered
for trotting horses, two Of the drivers
were white and two we're colored, and
in the judges stand were two white
gentlemen, prominent citizens OF the
community. In the many carriages
driving about the groundS and sur
veying with cusions eyes the scene, were
gentlemen and ladies who had been
aye-holders; and among the distln'
Quished of the geutler sex were the fam
lies of Federal and Confederate officers
in the late struggle, the wife OF the ex
Confederate Secretary Of War, ana the
daughter of an ex Governor OF the
state. The blacks seemed TO be grateful
for the attention shown them by those
whose slaves they had been. and good
feeling prevailed on all sides. There
was a vast crowd on the grounds, but It
was quiet aud orderly. Great Interest
was taken in every feature OF the exhiol-
ton. We remember one old woman
who was made as proud as queen by
receiving the first premium for the best
loaf Of bread, and her happiness would
not have been complete had she not
been able to carry portion of that loaf
home and place it on the table the fam
lily in which she served as cook.
Year: 1873

The San Leandro Herald gives this
illustration of the style OF marriage IN
a mining country: During the Wall
perjury case interesting and poetIcal
little episode occurred. Colonel Steven
son was in the midst Of important testi-
mony as to the initial points OF the
Great Eastern and Great Western lodes;
Much whispering has been noticeable
between DR.. Clinton and members OF
the police force for some little time, in
terfering with the thread of the story
being told by the witness, when sud-
denly, from the back room, entered two
ladies and two or three men, one OF the
former and one of the latter planting
them selves close up to the witness


Everybody gazed with open mouths
at tlais unexpected interruption. Take
the other side, said the Doctor,
and the lady marched around to the
left Then reading from slip OF


pa per on which were names, the
Officiating magistrate te continued, Au-
gu.stus, are you willing to take Anna tor
your wife and be true and faithful to
herP Yes, replied Augustus, his whole
counsenance beaming with prospective
happiness. Anna, are you willing to
take Augustus for your husband and be
true and faithful to himP Anna had
nothing to say, or else was too slow, as
her lips did not open, and the doctor
continued, Then by virtue and author
ity of my office as magistrate | pro-
lnounce you man and wife, and may
God add his blessing and enable you TO
keen your covenants. / will give you
your certificate tomorrow Go on with


your testimony, Mr.. Stevenson; have to
be prepared for anything. During the
latter portion Of these remarks, which at
the first the couple we're inclined to con-
sider part of the marriage ceremony
the newly made bride and groom disap'
peared through the same door by which
they entered, the testimony as to the


mining ledges being at once resumed.
Year: 1873

black spaniel OF remarkable beauty and
captivating tricks and manners" The
Archduchess became so attached 10 him
that upon her return to Vienna she per
suaded the landlord 10 allow him to ac-
company her. The little spaniel was
soon installed in the ducal palace as a
favorite, and treated with every mark OF
tenderness an q consideration that might
lead him TO forget his old home and as
sociations. But the fascination Of a
residence at c,)urt had no power over his
better nature. One day he suddenly
disappeared, nd every effort 10 discover
his whereabouts was unayailing. There
was consternRtion and grief at Vienna,
but at Menten there was surprise and
JOY. The faithful spaniel appeared in
The course OF a few days At his old home.
covered with dust aud fainting with IA
tigue. He had found his way back
through country wholly unknown 10
him, having travelled a distance Of abont
fifteen hundred miles. But the devotion
of the animal had been manifested at
the cost Of his life, The priyations and
extraordinary exertions OF the Journey
had Induced disease OF the lungs, from
which in few days he died.
Year: 1873




More Greenbacks.


The mixing given in our dispatches
mi, morning as to what Treasurer Spin
Oe,s , reDort will show does not favor any
verv exlravagant ideas ofnatlonal expen.
t,,nre for some time to come. In the way ol
custom receipts and Internal Revenue
returns we shall be short about thirty'ave
millions, or, in other words, one'third OF
III" amount necessary to pay the interes.
on the public debt The Treasurer very
appropriately says that these figures afford
Eood for reflection. They call for q choice
on the part Of the people and Of Congress
viz: either an increase in our taxation
or reduction in our expenditures.
To intimstes that possible e1pedi-
ent in case neither ot these two are
sdop,ed, were be to indulge
in a few more greenbacks, and make these
preenbacks fundsble into bond bearing
a low rate Of interest at the pleasure ofthe
holder That Is, that inasmuch as 1t is
uncertain whether there really is enough
currency to do the business Of the country
IN the active seasons Of the year, we might
try the experiment oi letting out o little
,no,e line at such times and then taking
in The slack by the funding process al.
luled to when the pressure Is over.


|, will be curious to see what effect the
Iteasurer's report will have on Congress
when Il assemblies few weeks hence.
They will convene fresh from the people
and from contac. with the panic. They
will bc imbucd with tho popular senti-
men, on financial matters. What that sen.
,lment is to day and what 1t will be three
weeks hence is considerable Of puzzle to
Us, and to most other people we doubt not.
One thing certain, the people will not de-
msnd further taxation. That much can
Le decided in advance. AS to q reduction
in Government expenses, they are always
10 lavor Of that under all circumstances.
Bat as to O further issue Of greenbacks,
that sa question upon which the debtor
and creditor classes will never agree.
Those who have money and arc out ,oi
debt favor return to specie payments as
smatter Of course, Tor thereby every dol
lar they owe is appreciated. Those who
are in debt are effected in just the oppo-
site way. The wherewithal to pay their
debts is deprecated and the debt alone
remains as 1t was. Between these two
Congress will be nightly beset with out
side pressure, and as between them we
incline TO the opinion that Congress will
not favor an attempt to get 10 specie pay
meu,s at this time. They are more likely
to authorize the reissue of the torty.four
million reserve in the way spoken OF by
tho Treasurer.
Year: 1873

THE St. Louis streets are said to be
dlrtier than they ever were before. Yet
The health Of the city is good, and the
GDOe boasts that "only one hundred and
seventeen deaths per week in city oI
nearly half q million inhabitants, Is
showing which 1t will not be easy to equa'
east or west"
Year: 1873

The Davenport Gazette says that
the gentleman who have gathered in


the Court room on opening days of
the Circuit and District courts term
after term, for years, waiting to serve
their country on petit juries, will be
somewhat taken back at the
term of these court, by the pro.
visions of the new code on the sub.


ject of paneling juries. The new


code deprives the sheriff of the pow
er of filling up from the bystanders,
and provides that the panel shall be
filled by drawing names a. in the
first place. As q consequence the
waiting gentlemen will be thrown
out of a job. By the new method
the business of the court may be de.
layed for day or so. But this ID
more than compensated by the fact
that the occupation of the profession.
al juryman Is gone. ga mya r
Year: 1873

have been confined to narrower linn.
its, and hence productive of less
mischief, but for the political excite.
ment brought on by the clamor OF
the demagogues who sought to take
possession of the farmers move.
ment.


These facts have lately been fully
discussed, and there is nothing to
fear from the general result. In
Iowa the actual contest is narrowed
down to one of local significance.
The opposition has forced this issue
upon the Republican party az herein
lies its only hope of achieving any
success whatever. By the aid of
German votes and such American
Republicans as may be unwittingly
entrapped into the movement, It
expects to elect its local ticket in q
few counties. a yEI


1t is only necessary to insure the
complete overthrow of this sham
organization that there should be q
little hard work done for the Repub-
lican County ticket. 1t can easily
be beaten if the proper spirit and
disposition to do so be manifested.
There are doubtless many Germans
and more Democrats who will refuse
to support the "Anti-Monopoly"
nominees at the polls. As already
shown the opposition county ticket
is called "Liberal" in this county
and nowhere else. 1t was found to
be impossible to induce the Patrons
OF Husbandry to go into the party
as an order, and hence the familiar
catch-word of the last campaign is
used to secure the German vote. AS
the new party has repudiated both
the Democratic and Republican par
ties, the candidates go before the
people with no claims for the support
of either party. 1t was engendered
by the passions of the hour, which
are giving way now to the sober
second thought of intelligent people.
Let its movements be watched its
subterfuges anticipated its lies fatty
contradicted its candidates sharply
criticised. BY taking such precau-
tions and by properly guarding the
polls on election day, the victory
may be obtained in Scott county by
large majority.-Dave'port Gaz-
ette.
Year: 1873

These buttons are malleabe, and some are shown
forged out into small square bars ready for market
Care is taken to traces of the crystalline markings
at end OF the bar.


Through the labors of Dr. Oldham and his assistants
OF the Geological Survey of India the great resources
OF that country in Of iron have been known
Superior magnetic exists In mountain near
Salem and other places Three separate attempts have
been made establish tho manufacture OF roa In INDIA
on large SCALE and considerable British capital aided
by the Government has been invested there, but up to
this time without adequate Nothing has been
done in direction for several years. but renewed at
ention being given TO the subject, and Mr. Bauer
man. a mining engineer. has been England
TO examine and report upon the mines with view to
the erection OF iron works large SCALE One Of the
great dfcultieswanto proper fuel has been removed
by the discovery OF bed OF gsod cokng coal. The
India Goals by the way, belong to the carbonierous
but to the trassc series and allied those OF China


THE IRON MANUFACTURES oP RUSSIA.


The iron and steel display from Russia Is arranged
very astefuy in the acoves between the high
of the main nave. Upon crimson cloth background,
surmounted by gded imperial crown, the manufac'
lures OF the imperial works. consisting OF sword blades
and other material Of war. are skully displayed, as II
they were trophies Parts Of cannon, steel and
SHE'LL chain cables rails and bar are grouped at the
base together with huge OF the ore The display
by Poutof is similarly arranged but consists chiefly OF
steel and iron rails radally disposed above monumen
tai mass Of In Prince Demidofrs exhibition the
iron ores grouped with polished Of malachte
Broken steel ngots and copper ingots also broken to
show the grain stand side by side There Is also fne
group OF polished rods tied in knots without show
ing crack flaw. and OF rails twisted into rngleH TO
prove their extreme toughness and uniformity


The famous sheet iron OF the country shown In shee ts
Of all sizes and degrees Of thickness and specimens OF
the size OF visiting card have been freely distributed
Among more instructive and parts of the col
ections are models OF iron works showing the roofs
supported upon series OF semi-crcular ren arches
springing from the level OF the floor series OF draw
ngs OF Rachettes furnaces, and maps showing the or
tent OF the mineral industries Of the empire. The iron
OF Russia not behind those of Europe
IN the introduction of and improved methods


Great advances have been made In the production OF
cast steel on large scale and the manufacture OF
steel guns Of large caiber several OF which ex'
hbited from the works Of Oboukon The largest u
inch rined breechoader weighing 600 pounds Thero
are fine groups Of railway tires aIes and other railroad
material from the same establishment Rachette's
synem OF furnaces Is extensively used. and In said 70
sdva remarkable rssuits The BsssaInAr and Alenens-
Year: 1873

Still another form is exhibited by schaltenbrand OF
Berlin who proposes to make hollow cross-ties, and to
I'LL them with concrete cement tCI The chair and
the rail R are to be firmly secured to the top as shown
in the subjoined figures
Year: 1873

They are about foot in width and half an inch thick
The rails with suitable chain are boted to the top
Another form Of permanent way consists IN placing
the iron bed IN lengths about 20 feet under the rails Ion


itudpally the paralesm and uniform distance OF the
rails being maintained by erods at intervals The form
of this iron bed plato differs from the being much
wider and having anGes projecting downward SO as to
penetrate the ground and permit the bearing to be upon
the whole under The breadth Is llsl lnches
and the thickness from 31I to $685. The following Is
drawing of this longitudinal permanent way (: