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Year: 1870

There is no death. The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright in Heavens jewelled crown
They shine forevcrmore.
There is no DEATH The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer shower
To golden grain or mellow fruit.


Or rainbow tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganizc


To feed the hungry moss they bear.
The forest leaves drank daily life


From out the yieWless air.
There is no death. the leaves may fall
The flowers may fade and p ass away
They only wait, through wintry hours,
The coming of the May.
There is no DEATH An angel form


Walks DER the earth with silent tread,
He bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them dead
He leaves our hearts all desolate-


He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss, they now


Adorn immortals bowers.
The bird-lke voice, whose joyous tones
Make glad the scene of sin and strife,
Sings now in everlasting song


Amid the tree Of live.
And where he sees smile too bri. hit,
Or hearts too pure for taint and vice,
He bears it to that world of light,
To dwell in Paradise.
Born into that undying life.


They leave us but to come again:
With Joy we welcome them-the same,
Except in sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless Universe


Is lfe-there are no dead.
Year: 1870

In another column appears the report,
signed by the Commissioners of Election, OF
the election yesterday for directors of the
New Orleans. Jackson and Great Northern
Railroad Company. The names OF the gen.
tlemen chosen clearly indicate that the man
sgement Of the road will now pass into new
hands, and into the control Of men possess
ing the confidence not only of the stock
holders of that road, but of the business
community generally. We have waited
lorg and patiently for some change IL the
directors Of the Jackson Railroad by which
the travelling and business classes would
realize the advantages the public good de
mands, and the day is dawning.
Year: 1870

just after the death of the flowers,


And before they are buried in snow,
There comes festival season,


When nature is all aglow-
Aglow with mystical splendor


That rivals the brightness of Spring
Aglow with n beauty more tender


Than aught which fair summer could bring
Some spirit akin TO the rainbow


Then borrows its magical dyes
And mantles the far spreading landscape


In hues that bewider the eyes.
The Sun from his cloud pilowed chamber
Smiles soft on vision so gay,
And dreams that his fsvorte children,


The flowers, have not yet passed away.
There's luminous mist on the mountains


light, azure haze in the air,
AS If angels while heavenward soaring,


Had left their bright robes floating there;
The breeze Is so soft, SO caresslng,


IL seems mute token of love,
And floats to the heart like a blessing,


From some happy spirit above.
These days so serene and so charming


Awaken dreamy delight
tremulous, fearful enjoyment,


Like soft strains of music at night:
We know they are fading and fleeting


That quickly. too quickly, they'll end,
And we watch them with yearnng affection,
As at parting we watch a dear friend.
Oh! beautiful Indian Summeri


Thou favorite child OF the year,
Thou darling, whom Nature enriehes


With gifts and adornments so dear!
How fain would we WOO thee to inger


On mountain and meadow awhile,
For our hearts, like the sweet haunts of Nature
Rejoice and grow young In thy smile.
Not alone to the sad fields of Autumn


Dost thou lost brightness restore
But thou bringst world weary spirit


Sweet dreams to its childhood once more:
Thy lovliness fills us with memories


OF all that was brightest and best
Thy peace and serenity offer


foretaste of heavenly rest.
Year: 1870

THE prayer which Socrates taught
Alcibiades deserves place in the devo-
tions of every Christian That he eshould
beseech the Supreme God to give him
what was good for him, though he
should not ask it, and to withhold from
him whatever would be hurtful, though
he should be so foolish as to pray for it.
Year: 1870

On RAISING HEDGE.-Having no.
ticed q good deal said in the Prarie
Farmer, about the raising and treat
ment of the Usage orange hedge for
. fence, l thought it might not be
anaiss for mo TO give my plan, as I
have seen nothing similar. Irecom.
mend it from experience and obser.
walton.


After having prepared the line in
tended for the hedge, elevating it
very little, set the double row. Have
the rows eight or ten inches apart,
and the plants twelve inches apart
in each row, being careful to set tho
plants of one row opposite the CEN
ter Of the space Of the other row;
thus breaking joints, and making the
plants only six inches apart in the
double row. In this manner we get
. thicker and closer hedge at the
bottom than can be made BY the sim
gle row; and there is where the great
difficulty lies in making . good
hedge, particularly if you want to
turn hogs. AS to the treatment of
this hedge, in detail, it would take
too long. Suffice to say, l would
cultivate it well, and trim to within
four or five inches of the ground the
first spring after setting; and cen.
tinue the trimming each successive
spring, cutting a little higher each
time, until you get it the height and
width you want.-Pairie Farmer.
Year: 1870

Mr. Speaker, said Sir Boyle Roche
4 smell q rat. see him floating in
the air. But, mark me, shall nip
him in the bud This, as mixed
metaphor, is almost equalled by the
fight of Mr.. Bayne in the Illinois
Convention The gentlemen from
Peoria is mistaken. l see the hand
writing on the wall. Ichabod is
being written. Tie glory is parting
from the Supreme Bench, and the
time will come round that every man
will worship God according to his
own opinions, when he will sit under
his own vine and under his own fig
tree, and there will be no lawyer or
Judge to make him afraid
Year: 1870

the clerk Of the board of supervisors
in the county from which such terri
tory has been taken and the taxes
shall be collected by the county
treasurer Of the same, and the two
latter officers shall apportion school
funds for such territory, and serve
notices on the school officers of said
district, the same as if all were with
in their county and the school Of
ficers Of the district 70 which such
territory is attached shall draw
warrants on such county treasurer
for the taxes and other school funds
belonging to said attached territory
the same as if said territory belong
geographically to their county.


Approved April IL, 1870.
Year: 1870

The Capitol City has organized, for
the observance of the Both of Nav
next. The following committees were
appointed, one to prepare a list of
the soldiers buried in the cemetery,
and to place a flag at tho head Of
each grave; one on decoration of
the graves, which included several
ladies' one on music; one to obtain
speakers another to obtain children
to strew flowers. We again inquire
if any systematic method for the OBJ
servance of the impressive ceremo-
MES of that day, is to be prepared
here.
Year: 1870

AN ACT to provide for tho erection


of School Districts from territory


lying in adjoining counties.


Sec. l. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Iowa,
That where on account of unbridged
streams or other impossible obstruc-
tions, or Of the location of SETTLE
ments, and portion of the inhabitants
of any sub-district or district in one
county cannot with reasonable facil-
ity in the opinion Of the county super
intendent, enjoy the advantage of
any school located in such county /;
the said eounty superintendent with
the written consent of the county
superintendent of the county to.
which the territory is tobe attached,
may attach such part Of such sub
district or district in said county to
any adjoining district in the county
contiguous, and the order changing
the boundaries of the districts shall
be transmitted to the secretaries of
the respective districts affected there
by; and when the district to which
such territory is attached is a drs-
trict township, then the county super
intendent of the county to which
such territory is attached, shall erect
a new sub-district with part Of the
said adjoining township, and when
such district is an independent dis
trict, then tho said county superin-
tendent shall attach such territory to
said independent district but such
changes shall be made only between
the first day of October and the first
day of March, and any party ag-
grieved by such order may appeal TO
the superintendent Of public instruc-
ton. The territory thus attached to
another county shall belong to such
county tor voting, levying Of taxes,
enumeration of children, and all
other school purposes, but the secre-
tary Of the school district shall re-
port the taxes levied upon such
attached territory as provided in
section 81 Of chapter liz, Of the
laws of the Ninth General Assembly
and the acts amendatory thereto, to
Year: 1870

We see fiom the papers that num-
bers OF children have been poisoned
in this State this spring by eating
wild parsnips. 1t should be well
known that parsnips allowed to grow
from year to year on the same plat
of ground have tendency 10 revert
to the wild state, and that in a wild
condition every part OF the plant is
pervaded with deadly poison that
kills with all the virulence Of strych.
nine Gardens should be supplied
every season with seed that comes
from some other locality. The sub.
stance to be taken as remedies
against the action Of this poison are
emetics to promote rapid vomiting
but send for the nearest physician
with all hastc.-lova City Press.
Year: 1870

Postmasters are required by law,
to notify publishes of the refusa! or
neglect of persons to take papers
from the Office. Several times it has
been our loss in this county to have
postmasters neglect this duty for a
year, and only BY "dunning" the per-
son to whom the paper was address
ed, would we find out that some one
else had been receiving it without
pay.-Oskdloosa Herald.


In addition to the above, the law
makes the postmaster himself res
ponsible for the price Of the paper if
he fails to notify the publisher that it
is not taken out. We have suffered
on account Of the stupidity and ne
glect of certain postmasters to COM
ply with the regulations, and shall
take occasion one OF these days, to
try what virtue there is in the law,
against some Of the aforesaid leather
headed and hickory teethed dealers
in three cent engravings of the late
lamensed g. Washington.
Year: 1870

Rev. Robert Collyer- in the
Western Monthly, gives expression
to this impressive thought:


"There is word to say about in
fanticide, that goes deeper than that
of the physician, the political econo-
mist, or the patriot. it is this =
That in some way we cannot even
imagine, we may have made the
the whole world poorer by what we
have done. What u loss to the world
if one such sin had been hidden
away in Strattord upon Avon or in
the poor clay biggin two miles from
Ayr, in Scotland or in the hut light
miles from Newcastle, IN England !;
or in many other places, shielded and
shroudcd then, as our homes are now
but since then lifted up among the
shining points of the world. cold
wish nc worse hell tor my worst
enemy, if should ever take to bad
wishing, than that one should haunt
him in eternity who might have
come and poured mighty treasures
into the common wealth OF the world
but for that sin.
Year: 1870

take which of these he chooses, the


facts remain the same as to man


taking cognizance Of celestial things


while in the body. But NJ. will
claim that these were remarkable


manifestations Of God to his servants
to fit them for the occasion Of trial,
suffering or duty. l answer the
mind and body were yet united, and
God is the Same now as then, and


who dare say that he would not yet
afford his children assisting NANTES
tations Of the glory that is Just before
them, while they are in the valley
and shadow Of dissolution. That
they may ely fearlcssly through the
iron gates, nor feel the terror as
they pass"


But the widest of all of Ms. views
is that crude old semi -Pithagorean
notion that the "soul as an attribute
of Deity himself, will perpetually
progrsss toward a standard of per-
fection without the possibility of
ever gaining it," This it appears to
me is getting into the meshes of
modern Spiritualism as taught by
some, that man has God in him.
self to develop, till he shall arrive
at perfection of purity and happi-
ness. But God is . being of infinite
pertections, hence all OF his attributes
must be perfect, such as Justice,
mercy, love, truth, power and wisdom
if any or all Of these are imperfect,
then God is imperfect, and if man is
any one of these attributes, God
must remain imperfect, for M. says
man will forever progress towards
perfection without the possibility of
ever gaining it, and that man is an
attribute of Deity himself. NJ. winds
up with two conclusions that are
about as clear as those which precede
in which he assumes to have proven
all that he has asserted, while in fact
he has tailed to prove single prop
osition. The second conclusion is
that God would be partial if it were
true that he had shown brighter dis
plays of celestial glory to seme than
to others. Then we may assume
that he is partial, for he evidently
only permitted Peter, James and
John to see. Moses and Elias, and
Paulsaw the light and heard thevoice
while his comrades only saw the
light. Stephen saw the heaven
opened. John saw the glory of the
God-lighted and fearless city, with
its innumerable company, that no
man could number, and heard and
saw the celestial Messenger that said
to him, II am thy fellow-servant and
ofthy brethren the prophets" 1t is
reasonable to suppose that devoted d
child of God would catch glimpses of
the celestial glory when expiring
peacefully in the midst of loved ones
who are talking with him of heaven,
and learning from him how blessed
it is to witness y SAv.ours prsssaev,
and the coming of redeemed ones to
welcome HIM home at the close of
life's labors; nor does it seem to us to
SAVIOUR of o humble christian spirit to
charge God with partiality because
he may see fit to reveal moro of
future glory too, and through some
than others. Lur ct Teritas Sine
dasbio. lM-MoDEsTUs.
Year: 1870

The birmingham Enterprise is out
for Col. Dan Anderson, the long man
of the woods, for Judge of this, the
End Judicial District.


Col. Dan. is looming up as u cam
didate, that is to say he is six foot
five in his socks and may thus
without judicial stretch of the
language, bo said to stand fully
ahead and shoulders above all his
competitors.
Year: 1870

AN ACT to facilitate the acquisition
of the right of way over tho line


of abandoned railways, and to


facilitate the construction Of the


same.


SECTION l. Be 1t enacted dy the
General Assembly Of State 1opa, That
in any case where q railroad con-
structed in whole or in part by q cor
poration or other persons, under the
laws Of this State, has ceased to be
operated or used for more than ten
years, or in any case where the con-
struction of railroad has been com
menced by any corporation or per-
soT within the State and work on
the same has ceased for more than
ten years and such railroad still re-
mains unfinished, through the negli-
gence of the corporation or person
who undertook to construct the same,
it ehall be deemed and taken that
the corporation or person thus in de-
fault has abandoned and surrendered
all right and privilege to control
over so much Of the line of their
road as remains unused or unfinished
as aforesaid.


Sec. 2. In every case Of abandon
ment of the work of operating or
constructing railroad within this
State as provided in the preceding
section, it shall be lawful for any
other corporation or person to enter
upon such abandoned work or any
part thereof and to acquire the right
of way over the same and the right
to any unfinished work or grading
found thereon and the title thereto,
by proceeding in the manner provid-
ed by the law for taking private
property, for works of internal i'm
provement, conforming in all partic-
ular s as near as may be to the pro-
visions of chapter fifty-fve of the
revised laws of Iowa: prouided, that
parties who have previously received
compensation in any form for the
right of way on the line of such
abandoned road bed, the considera-
ton for which has not been refunded
to them, shall not be permitted to
recover the second time, but the
value Of s1ch road bed and right of
way, excluding the work done there
on, when taken for a new company
shall be assessed to the former COM
pany or its legal representatives.


Sec. 3. This Act being deemel
by the General Assembly Of immedi-
ate Importance shall tako effec and
be in force, from and after its
publication in the Daily State Register
and Des Noines Statesman, news
papers Published at Des Moines
Iowa.


Approved April IL, 1870.


hereby certify that the foregoing
Act was published in the Daily State
Register and Des Moines Daily
Statesman April IL, 1870.


ED. WRIGHT, Secretary OF State.
Year: 1870

The following fine passage is from "The Primeyal World of Hebrew Tradition" new volume by Rev F. II. Hedge, D. D.

 If then. we fairly envisage the idea of life of nine hundred years if we picture to ourselves the intolerable burden of such life, we can hardly believe that the antediluvian world were cursed with that load. And the more we ponder this idea the moro clearly shall we see the falsity of the old theological view that represents death--the death of the body-as a curse which man drew down up- on himself by his disobedience. Not curse but blessing, without which life itself would be a curse. Of all the angels that wait around the Throne and do the bidding of Eternal Love, there is none whose ministry is more indispensable than that of the angel of death. Whatever sorrows may attend the timing, the method and accidents of that ministration, the end is sure and supreme blessing.

 In the order of nature every day of earth ly existence is rounded with sleep by which the soul dies into new and rcplenshed life If that sleep, which IS temporary death. be long withheld, insanity ensues. The mind cannot bear the strain of too protracted waking. And by the same order the great day of mortality must have its crowning sleep of proportonate duration. Ii that crowning sleep were too long deferred the interminable day would be . burden and s curse.

 And why, it may be asked, if death is a necessity for this worlds use, why not also for the use of the next? If earthly life must be shortened to meet the requirements of finite nature, how, hereafter, shall infinite na- ture bear the burden of immortality I sup | pose that hereafter, also, there may be the need from time to time, of "a sleep and for getting" as the ages accumulate their expe- rience on the soul. Immortality may be q | series of births instead of ono continuous living. Successive deaths may be the rivers | of those "altar stars that slope through darkness up to God;" each star new day of spiritual life, higher capacity of seryic- able action, nearer revelation of the Infinite | Love.

 But all this is hidden behind the earth. amongst the mysteries of the unknown land | whose day cannot dawn until the earth's de- cline. We only know that the undiscovered country must be reached, if at all, through the night of death. And will not welcome. when it comes, the silent guide to the ''silent | land7"

 70 Landi o Tand.

 For all the broken hearted, The mildest herald by fate allotted l Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand 1 To lead us with gentle hand Into tle land of tho great departed, | Into the silent land!"
Year: 1870

REALLY, my dear," said poor Jones to his better half, ''you have sadly disappointed me. l once considered you jewel of a woman, but you've turned out only bit of matrimonial paste.n "Then, my love-" was the reply, "console yourself with the idea that paste is very adhesive, and will stick to you as long as you live.
Year: 1870

HUGE MoRTARs.-England has now turned
its attention to the manufacture of gigantic
mortars which will attack from above. At the
arsenal at Woolwich they have two of these
machines, which are capable of throwing
shell weighing ton and half almost two miles
with a charge of seventy pounds of powder.
The dropping of one of these projectiles on
the deck of vessel would annihilate her, and
the effect upon land would be equal to the
springing of q mine. One of these shells, at.
ter journeying through the air fully mile and
half, pierced tho earth to the depth of twen-
ty.five feet. They are three feet in diameter,
and it is thought their range can be increased
to four miles. .gf es
Year: 1870

OBJECTIVE POINT OF RADICALS. - The
True Georgian says that " the objective point
of all the movements of the Government and
Legislature of Georgia is the Treasury; and
also that ''the Bullock Government is made up
of plots, stratagems and spoils." This declar-
alton comes from high Radical authority, and
will apply with much truth to Radical rulers
in other Southern States which have been put
through the reconstruction process. We are
free to confess that we believe such language
applicable to the General Government also.
Year: 1870

VERMONT MINEs.-The New York mining
company have been engaged prospecting the
Vermont gold mines, and after sinking shaft
down into the solid rock at Bridgwater one
hundred and seventy five feet deep and twelve
feet in width, have abandoned the enterprise.
Year: 1870

WOMEN AND TELEGRAPHs.-In Russia the
telegraph is now chiefly operated by women,
and they have proved to be such efficient
operators that the Minister of the Interior has
laid before the Imperial Council scheme for
their further employment in the public service.
Year: 1870

Iowa SILVER MINEs.-An excitement in
regard to the discovery Of silver mines has
again broken out in Cedar county, Iowa. It
is rumored that company has been formed to
fully develope the new discoveries. and that
many Of the farmers in that section are taking
stock in the enterprise.
Year: 1870

on Monday night, and appointed Dr. Goodwin to the office of County Recorder-reodorod vacant through the resignation of Alexander Mickey After some time spent in kicking at the naked idea of allowing the ARIzoNAN to receive any pay for certain amount of printing done by it, at the order of the Re- corder and then, after thinking the mat ter over second time, ard endorsing our ac- count, the tenant of the waters wggled lis tail and the meeting tock it's place among the events of the mighty past
Year: 1870

Additional developments were made yesterday
concerning the financial status Of the late Charles Dafe
decker OF Bergen whose body found among rocks
on the Bay shore Bayonn Tuesday The
was Treasurer Franklin Fire Engine Company OF Ber
gen. and the time Of his death was creditor to the
Company to the extent OF $500 PoliceJustce Lennon
has ascertaned from Daeldeckers banker that there
were only 500 TO his credit there and all his property Is
in his wifes name The Fire Company never got any re-
cept Dafeldecker for the money as the committee
who sold the handengine by which that sum was realized
az once transferred 1t to him instead OF hrst giving 10
the Financial Secretary Unless the administrators OF
bis estate recognize the claim the Company VIII De AT
the loss OF the entire amount 1t Is further sara tt
week prior to his death Mr. spear OF Jersey
for whom the deceased had been doing some Dulding
told him send in his BILL but the deceased replied ta
he wa, in no hurry contractor named Mr Scrivens OF
Bergen is represented to have paid the deceased 80 on
the night preceding his death, but ITS whereabouts
cannot be traced There were only ~ cents Iou on s
person In Justice to the memory OF the deceased ~ may
be stated that the Fire Company repoSed he utmost
ddence i'm his integrity he was treasurer Ior onR
while and never known or suspected OF Delne t ut
faulter The Coroners inquest VIII DO coh'huod 'ni'