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Year: 1870

These Machines are specially adapted for the
use of farmers being able to sew grain sacks
and heavy clothing with the same facility as the
usual family work making more durable seam
not liable to ravel as is the case of the loop or
chm sliIch
Year: 1870

THE Coal MoNoPoLIsrs.-The New York
Times Gays the very worst of the monopoles Is
life, IT is in the hands Of Few producerS Th:.ss
can easily combine to keep up the prices. Even
il stoppage Of the production is necessary for
this purpose, IL can be done with compsratiye
ease. A fictitious strike is organized-men are
to prevent q fall Of prices, and the consumer Il
in the end obliged to pay for the support Of large
classes through periods Of idleness.
Year: 1870

BASE BAII.-By an advertisement in our
amusement column, it will be seen that the de-
Gliding game OF the pending series between the
Olympic and National clubs will be PLAYED to-
morrow. on the Olympic grounds. The fine
games heretofore played by these clubs insure
for the large audience which will be present a
close and exciting contest.
Year: 1870

The following beautiful passage is
from Rev. J j. Corning. il will be
appreciated 10y all "brHin workers."


while sit nt my study table with
my pen in hand, the figures moving
with tardy pace at the beckon nt
brain, hear right below my window,
in the adjacent field. the munotonous
ring of the luborer's hoe upon the corn
hills. While he hoes, hc whistles
hour by hour till the clock strikes
twelve, and then with ravenous
appetite repairs TO his bounlifnl yet
simple meal, only TO resume his task
again aud pursue it to the setting OF
the sun. As | stood ut the window
watching his toll, and turned again TO
my pen and paper, asked myself
how il happened that the man with
his hoe will labor lis eight or ten
hours day with less fatigue than the
man with his pen will toll his three
or four Hugh Miller was great
worker with the shovel and puck
would have made n good hand in n
slate quarry, IN grading railroad, or
digging canal. Hut one night. as
you know, he shot himself in fit OF
nervous fever What was the differ.
cncc between the great gcologist and
the man with lhc hoe whistling under
my window! Simply this, the former
was q worker OF brain, and the latter
u worker Of muscle. Let this man
with the hoe lay down his husbandry
for little willie and set himself to
studying uue OF the stalks of corn, or
the chemistry Of one OF those hills OF
soil, and very likely he would soon
learn what il is TO losc ones appetite,
and hear the clock strike nearly all
the night hours in feverish wakcful.
ness. And thus we get at the great
organic law of our being. TO wit
that brain work subtracs vitality
from the fountain, with muscle work
only makes draughts upon ono of the
rumifying streams Of life. IL is csti.
mated by scientific observers that u
man will use up rs much vital force in
working his brains two hours MS he
will 10 working his muscles eight"
Year: 1870

construct said railroad or to their legal repre-
sentatives or assigns and upon the certificate
the same by the terms OF their contracts; and
the scrip to be issued by the Treasurer under the
direction OF the Governor and Council, and on each


$l00 900 issued there shall be reserved and paid to
the Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund an amount
not less than shall. with the accumulattOns, pro-
duce at the maturity OF such scrip amount equal
Year: 1870

The Cdstordys, by Captain MAYNE REID
CsheldOn Cor Is story Of adventure in the wds ot
BorneO The lively narrative s-s forth good deal NJ
Interesting information in regard to the manners and
customs OF the natives In that barlsrous land and i


written in style that cannot fail to prove attractive IN
yOung roadFr-.
Year: 1870

sixty years through shine and shadow
sixty years my gentle wife,
Won and have walked together
nown the rugged road Of life.
From the hills OF spring we started,
and through all the summer land.
And the fruitful autumn country.
We have journeyed hand in hand.
We have borne the heat and burden
Toiling painfully and slow;
We have gathered in our harvest,
With rejoicing. long $40.
IeAye the uplands for our children
They are strong to SOW and reap;
Tb-oprh the quiet winter lowlands
Now our level way we keep.
We have had our time OF gladness;
Twas a proud and happy day
An the prou1est of our journey
When we felt that we could say
Of the children God had given,
Looking fondly on the ten:
nTovply women are our daughters-
And our sons are noble men j.
We have had our time of SORROW
Our time Of anxious fears,
when We could not see the milestones
Through the blindness of our tears.
In the sunny summer country.


Far behind us little May
And Willie, TOO, grew weary


And we left them on thew
Are YOU looking backward mother.
That yot stumble in the snowi
lam stll YOUR guide and staff, dear.
Lean your weight upon me- sol
our road is growing narrow;


And. what is it wife, you say
Yes know our eyes are dim, dear,
But we have not lost the way.
Cheer theel cheer thee faithful hearted
Just a little way before
Lies the great Eternal city


OF the King that we adore
can see the shining spires;


And the King. the King, my dear,
We have served him long and hun bly,;
He will bless us. do not fear.
Al the snow falls fast and heavy.


How you shiyer with the cold,
Let me wrap your mantle closer,


And my arm around you fold
Wsare weak and faint and weary,


And the sun low in the West
We have reached the gates, my darling,


Let US tarry here and rest
Year: 1870

/ d. Hyd,ophob.a.-Dr. Stephen
Ware Of Boston, in his testimo-
ny in a recent case which grew
out of the Injuries from the bite
of a dog, furnishes the following
valuable advice: a~


In the case Of the bite Of Il dog,
where he teeth Of the anilnaI
penetrated the flesh. whether the
dog was known to be mad or not.
he should use the same prccau-
tons. He would wash the wound
with warm water, extract all the
virus possible by sucking the
wound with his lips. and the eau
terize it deeply with the caustic
most readily obtained; but1should
usespotash if it could be procu-
red at once. The time in which
the effects Of the bite Of a mad
dog would be seen varied from
three days to as many years, but
If no effects were felt after two or
three months, as a general thing
the patient might consider him
self safe. Bites made through
clothing are seldom productive
of much harm, as even ifthe dog
is mad the clothing absorbs the
virus before the teeth reach the
flesh. Most of all the fatal cases
are where the person was bitten
on some naked spot.
Year: 1870

The man that would take = new spapsr
for length Of time, and then send il back
"refused' and unpaid for, would swallow .
blind dogs dinner, and then stone The dog
for being blind Exchange.


lie would do more than that. Hs would
marry girl on trial, and senc her back ..
the end Of the honey ymoou. With the words,
Don't. suit, chalksd 90 her back.-Iron
City.


lie would do worse than that He would
steal the chalk to write it with, and after
ward use it 90 bis shirt to save the expense
OF washing, and then sue his wife's fatbss
for months boarding.. STANDARD.


Worse yet. he would chase . sick r.. to-
miles over q corduroy road, and institute
a post mortem over him after be had caught
him, in order to recover q stolen grain Of
Moryantown Star.


lie would be as mean As the man Who
cursed his poor old blind mother for s.oppsR
in the door-ysrd to beg her bread, aod Who
gave his only child penny for gong to bed
supperless, and the next morning charged
him penny for bis breakfast TorcA!igAt.
Year: 1870

OUs
There are many friends Of summer,
Who are kind while flowers bloom,
But when winter chills the blossoms,
They depart with the perfume,
On the broad highway Of action,
Friends of worth are fur and few;
So when one has proved his friendship;
Cling to him who clings to you.
Do not harshly judge your neighbor,
Do not deem his life untrue,
If he makes no great pretentions;
Deeds are great, though words are few
Those who stand amid the tempest.
Firm US when the skies are blue,
Will be friends while life endurcth;
Cling to those who cling to you.
When you see worthy brother
Buffeting the stormy main,
Lend helping hand fraternal,
Till he reach the shore again;
Don't desert the old and tried friend
When misfortune comes in view,
For he then needs Friendships comforts;
Cling to those who cling to you.
Year: 1870

AN ACT to provide information


concerning the Blind.


Section. l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the tate of
Iowa, That it shall be the duty Of
each County Superintendent Of
Common Schools in this State to
report on the first day of November
of each year to the superintendent
of the Iowa Institution for the
Blind, the names, age, residence
and Post Office address Of every
blind person and every person blind
to such an extent as to be unable
to acquire sn education it, the COM
mon schools and who resides in the
county in which he is Superintend-
ent.


Approved March %. 1870.
Year: 1870

Ed WRIGHT, Secretary Of State.


CHAPTER 20.


AN ACT to amend Section 3 of


Chapter llS Of the Laws ot the


Tenth General Assembly, and


Section IL Of Chapter l4S of the


Laws Of the Ninth General AS


semb!y, and to regulate the sale


OF school lands.


SECTION l. BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State Of
Iowa, That Section of Chapter lls
Of the Laws OF the Tenth General
Assembly be and the same is here
by repealed, and that in lieu there.
Of the following is hereby enacted:
"SEc. 3. Hereafter no
part of the Sixteenth Section,
nor land selected in lieu thereof,
nor any part of the FIVE Hundred
Thousand Acre Grant, nor any other
school lands whatsoever, shall be
sold for less sum than the mini
mum price of six dollars per acre,
except as by law hereinafter pro-
vided, and in no case for less than
the amount at which it has been
appraised provided, however, that
the sale Of section No., sixteen,
township nine,y-two, range thirty.
one, and lots numbers two, three,
four, five, six and seven in section
sixteen, township nine,y--three,
range thirty--iour in Pocahontas
county, sold by the Board OF Super
visors Of said ,unty prior to the
receipt Of the Resolution OF this
General Assembly withdrawing
scholl lands from sale by the Audi.
tor Of said county shall not be af-
fected by the passage o. said Reso-
luton.


Sec. 2. No School Lands of any
kind shall be sold until there shall
be at least twenty-five legal voters
resident in the Congressional town.
ship in which said school land is
situated, and in a fractional town.
ship of less than thirty-six sections
the number Of voters residing there
in, must have at least the same ratio
to twenty-five as the number of Sec
tions, or parts of sections in said
township has to thirty-six, which
fact in all eases must be shown to
the satisfaction Of the Board Of Su-
pervisors.


SEC. 8. Where the Board of
Supervisors ofany county shall have
once ut least, offered for sale any
school lands in compliance with the
requirements of Sections 1870 and
1871 Of the Revision Of 1860 and Of
this Act, and are unable to sell the
same for as large an amount rs the
minimum price of six dollars per
acre, and it in the opinion OF said
Board OF Supervisors said land can
not be sold for that price, and it is
for the best intercsts Of the School
Fund that the same be sold for \
less price, then, and in that case
said Board OF Supervisors may in.
struct the Auditor of said county to
transmit by mail, or otherwise, to
the Register of the State Land OF.
flee a certified copy Of the proceed
ings OF said Board Of Supervisors
in relation to the order OF sale OF
SAID land, and subsequent proceed
ings in relation thereto, including
the action OF the Township Trus-
tees, and the price per acre at which
said land shall have been appraised,
which transcript the Register Of the
State Land Office shall submit to
the State Census Board; and it \
majority Of said Censas Broad, in
cluding the Register Of the State
Land Office, shall approve of the
sale OF said land for than the min
imum prlce OF six dollars per acre,
1. L.
Year: 1870

TnErc would seem to be a conviction
very vague, but still Q conyictiOn-that
the surrender of Metz must pave the way
to a speedy restoration Of peace, ion ne
theory Of the utter hopelcssness now Of
tho military situation in France. r %
Year: 1870

", NJ. X. constantly In the New York and
Philadelphia markets, enables him to procure all
new and desirable goods at the lowest rates, and
as he buys direct from the importer in large lots,
it is to his advantage to sell cheap, that goods
may be turned out fast thus keeping the stock
new and lively all the time.


All are invited to call, feeling assured that
they will not be disappointed either in assort-
ment or prices.
Year: 1870

There is to be another national convcn-
tion at St. Louis in October, in reference
to the removal of the national capital
They will continue to hammer at it till it
is accomplished.
Year: 1870

IF YOU ARE SUFFERING OR HAVE SUF-
l fered from involuntary discharges, what
effect does it produce upon your general health?
Do you feel weak, debiliated, easily tired
Does little extra exertion produce palpitation
of the heart? Do your liver or urinary organs
or your kidneys frequently get out of order? !?
Is your urine thick, milky or sloppy, or is it
ropy on settling? Or does thick scum rise to
the top? Or is a sediment at the bottom after it
has stood awhile? DO you have spells Of short
breathing or dyspepsia? Are your bowels con-
stipated? DO you have spells of fainting or
rushes of blood to the head? Is your memory
impaired? Is your mind constantly dwelling on
this subject? Do you feel dull, listless, mopng,
tired of company, of life2 Do you wish to be
left alone, to get away from everybody? Does
any little thing make you start or jump? Is
your sleep broken restless? Is the luster of
your eye as brilliant? The bloom on your check
as bright? Do you enjoy yourself in society as
well? Do you pursue your business with the
same energy? Do you feel as much confidence
in yourself? Are your spirits dull and tagging,
given to fits of melancholy? If so, do not lay
it to your liver or dyspepsia. Have you restless
nights? Your back weak. your knees weak and
with bnt little appetite; and you attribute this
to dyspepsia or liver complaint?
Year: 1870

that those bold, defiant, energetic, perseverng,
successful business men, are always those whose
generatiye organs are in perfect health2


You never hear such men complain of being
melancholy, of nervousness, papitaton of the
heart They are never afraid they cannot sue
ceed in business; they don't become sad and dis
couraged; they are always polite and pleasant
in the company of ladies' and look you and them
right in the face--none of your downcast looks
or other meanness about them. | do not mean
those who keep the organs inflated by running
to excess. These will not only
Year: 1870

FNIlE ELLIPTIC SEWING MACHINES ARE


L manufactured and warranted by the Wheeler
Wilson Sewing Machine Company. The late
and important improvements enable us to guar
antee to every purchaser that the Elliptic Ma
chine will do more work, better work, and q
greater variety of work than any other Sewing
Machine now in use. The economy of the Ell
Hptlc Machine in family is almost incredible
with one, good operator can do the work OF
twelve hands. BY it the making of garments is
reduced from question of hours to one of min
utes as the following table will show:


ut is not to be understood that the following table is the
time to make the garmen but do the stlehing only)
Year: 1870

How many men, from badly cured diseases,
from the effects of self-abusc and eXcesses, have
brought about the state OF weakness in those or
gans that has reduced the general system so
much as to induce almost every other disease
Year: 1870

An appreciative audience assembled at the
James NJ l. Church last evening to hear Prof Graham
OF Edinburgh Scotland, lecture "Love, Courtship,
and Marriage" The young people seemed greatly de-
lighted with the DISCOURSE While speaking Of the Rich
ardson tragedy, the lecturer gave a chronological
analysis OF McFarands character and said that he was
very afcctiOnate but his intellectual faculties were
feeble compared with those OF h5 wife. Richardson dd
wrong in marrying Mrs Mcfarland and she did wrong
marrying Mcfarland Had she united with Richardson
at first her life would have been of Happiness No ono
should marry without far knowledge OF the person he
or she intends unite with The great difficulties IN
welded life arise from lack Of knowledge OF human
nature aud of the laws that govern it, Woman must be
encouraged 20 think for herself. Marriage should be
made a blessing, not curse. Some scarcely
better than mere eOIhesTacks No one should marry
person with fiat head. The speaker told ianumerabe
humorous stories illustrative OF his remarks
Year: 1870

The men whose body was found at White
hall recently, and is now supposed to have
been an Irishman, had considerable money
the day before he was found dead, but there
was none found on his body, leading to the
supposition that he was murdered.
Year: 1870

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites t. promote connubi.
al happiness, Indeed, without these the our
ney through life becomes a weary pilgrimage,
the prospect hourly darkens to the view, the
mind becomes shadowe1 with despair, and filed
with the melancholy reelection that the happi
ness of another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1870




A ND NOW ON MOTION M as Or
A DERED by the Common Council of
tue city OF Evansville. that on


(27th) day of July, A.D. 1870, an election
shall be held in said city in pursuance OF
the provisions of the fortieth clause of the
thlTtieth section OF the charter of the said
city of EvanSN lille, as amended by the act
of March eleventh Qlth) 1867. the said
election shall be held exclusively for the
purpose of ascertaining whether the quail
flied voters OF the said city do or do not
desire the Common Council aforesaid, for
and on behalf OF the said city of Evans
vile, to subscribe for and take stock in the
Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad
Company to he amount of Three Hun
dred Thousand Dollars, TO aid In the con-
struction of a railroad from the said city
Of Evansville, through NaAderbuTgh,
Warrick, Gibson, Pike, Daviess, and
Greene Counties, IN the state of Indiana,
TO an Intersection with the Indianapolis
and VincenneS Railroad, at a suitable
point in said Greene County, on the terms
and conditions and subject to the pro-
visions and stipulRtions contained In the
proposition OF the Evansville and Indian
Rpol1s Railroad Company herewith spread
upon the Order BOOK OF the Common
Council OF the said city OF Evansville.
The work done and the material used IN
constructing said road TO be of a good and
substantial charact er, such as are used for
the making of good road, and that the
said road shall be q good, first-c class, new
road, up to the point of completion mem
election shall be by ballot, and upon the
tickets of those who desire said stock to
De anu TAKEN as aforesaid snail
be written or printed the words Take
STOCK" or other words clearly expressing
such desire; and upon the tickets of those
who de not desire said stock to be taken as
aforesaid, shall be written or printed the
words " Take no Stock" or other words
equivalent thereto. In all other respects
said election shall be conducted in the
same manner, and be governed by the
same rules and regulations as the annual
elections for officers of said city now in
force, except that no one can vote at said
election VINO shall not have paid city
tax within twelve months before said
election. The said election shall be held
at the usual and proper places of holding
city elections, and notice of the time and
places OF holding said election shall be
given by publishing copy of this order
Ten days In the Evansville Daily Courier
and the Evansville Daily Journal, news
papers printed and published in tEe city
of Evansville, the last of which publica-
tions shall be at least five days before the
time OF holding said election. BY order of
The Council. WILLIAM HELDER,
Citv Clerk.


city Clerks Office, June %, l87C je3O If
Year: 1870

CORNER GROCERIES AND THE EXCISE LAW
According to the Excise law, as amended, per-
sons are allowed to sell wine, spirituous liquors,
beer, &C., in quantities less than five gallons,
upon the payment of license fee that shall not
be less than thirty nor more than one hundred
dollars. This of course includes the corner
groceries, at which places some have inter-
preted the law to mean thas they shall be
exempt from the imposition of the license tax.
There are obscure points in the law which
will require time and the decision Of the courts
to determine the exact meaning of. In any
case, however, under the present democratic
regime, the law will no doubt be interpreted in
favor Of the liquor seller and the liquor con-
eumer.
Year: 1870

swear at me;" and 1t Is supposed that the
Admiral swore little himself-inwardly.


1t Is announced in the papers that the North
German government have sent frigate, as
schooship for their midshipmen, to witness
our improvements! What will be their sur
prise when they find that their port of Kiel,
although but few years in their possession,
has larger and better navy yard than any in
this country, and that they outnumber us In
ships Of all kinds, although they were never
considered naval Power until within two
years This is the first North German ship
of-war that ever visited our hemisphere, and
deficient as they may find our navy now it IS
bound to outstrip all others when the people OF
the country will it.


The navy must advance, for it is as much
necessity that we should have guardians OF
the seas as that New York city should have
its guardians of the night. We remember the
time when only one sleepy old sentinel OF the
night could be found within dozen squares
on Broadway. Now they exist in the ratio OF
the wants of the community. SO it will be
with the navy if Messrs. Dawes, Washburn *
Co. will rise to the occasion, and II Mr..
Stevens will cease his attempts TO abolish all
that is good in the service.
Year: 1870

BRoApwAY.-Our citizens who are directly
interested in the preservation Of Broadway
from q destructive mutilaton will do we'll to
have few strong representatives at Albany
from this day to the end Of the session Other
wise no man can tell what day may bring
forth in the Ia1islatura.
Year: 1870

THE TAX LEVY, as we have published it, is
pretty fair; but we are little apprehensive
that there will be some doctoring that will
spoil it before it gets to the Governor. Can
we depend upon MIR. Tweed to watch it, or
has he lust now some other fish to fry?
Year: 1870

THE COMING YACHTING SEASON already
shows evidence Of unexampled brilliancy. Be-
sides the regular regattas in our lower bay Of
the ten or twelve yacht clubs that flourish in
the immediate neighborhood Of the metropolis,
the international contests in English waters and
across the Atlantic are already exciting the
attention of the yachtmen, and will be watched
with great interest even by land iubbers.
Elsewhere we present in this connection a
list of the yacht club organizations, the lead
ing yachts and their owners, and give some ex-
planation Of the complicated rules Of measure
ment and time allowances that had almost,
by their insoluble intricacy, prevented the con-
summation of those international races re-
ferred to.
Year: 1870

A GREAT RED RIVER EXPEDITION. We
learn from Ottawa that the Canadian govern
ment expedition to the Red river OF the
North, the seat of the Winnipeg Basin insur-
rection, will number ten thousand picked men,
including steel battery and rocket brigade,
as well as two thousand loyal Indians. This
will be more formidable army than was that
of Napier's famous Abyssinian expedition.
But why this powerful warlke force? There
are, from all that we can learn, less than three
thousand armed insurgents in the disafected
and sparsely populated territories to be visited


Has the Canadian government information of
Fenian raid down the Red River valley from
Minnesota this coming summer? Perhaps 80.
But can the Canadians spare ten thousand
picked men for the far West with O'Nel in
their rear? That is their look out, not ours.