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Year: 1870

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana. must be good
place for tmid customers for barber
The other day one was shaving man
rather nervously, when he jumped on a
box and continued his work. He got on
;hs box TO keep out of the way Of snakes
he thought were crawling over the floor,
aud ended the job by cutting his customer s
nose open with razor thinking it to be a
rat!
Year: 1870

BLACKSMITH & WAGON MAKER


Shop on the corner of Seventh and York
street, North Side, NANITowoC, WIS. Does
ell kind. of iron work as good and cheap
aay other establishment in the CITY Aug |
Year: 1870

But far away up n great many PAIR OF
winding stairs in her heart, was door easily
passed by, and on that door was written, 'wo-
MAN"


tsAnd so it is with the drunkard far away
up a great many pair Of winding stairs in his
heart there is door easily passed by, and he
must knock at that door once, twice, seven
times, yea, seventy times seven to open it.
JOHN B. GOUGH.
Year: 1870

THE GROWING INFAMY. In the House
OF Representatives on Friday,a bill was reported
by Mr.. Bingham ito regulate the mode OF de-
termuing the ratification OF amendments TO the
CONSTITUTIONS" the rules were suspended, and
the bill was passed under the lash.


The first section OF Bipg hams bill makes it
the duty Of the Governor of each State whose
Legislature shall have ratified q proposed
amendment, to certify forthwith such ratification
to the u. S. Secretary of State Think OF that.
The Federal Congress prescribing duties Tor
the Governor of State What would Madl
son, or Jefferson or Hamilton, or Patrick
Henry, have said if such bill had been even
so much as proposed in their day? In the bet
ter days of tho republic its author would have
been severely reprimanded if not ANONYMOUSLY
expelled from Congress- Congress has no
more right to pass such law than it has to
require Judge Moncure 10 certify to that body
all his opinions in the various cases that come
before the Supreme Court OF Appeals OF Viz
ginia. The act is one of gross usurpation.


The other two sessions of the bill are if, pos
siblc, more outrageous than the first. The
second makes it unlawful alter an amendment
has once been ratified for any State officer 10
certify any repeal Of such ratification Attr-
NATIVE always negative never Though an
amendment lail Tor fifty years to be ratified by
the requisite number OF States, yet, 1t at The
end ofthat time the requisite three fourths be
obtained the States which first ratified shall
not have the privilege of Withdrawing their
ratification ! Can usurpation further go ?
And the third section proposes to fine and i'm
prison any member Of any State Legislature
who shall even propose to repeal ratification
These asses 10 Congress passing law to detOe
the duties OF members of the State Legislature
But this is too much. 1t degencrates into
farce We do not believe that such bill can
ever get through the Senate Ii it does, We
we shall not waste any lamentations over its
passage, but shall look upon it as another OF
those Infamous acts which, though conceived
IN sin and born in iniQuty, may have tcnden'
cy to educate the northern people in politics
up to that standard which once obtained in the
South.


oF course this bill had i,s origin in q feeling
OF spltciuuess towards Ohio and New iork
tor having repealed their rati6cations of the
fifteenth amendment. There is no precedent
Tor such law no warrant for it 10 the Con-
s;ltutlon and Its enactment would be gross
violation OF the spirit of that instrument. Yet
this Radical House Of Representatives, did not
hesitate to make wrong precedent, trample
upon the Constitution and upon the rights of
the States, and pass bill which oupht to
send its authors to iufsmy. y.-Richmond Dis
patch.
Year: 1870

We are enabled to stats positively, that ac-
tive work on the water power has been COM
menced. The contract for the stone has been
let, and the contractor is now getting it out
and will commence delivering it on the ground
within few days. Arrangements have also
been made for the timber and other material,
the delivery Of which upon the ground will be
commenced forthwith. The stakes are also stuck
for the head race and other needed excavation,
upon which work will be commenced without
delay. There is no if nor and about this Tie
york Is going ahead! and in less than year,
unless the elements should be exceptionally ad-
verse, Ottawa will hear the music of the water
pouring over that dam.


There have been delays, doubtless; but if
people generally were acquainted with the na-
ture and amount of preliminary work that was
necessary, and the peculiarly difficult and un-
manageable character of much of that work, they
would be able to realize that the delay in the
commencement of active work, of which there
has been so much complaint, was much less
without excuse than has been imagined
Year: 1870

The OF aneleved and unbelievable suffering has pased
away. The age OF relief has Medical scieuce-yhch
fifty years CROPPED in the dark, dayhas had revealed
to it, and every day revealing, certain specifics which seem
toposess the Of magic The who bs or turns
away mad The man who refuses to be convinced on
y 10 endure in ignorance what little knowledge would avert
In this spirit the celebrated remedies of EDWARD WILDER
submitted to thinking and afflicted and women They
are not patent medicines, the phrase goes but remedies
which prepared the place wl.e and scientific
prescriptions and are sanctioned by experience We give be-
low brief sketch of the most conspicuous:
Year: 1870

OF CoURsE.-Lots of the best quality Of new


They always keep up with the times, aud mark
prices down to suit the times. Always go to
Burke Il Heenan's for cheap and excellent goods.
Year: 1870




We yesterday afternoon interviewed
the recently completed gas wells of Messrs
Busseck, Clark d Co., put down to supply
their oil works, on East Tenth street, with
fuel. This well, if it were possible. is even
more of a success than that of Messrs. Oil
yer Il Bacon, noticed two days since. 1t
was commenced about six weeks or two
months since, and is 503 feet deep. The
total cost Of drilling, casing, and the ne
cessary pipe and fixtures to convey gas
to the stills and boiler of the engine foots
up to about sixteen hundred dollars.
When We arrived at the works, but one
fire was lighted, that under the boiler, and
the pressure of gas on the safety valve of
the well was so great that although the
weight was at the extreme end of the lever,
so much was escaping as was being con-
sumed under the boiler The stills being
charged and ready to fire up, the manager
proceeded to apply the match to the gas in
each furnace, and immediately eleven fires
were in opefation, sufficient for the purpose
of distilling oil. Those of our readers who
are acquainted with the distillation OF oil,
or who have been around refinery, know
the amount of fuel it would Unnecessary to
operate on q two hundred barrel still; and
-et, here by the simple turning of a stop
cock, and the application of a match, eight
fires were started under this still, togethe,
With two other under smaller stills, besides
the fire under the boiler, and yet the sup
ply was not near exhausted. The pres
sure on the safety-yalve of the well was,
We should judge, at least one-third of
what it was before the eleven fires were
started. The fire produced was steady and
uniform, and having had some years expe-
rience in the business of refining oil, we
express the opinion that it will be found
on practical trial that the oil distilled by
this fuel will be much more uniform in
color, and the percentage obtained greater,
for the simple reason that the heat will be
perfectly uniform, and at all times under
the control of the distiller. But it was not
to write on the distillation of petroleum
that We sat down, but simply to record
another success in a development that we
firmly believe is to revolutionize the manu-
featuring business of the city. The amount
of horse power the gas from this we'll would
produce, if applied to the production of
steam, we have no means of correctly
stating, but it can not be far from two hun
Hral
Year: 1870

From the Linn MOL Democrsk. yuly 49,


We are informed that during the late har-


vest farmer In the northeastern portion


of Usage county, while cutting wheat in


his field, heard the sing of rattlesnake.


Before he could determine the precise To-


cality of the ''rattling" the snake N ade at


him, leaping over the scythe and Grad G, but


missed the man, who now in turn attacked


the snake with his cradle. The snake was


ready ior the charge, and again leaping


over the cradle, inflicted severe wound


on the front part OF the right leg of his
antagonist, who, now retreating, endeavor-
ed to defend himself against the repeated
attacks of the reptile The snake made no
less than ten different lunges at the gentle
man, while retreating, who, at the same
time called loudly for his dog. The faith
ful animal finally arrived, finding his own
er nearly exhausted with heat and pain, and
at once attacked the snake. The farmer,
fully realizing the great and imminent dam
ger of his wound now made his way home
"a quarter of q mile-as best he could. On
reaching there, he at once applied thick
hgature, heavily soaked in tobacco Juice
and salt, and whilst awaiting medical aid,
and drank two quarts OF pure peach brandy
scarcely feeling any effect therefrom liz his
excited and exhausted condition. He at once
despatched assistance to the scene of the
conflict, to rescue his dog, which, On ar
irving there, found the snake coiled
around his faithful animal-the dog dead.
and his venomous antagonist in a
dying condition. The wheat, for consid
erable space around, was torn down, beaI-
ing evidence of the fierce, deadly contest
which had then but recently occurred.
The dog received an honorable burial.
while the snake was subjected to an anat-
omical inspection, which revealed nearly
tull-grown rabbit. The tail OF the reptile
bore several rattles and one button. Our
informant, inadvertently, We presume
omitted any mention, in his notes of the
length and general size OF the deadly foe
with which the farmer, and finally bis
faithful dog. had the dreadful encounter.
That it was of rather unusual size would
seem most probable.


The gentleman Was confined to his room
about two weeks, but is now able to attend
to his business as usual His maine. as We
learn, is MIR. Fred. Zenter, residing near
in this county.
Year: 1870

A RECENT accident in an English printing
Office holds out hope for Chicago. Ascamp
gained access to the Clarendon printing Of
fee when the forms for new edition of the
PRAYER book of the Church of England were
nearly ready for press, and substituted k for
v in the word s'live" in the marriage service
where it reads that both promise to love,
honor, etc., $50 long as ye both shall live, |"
thus making the last word "like." The
whole edition was published before the er-
ror was discovered; and as the book with
such regulation of marriage would be OF
no service in England, it is now proposed
to send the edition to Chicago, and dis
tribute it there at nominal price. It is
thought that all the prayers in the book
are needed there, while the change in the
text of the marriage service will differ but
little from the custom of that place.
Year: 1870

There is but one opinion in regard to SEA
Moss FARNE. All speak in its praise. and all
like it, 1t is found to be q great favorite with
all classes of our people, and will prove a
great blessing to the poor. 1t is very cheap,
and will go a long way.n-Hoae Journal
Year: 1870

Arrangements are perfected for
having o Grand Celebration in a
Beautiful Grove, east Of the Car
Shops, near zaleski, on the 4th of
July, There will be a Dance in the
Grove in which the Pic Mic is to be
holden-a large platform having
been erected for thatpurpose. The
Declaration Of Independence will
be read, and appropriate speeches
delivered. Let every body go and
participate in the Grand Rejoicing
The Com mittee of arrangements are
determined that the occasion shall
be pleasant and agreeable to all
old and young, great and small
Be sure and fill your baskets with
eatables before you leave home
The Chillicothe String Band will
be there, and enlven the occasion
with excellent music, Refreshments
can be had in tho Grove.
Year: 1870

jeff Davis is said by the Religious
Herald, of Richmond, to have re-
Gently made the following address
at q Sunday school picnic: "My
friends there was a time when l
could say fellow eitizens-I congrat-
ulate you upon the demonstration
OF this day in behalf of Sabbath
schools. 1t is a great and noble
work, that of giving moral and re-
ligious training to the rising gener-
alton. To them we must look for
the resurrection of the buried hopes
of the past. [ am flattered by the
compliment you have paid me; but
| feel that it is not to paid me so
much as an individual as represen-
tative of the cause Of constitutional
liberty for which our Revolutionary
Fourfathers fought and bled, and
which is still dear to my heart, 1
thank you"
Year: 1870

The House Of Representa-,
tives on Wednesday last resolv.
ed that Whittemore, the South
Carolina cadetship seller, is un-
worthy to hold a seat in that
body, and therefore refused to
admit him. There can be no
question as to the propriety Of
this decision. 1t will be re-
membered that he was expelled
from the House about four
months ago for selling cadet
ships, and went home and was
reelected without opposition
by negroes. The negroes who
reelected the corrupt scamp
were guilty of a gross outrage
upon public decency, and the
House would have made itself
accessory to the offense had it
failed to rebuke their stupidity
and his impudence in again
claiming a seat. Honest men
of all parties must applaud the
action taken Wednesday week,
but it is obviously incomplete.
To be consistent and just to it.
self, the House should now pro-
ceed to oust other members
known to have been guilty OF
the same crime. The proof
against one at least-Butler, Of
Tennessee-was clear and con.
elusive, we believe, and it is
difficult to see how he can be
permitted to remain, while
Whittemore is excluded. If all
the rascals were to be expelled
it is true, the Radicals would
probably lose their majority,
and the House be left without
a quorum; but so sweeping q
purgation can hardly be expec,
ted. The case of Butler, how
ever, is exceptional, for the pro
ceedings against him were
arrested almost at the moment
of pronouncing Judgment. His
ofense is known. 1t was the
same as that for which th'
South Carolina corruptlonis


has been punished, and he
should not be allowed to dis
grace the House by his pres
ence for another day.
Year: 1870

Among the many plans sug-
gested for the payment of the
national Indebtedness and the
consequent reduction of taxa,
ton, resuscitation of internal
trade, &C., is one received by
the President a few days ago,
and addressed to the Executive
and Congress from a scheme in
San Francisco, proposing the
passage by Congress, before
adjournment, of a grand inter
national gift enterprise on a
scale of magnificent splendor
that will transcend anything Of
the kind that has ever taken
place. The visionary author Of
the plan proposes that one
thousand million tickets be is
sued at FIVE dollars a piece, and
gifts rendered therefor amount
ing in value from one hundred
thousand to FIVE hundred thous'
and dollars. The letter was
sent, in the usual official man
ner, to the Treasury Depart
ment, and placed on file witt
thousands Of other documents
which will never see daylight
again.
Year: 1870

The sins of the self.styled
"Republican party" are not
only against the established
laws of civil government, but
directly against the established
laws of God. 1t is time for
honest Republicans to gather
at the polls and silently and
quietly vote Mongrelism out Of
existence, and permit white
men to rule this country.
Year: 1870

LOUISVILLE, Oct The body OF 4. T. Ave
y, OF aurora, Ind, was yesterday found an a
secluded part Of a dense woods fOur miles from
tie city. The man was shot in the ba * of the
head. There is no clue 10 the perpetrator of
the crime. A year ago the body OF a pedlar
was found within ten feet of where the M an Wa
found. Tie case is being inyestigg ted.
Year: 1870

FATHERLEss CHILDREN FOR THE New
WoRLD-A new impetus has been given the
Canadian emigration scheme recently The
Liverpool authorities have encouraged Miss
rye, who has for long time been identihed
with grafton projects, with the prospect of
large expectation in q week or two OF many faith
erless children, Who will be sent to the New
World under her direct supervision
Year: 1870

\ correspondent of the London News, writ
as follows OF the Prussian march toward Paris:


1T has been such flood OF invasion as has
been seldom seen in the history of the world.
There has been the energy Of some Teutonic
lnfoad OF the fifth century combined with the
careful preparation OF modern thought and
science. The rough cavaliers who lead the way
are indifferent to hardship and danger. With
them il is a change from damp bivOuacs one
day, to snug quarters in q fine old chateau on
the next. They axe good and evil fortune as il
happens TO come, live well when they can, and
frlghten TIE Inhabitants far more than they
hurt them. Then follow the regular brigades
and divisions, the artillery and ammunition, of
the main army. Guns are dragged steadily
forward, wagons block up the roads, whole
fields and hlllsides are turned into camps, as the
army advances There is no delay in the rear.
More and more wagons come streaming up
from ever depot of provisions. The field tele-
graphed is brought iuto play as fast as possible
and the field hospitals got ready, stage after
stage, Tor the sick or wounded who may require
help. 10 travel up TO headquarters when one
has fingered few days behind the great ma
chine Is curious study. In some respects, il IL
painful 10 pass through country so occupied
and overwhelmed by soldiers. There are no
blazing ruins TO tell OF an enemy's passage, no
women complaining OF outrage, no bodies of
murdered men lying in the streets, As in bad
old wars OF other times. But there is pitiful
scarcity OF food and sullen tone Of despair
amODgthe Inhabitants. They have been eaten
up they say. Not drop OF wine is left, not a
crust OF bread. If this goes on much longer
they must starve. Take any small village by
the wayside. Let force of hungry, thirsty
men, march through such village, and the result
is Itain. Food will be devOured, liquor will
disappear, the people will groan over their
losses, as well they may, poor souls, Yet with
remembrance OF what has been in war, and
Of what might be again, these villagers are
rather TO be congratulated that they live in
times like ours. The dreaded foe has been
among them and this is all that has been done.
TO travel up from the rear to the front Of the
invading army gives better notion OF the vast
povts han
one sight along the front. These whole dis
iricts occupied by foreign troops, these different
corTs scattered over the country far and wide,
are deeply suggestive.
Year: 1870

The WATER REGIsrRAR's OPFICE.-For some
time past the Water Registrar (Mr. s. X. BOnd)
and his assistant have been busily engaged in
receiving water rents and taxes, and thus far
have received about S2f 900 since January LIST.
There are yet many who have not paid, and in
few days the Inspector and Taper will be
engaged in shutting of the water from those
who have failed to pay the water tax (for laying
the mains) Ii now being prepared to be adyer,
tized with the tax list now being prepared by
the Collector
Year: 1870

The railroad subscription law passed by
the legislature of Illinois over the veto OF
the governor, and which has given great
impetus to railroad building in the state,
has Just been declared valid by the Peoris
county circuit court. The governor and
some prominent lawyers of the state have
heretofore held the law to be unconstitu
tioual
Year: 1870

How comes it that when General Sher-
man is allowed six aides-de-camp, all
colonels, there is SO little need of his array
that three of them are in constant use by
the White House? If army headq uarters
require but half the present staff, let there
be retrenchment to that extent
Year: 1870

MURDOCH is called the mechanics friend.
What do those bricklayers and fathers say
who had to go over to Davenport to get
work, while Mardock employed men from
Davenport? Mechanics friend, indeed
Bah out such friendship.
Year: 1870

The past has been . lively week on Market
Square, and grain has come in in considerable
quantities. Prices remain about the same, though
oats have risen a cent or two on the bushel.


Eggs and Butter are also a little lower
Year: 1870

1t is reported that the butter
sent to the principal markets
this season is, as general thing,
much better than that of the
previous one. Whether this
is owing to increased skill Oh
the part of diarymen, to the
character Of the season, affect
ing food more favorably than
usual, or to greater care in
manufacturing, or to all these
combined, is II question not es
sentially to the purpos- of this
article. There is probably no
portion of human food so sus-
ceptible to surrounding infln-
ences as the material from
which butter is made. Where
cows are soiled and the milk
drawn in the stalls where they
are fed, great care is requisite
to prevent foul ingredients
from mingling with it. The
same is true, in n less marked
degree, where cows are pas
tured and yarded at night. We
have frequently seen mixers,
in former days, where the stock
was large and business pressing,
so oblivious to the propriety of
cIeanIlIess as TO present their
milk in the dairy room discol-
ored with filth, and with an ef.
fuvia arising from it sufficient
to cause the gorge to arise in
any stomach but Il cast iron
one. Cream from such milk,
can never make good butter.
Equally true is it that milk
cleanIy drawn, will not precip,
itate cream from which good
butter can he eliminated when
the vessels in which both are
kept, are filthy and sour. This
is we'll known to most persons,
but unfortunately too often diS,
regarded. Have clean milking
pals, clean mixers, clean pans,
a clean churn, and a cool milk
room, and there will be little
difficulty with ordinary skill in
producing butter fit to be eaten
by them ost faStidious.
Year: 1870

We see that many of our
grocprs and produce dealers,
use those honest impo-itions,
called spring balances or scales,
They are nothing more than
contrivauceS for cheating the
purchaser and adding to the
gains of the seller. The spring
balance was never intended to
give value received; it is only
convenient to show IN approx
imation to the weight of the
substance which is attached to
the hook or place on the sus-
pension support below. The
spring balance is almost the
only sort Of apparatus that is
of more value to the owner the
longer it is used. This is So,
for the reason that every stain
on the tension Of the spring
causes it to bend n little easi
er than it did at the previous
time it was stretched, so that,
admitting it furnished a tue
index of the weight of an art.
icle when it was new, it is
certain it will not do so after
the lapse of few months use.
Not only is the spring balance
inaccurate when compared
with the lever balance, but it
is, after n little, inaccurate
when compared with itself:
that is, it will require q greater
weight to register the tenth
pound on the scale than it did
the first, for the reason that the
smaller quantities are much
more frequently weighed than
the larger ones, or, again, if
ten pounds are weighed separ
ately they will not weigh Ten
pounds when put on the hook
or support together. The nse
of the spring scale is therefore
II fraud in fair dealing that the
community should not longer
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