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MoOBBOOR, CLAYTON COUNTY, IOVfl.
JOHN N. MPBICH. f. MCHUPSOI.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF M'6RE60IL
Successor to tha
McGssooa Biuci or THB STATS BAITS or IOWA.
TUI Bank ia now open for the tranaaction of a general
banking business. Draft* on Europe in sums to suit.
SAMUEL MERRILL, President.
J. R. MIKKILL, Vice President.
802 O. lIULTiuoit, Caahier.
Proprietors of the
PAPER MILLS.
Wholesale VAVB& Warehouse*
aDd
dealest.
MAKE MID FINE PAPERS,
Oar4s,Oartl Board*, Straw Board FrinUaglMK
Twin*, Ac.
K# aX?
Water Str^t, MIlWMhM, Wk
$. A. H00 It
AH, S6t P. MCNAB.
Avavi nmB
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&argest Ulevator Warehouse
At the termlnue and connected with tha
•.Milwaukee & Mississippi sad the Mil
wankee, Watertown ft Barmbee
•alley Railroads.
AM property trannterred froin cur* to boat* without
callage. Liberal advances made on consignments
to Milwaukee, or shipments to Eastern Markets.
New York Life Insurance Oo.
Established 1844.
ACCUMULATED CAPITAL, $5,018,449.
ALL TABLES NONFORPE1TING.
Dividends declared annually, FIFTY PER CENT.
First class Agents
or
6000 FRESH BUTTER, E66S AND POULTRY
Always on hand. The highest price paid for Butter,
pR?gs, Poultry. Ac. All goods bought by city custcm
*r»
wil be delivered at their houses free Of Charge.
O'BRIEN & DAVIS,
•BALERS IN
|rfen
j.
OO*
ainnif*, Fanraritafaal
COMMISSION MERCHMTS,
Proprietor* of tha
Fruits
Fancy aaA
Family Groceries.
Apples, Oranges,
Pine-Apples, Lemons,
Cecea Nats, Dates, Pigs,
Almonds, lie., die.
W* wMi to say to oar ferassr patrons that we will
be prepared to furnish them with the
in
market.
•f tks best puckers in the States,
Beat Apples
Having secured tha aid ot some
WE CAN DEFY COMPETITION.
Partiss Mmi of making arrangements hr CHOICE
FALL & WINTER
APPLES,
Sad It to thstr iatarsat to Mil at oar store.
Remember the Brick Block, opposite
Fee's Block, cor. Main aad 24 Sts.,
McORBQOR, IOWA.
m.
HAS
8TRICT INTEGRITY wanted.
Iowa Branch, 151 Main Street, Dubuque.
0L038KR A OE0RQE, Oea.Ag'ts.
O. R. McLAURT,
McGregor,
600 Special Ag't North Eastern Iowa.
Groceries
AND
Fro visions.
U I 0 W E
(Successors to HOPKINS A CHURCH,)
4 AVE, at their Orecery and Provision Store, on
I I Main Street, two doors east of the Flanders
House, A lull assortmeut of all kinds of GKOC'KR
IES. PROVISIONS
CONFECTIONERIES, FRUITS, ftC.,
which ha will sail at pricea as LOW AS THE LOWEST
600
W. J. Fowers & Bro.,
Successors to JOHN 0. BARER,
Y O O S
Of Bverv Variety,
AT LOWSIT rftXOBS*
O E I E S
OF THE BEST GRADES, ALL KINDS,
And Gheapests
We Job and Retail!
^^UR Stock is oomplsta ia everything ia the Raeaf
DOMESTIC GOODS,
LADIBS DBBSS OOODS,
aBxrrsCLOTHS AND FUKRISMINO
BATS & OAFS,
BOOTS &
NOTIONS, STATIONBRY
Family Groceries,
ODE,
Paints,
CKass,
•rware, St*., Ac.
oodea and Wick
This old sstablished House Is now bsttsr prepared
than aver before to supply the buyar with all goods
needeu by thd city belle. Tillage merchant or sturdy
fcrner and mechanic. We defy competition
jtosfr mber the old J0UN C. BAKER UOUSBIa yef
la thaleld. 519
FOR SAIi&
Netharinf the capital rafaisite terva
oar mill as we wish, we aew
aozsnvevosr,
O O S I N E
AND BLANK BOOR MANUFACTURER,
OVBR Till TIMES OFFICE, McGREGOR, IOWA.
SPBCIAL
1800.
HUMBOLDT ft NEROiONEE
attention paid to tha manufacture of
Blank Book* for Coantiea, Bank*, Merchant*, etc.
Music. Magaslnee, Periodica]*, Ac., Ac., Bound with
neatness and dispatch.
££PE0PLE'S 1IRKET
WXUUAIKI A
A
alwa
their old staad, on* door west of the Empire I j. V. D. Benton.
Saloon, BBL1BVB IN FAIR DEALING and will
way* be found on hand ready to deal out the choicest
cat* of all kind* of Meat that the country affords.
Highest market pries paid for all kinds of Stock.
OHOT OUN8, Rifles, Revolvers'
O Pistols, Oame Ban, Flasks'
Cartridges, Powder, Snot, Lead*
Cap*, Gun-wad*, Cutlery, Ac., Ac»
•early opposite Flanders House-
Metnfir, lewa.
Repairing of all kinda belonging to tha gsn and lack
smith line done promptly.
Charges moderate and all work warranted.
SOBOTTLB,
returned hi* old businea* a few doors below tha
Flanders, Main Street, McGregor, and would re
quest his former customers to give him their patronage.
I have built a large oven, have a convenient shop filled
with Candies, Fruits, ltread, Cakes, Pies, etc., etc. Call
and renew acquaintance. 471
u e 7 a
4l BV&DZOS
Still continue to keap on hand a full assortment of
LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES,
Also Sash, Doors aad Blinds.
Our Door* are a superior article, being made of kiln
dried Lumber, Glued and Wedged.
We offer our stock at the lowest living cash prices.
Energy Triumphant
IFthe
you want to bs accommodated with any article in
lin% of
Groceries* Provisions, Vegetables,
"aad all seasonable goods, not excepting tapis A fitaqp
9&T GOODS,
Call at
LOUIS 1ETZGERS VARIETY STORE,
HEAD OF MAIN 8TREKT.
Parsons calling at METZGKR'S are sure to be waited
on promptly, and goods will be sold at the lowest pri
ces. Country produce paid for in cash or trade,
McGregor, May 18, ISM. 900
MAKOFACTUBSM or
SADDLES, BRIDLES AND COLLARS,
And Wholesale Dealers in allltlnda of
LEATHER, SADDLERY HAR0WARE1 SHOE FINDINGS,
McCtlNNELL,
I
A. I). I'EAKSALL,
McGregor, Iowa.
C. H. & A. O. HUNT
E8SZDBNS BBXTTZIVI,
Offlceon Main Street, McGREGOR, IOWA.
CHICAGO MECHANICAL BAKERY,
On Clinton St., between Lake and Randolph,
MANUFACTURE ALL EIMD8 OF
438 U. C. CIIILDS, Superintendent.
4l B&OVOBTON,
Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in
BOOTS and SHOES,
94 Wieconsis Street, 04
A. H. WHKLSB, late
N. Y.B.AS. Store,
90S McOregor.
»r. I
unn wsisn,
Wholesale Grocers,
Nes. 6 A 8 River Street,
F. C. TATLOS.
J. M.WKIQBT
CHICAGO.
KcBXnURCOTT A BTOOAVi
Manufacturers of th*
305White Street, Bet.Foarth A Filth,
aV«'K'"
"""Jmp DUBUQUE, IOWA.
BUGS BICKNXX1., Af.nts,
McUREUOR, IOWA.
Y O O O S
•soonns,
CROCKERY, ROOTS AND SHOES,
ass azavoas.
Of svery kind -eeded by the citisens of city or OSUilJf
FOR salt «T TW LOWEST MTE! «T
FRED HUNKS'S,
Successor to Henks A Ban do w, Sonthaast corner of
Public Square and one door South of Bass A KlaiSB'
dorrs Warehouse. McORBOOR. I'JWA.
1^, Passenger Agent for the Hamburg American
Packetfompanp.
Also Agent for th* CELEBRATED PATENT BBBR
FAUCET.
Family Groceries
PROVISIONS, FLOUR
Always a Misapply
Which will be sold at the lowest market pricas. In
llellwig's new Brick Block, on cor. Main and Sts.,
Mc Grayer, Iowa,
IOWA&O
Tobacco and Cigars,
CHICAGO.
No. 6 1
Dearborn Street, 519
Hatry, Utley 4 Bauton,
Importer* and Dealers la
Drugs ft Chemicals,
112 Liberty Street,
Jo*. A. Ilatry,
Henry Utley,
Is at the Store of
mw YORK.
Ml
XL F. Budde & Son,
Wholesals and Rsatail Dealers in
FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS, BRAN,
GRAIN, FRUITS, GRAIN BASS, ICE.
Beat Stores, Ai Ceaatry Produce.
Between Express Office snd Mississippi lloasa,
•ffMit* I«K| Landing,
m. McGRBOOR, IOWA.
¥he Best Piboo to Bay year
Crockery
And Glassware
J. F. Liebhardt.
Above Pearsall A Church's Livery Stable.
YcQregor, Jan. 14th, 18C7. W
J. A. SMITH,
Manufacturer of
BROOINSAND WISP BRUSHES,
ftAUTAVIUO,
CLAYTON COUNTY,,IOWA.
ORDERS FOR FROM ONE TO ONE HUNDRED DOZEN
PROMPTLY FILLED.
Garnavillo, Feb. 0, 1867 3m537
F.O.BOWHN,
Manufacturer of
GOLD AND SILVER CRYSTAL
DOOR PLATES,
McOREQOR, IOWA.
Door Plates neatly rnnde and pnt up to order. En
ergetic Agents, who are willing to
wanted in
erery
work
Manufacturers and Dealers la
CHEWING AND SMOKINS
Tobacco and Cigars
Of Every Brand aad Quality,
No. 77 Main Street,
Athen*um Building,/
Dubuque, Iowa.
N1SW MEAT MARKET
CAWELTI BERGMAN, (jff
MAIN ri'l'KEET, MtOKKOOU.
UEQUE8T
the citisens of McGregor to call and
see them attheir MEAT MARKET, on Main St.,
opposite the Murray Hotel. Every exertion will be
made by the firm 'o
Secare the Very Finest Animals for the
ase of their Patrons,
and no care will lie spared to supply all with the most
desirable cuts that can be fumiHlieil in our well sup
plied Market. Fat Cattle bought at the highest price.
MILLINERY.'
Miss C. BAIRD aad Mrs. WADHAMS
WOULD
ask the attention of their patrons ami
friends to their HOW rooms, over JACOBIA
k KIMBALL'S OROC'KKY STOKE, one door west ot
E. R. Barron A Co. With many thanks tor former
patronage, we solicit a liberal share in the future.
Miss B. is prepared to do
L. BaocoHTCa.Iate agt'
for Wheeler A Wilson
MTg Co., Milwaukee
MILLINERY, DRESS AND CLOAK MAKIN6
to the satisfaction of all who favor her with their ord
ilers. The Excelsior system of Drees Cutting taught,
and the Eureka Indellible Stamping done in colors.
McOregor, Iowa, Dec. 11th, 186A. 630
The Wagon has Come!
MD THE CARRIAGES TOO!!
PEARSALL A CHURCH,
S~~IKCE
October 1869, have been saying in theTnus
"Wait for the Wagon." They now announce to
the public that their stock of Horses and Carriages,
either for business or pleasure, is not excelled in the
Weet.
The most reasonable pricescharacterire their" PIO
NEER LIVERY STABLE." located about half-wav
up Main Street, near the Flanders House. Call on
them if you would be suited with team or saddle
horses. PEARSALL A CIICRCII.
McOregor, Iowa, Sept. 27th, 1807.
6is
JAMBS dLBNNON
OSMBftAL OIALXB IV AU KIKDS 0»
WHAT IS IT
1
FRANK XERZMAN,
VT0.the
OLD AUCTION STORE, two doors above
C. Cone's,
Main Street* McGregor,
Is ready to furnish
Ml KINDS OF TINWARE FOR HOUSEHOLD USE
Save Troughs, Sin Fipes,
And in fact EVERYTHING in hislineof business will
be well made and promptly put up.
STOVES STOVE PIPES
HAVBform
I
FEED.
of
AND CONFECTIONERY,
AMOOUVZOV.
Philadelphia, Fa.
OISEASESreliable
eflnr
the
McGregor Planinf Mill fer sale. The
Machinery Is aewi a rood hanraiawill
he ftrea. H»iS MIMC I lEMLCRMYER
of the Urinary and Sexual Systems
uew and treatment. Also tha BR (DAL
CHAMBER, an Essay of Warning and Inatraction.seut
in sealed envelopes, frea of charge. Address Dr. J.
SSILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Assoctatioa, Mo. 1
S rath Ninth Street,PhiUdetpbla,Pa. yiftS
tarnished and set up to
rder. 0
German Lumber Yard.
Stauer & Daubenberger,
Dealers la
Zmaber, Timber, ftath. Shingles,
Doors, Sash and Blinds.
WE
SUPPLY CITY AND COUNTRY TRADE ON THE
MOST REASONABLE TERMS.
unquestionably the largest stock of Sash,
Doors and Bliuds ever kept in the west—every
style and to suit any building tbat^can be erect
»en
4M
a
aid* of main Street,
«.0«rs is the^ L^BE^RD ot thenorth
O I E N
Green A Dried Fruit,
FLOUR, FISH, PROVISIONS,
CANDIES, SUGARS. TEAS,
FAMILY GROCERIES,
TOBACCOS, TUBS. BROOMS, AC., ftC
CIDER hy the Barrel er Quri
The Highest Price paid for
COUNTBY PBQDUC
McOrsfor, Sw.«. IT 03XIC|T
WEEKLY NORTH IOWA
VOLUME XI-No. 22. McGREGOR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13, 1867.
A CO.,
Maaufkctarers and Wholesale Dealers la
for PAY,
county in Iowa, Wisconsin and Min­
nesota. All communications addressed tome will re
ceive prompt attention.
Mcliregor. Feb. 6,1867. 3m538
W.O.ITIWALT PICS
STEWART & BMERSON,
BUSINESS CARDS.
REUBEN NOBLB,
Attorney at Law, (424) McGREGOR, IOWA.
THOMAS UFDEGRAFF,
Attorney at Law, (424) McOREQOR, I0WJ
B. ODBLL,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law, McGREGOR,IOWA.
J. C. HOXSIB,
Jus
tics of the Pesce. Office with T. Updegraff.
A. J. JORDAN,
Attorney at Law, McOregor, Iowa.
R. HUBBARD & CO.,
Jewelers and dealers in Muiirnt Instruments, Mala
Street, 404 McGREGOR. IOWA.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
Postrllle, Iowa. Qeaeral Stage Office. C. VanHooser,
Proprietor. 60S
HAYT A BURDICK,
Dealers In Lumtier, Shingles ami Lath, Mala Street,
McORKGOR, IOWA.
DOUGLAS LEFFINGWELL,
Attorney at
LHW,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Clermont, Fayette
County, Iowa. 497
S. J. CASE A CO.,
Druggists and Manufacturer* of OFFICINAL COM
POUND SYRUP OF BLACKBERRY ROOT. 487
BASS A ELMENDORF,
COMMISSION. STORAGE FORWARDING BUSINESS,
Public Square, McGRKGOR, IOWA.
MAT. McSINNIB,
Wholesale ami Retail deiilei in Stoves, and Manufac
turer of Tin, Copper anil Shet-1 In'ti Ware, Main Street
McGREGOR. IOWA.
S.J.CASE
DAVID NOGGLB,
Attorney and CouuMllor at Law. Office in DousnianV
Law Block, Prairie du Chien, Wis. Will attend to the
busiucs* of his profession in the Courts of Wiscotuin
and Iowa. 533
J. McHOSE A CO.,
STORAGE, FORWARDING AND COMMISSI*.
Warehouse No. 1, on the Levee, McGREGOR.
Consignments solicited.
Jos. M'HOSS. 476 a. M'QREOOE.
BBS. ANDBOS A LBWIfl,
Practition-rn ol'Medicine and Surgery. Mill attend
to calls in the country at all times. Office over L.
Denton, Jr., A Co s Drug and Grocery Stuie—entrance
ou east sMi. 639
COOK A BRO.,
G.W.COOK. MARVIN COOL.
Attorneys at Law, Elkader, Clayton Co., Iowa, wil)
attend to collections, exuiiiine titles, pay taxes, obtaii
bouutics, pen.
in us, Ac. Office opposite mill. 5i)U
McGREGOR FANNING MILL.
DIClvEY A WELLIVER,
Manufacturers of the McOregor Kannii Mill xtidGrnii
Separator, ou West Market Square, corner Main am
Aun Streets, 415y McUREUOR, IOWA.
H. FRESE II. D. WELLMAN.
MISSISSIPPI HOUSE,
Near Steuiubo^it lauding, McGregor, Iowa. flood
Stabling attached to the premises.
62S FRESE A WELLMAN, Proprietors.
L. BENTON, Jr. A CO.,
(Successor to liBSToa UHOS. Co.)
Wholesale Dealer in
UROOEI.TK8 DRUGS, GLASS, PAINTS, DYRg, AC-.
Public Square, McGregor, Iowa.
MURDOCK A STONEMAN,
BAMCKL MUKDOCK. J. T. STOJISMAII.
Attorneys ond Counsellors at Law, will practice in the
Supreme and District Courts of this State.
Office opposite 1st N MKiiial Bank, MoGRBQOR.
EVANS HOUSE.
[LATS AJT«KITA,J
Opposite Ferry Landing. McOregor. Refurnished and
fitted up in good style for guests. Patronage respect
fully solicited.
WE MARCH WITH THE FLAG AND KEEP STEP TO THE MUSIC OF THE UNION.
McGregor, tows. Office over Petez^
son A Larson's Store fll
S. J. CASB A CO.,
Manufacturers of CHINESE ITCn LOTION. From
on* to three operations warranted to cure. 407
GEO. B. EDMONDS,
A CO.,
Wholesale Agents (or tl^WEBSTER'S VEGETABLE
HAIR I"YIGORATOR. 4#7
LOUIS MTANDRICK,
Attorney at Law, Reynold's hiock. Entrance between
140 and 148 DenrlHirn Street, also on Mmlison Street
and Custom House (1. 0.) Place,
Chicago.
WALKER HOUSE,
Corner East Water and 1
Madisou Streets, WilWgUIOO.
444 II. A. CHASE, Prop'r
THE McGREGOR BAND
Offers Its services to the public for picnics, excursions
and good times generally, on very reasonable terms.—
Apply to C. W. OSGOOD, Leader, TIMES Office.
RAILROAD HOUSE,
Postville, Iowa. This house lias just been finished and
has a thorough fitting of everything to make guests
comfortable. T. OSTKANDER, Pr frristirr
JOHN BALLT,
Dealer in
BOOKS, STATIONERY, WALL PAPERS AND NOTIONS,
McGREGOR, IOWA.
MURRAT HOUSE,
Main Street, McGregor, Iowa. A desirable home for
the traveling ptiMic, with Kood barns and Sheds at
tached for the sate prutuctioii of homes and wsgona
*44 M. MURRAY, Proprietor.
Q. II. FLANDERS, Proprietor. 474
BEZER LODGE No. 135.
Holds its Regular Communications 01
Monday evening preceding the full moot,
in each month.
ALFRED WINOATE, W.
HORACE BAKEB.S ec'y. 448
J. S CREEN, M. D.,
POSTVILLE, ALLAMAKEE CO
Tender* bis professional services to the public. Par
ticular attention given to Surgical cases and Disease
of the Heart and Lungs.
Former favors gratefully remembered and futun
ones respectfully solicited.
WEST UNION HOUSE,
Corner Viiie and Elui Sts., WFST UNION, TWA
H. J. INGERSOLL, PROPRIETOR.
Good stabling and charges moderate. Stages goint:
east, west, uorth and south, call and leave with pas
sengers, morning and evening. y532
CLAYTON HOUSE,
CLAYTON IOWA
THOS. J. DRIPS. PROPRIETOR.
This house is large, well furnished, aud conveniently
located to accommodate the travel both by river and
ou wheels, and the proprietor will spare no pains to
make it a comiortable home lor all guests. Stages ar
rive aud depart daily. 513
FLANDERS HOUSE,
Corner Main A fourth Sts., McultEOOR, IOWA
SLEEPIER I M'CANNA PROPRIETORSS.
Free Omnibus to and from all cars and steamboats
Oenerul Stage Office. This house has telegraphic cou
uection with the steamboat landing. a baggage room
and comfortable lodging apartments near the railway
ticket office, at the service of guests.
UNION HOUSB,
MAIN STREET, McGBEOOR
P. FURY, Proprietor.
Having recently purchased this House, the Proprie
tor begs to say that he has re-furuished It, added to its
capacity as a Hotel aud be respectlully asks a share ot
public patrouage. The best attention giveu, good
fare and reasonable bills. Good Stabling. 4Si
HONORIUS COMMANDERY,
No. 8, Knights Templar.
The regular conclaves will be held as the
second Friday ot each mouth.
LOUIS BENTON, JR., Eminent Commander.
SAMUEL J. PETERSON, Recorder. 63ft
CHARLES A. OPITZ,
Has moved his Shoe Shop down
Main Street,one door west of theWes
tern Hotel, where he may be found at ail times
ready to accommodate customers with well-made Bool 8
and Suossofany size, style or quality. He respectfully
solicit*asliM" of public patronage. Repairing neatly
done. McURKROR, IOWA.
R. S. RATHBUN,
DENTAL SURGEON,
E A N E N Y O A E
McGREGOR,
.•
N. n.
MY DUEBFV.
When And how shall 1 earliest meet herf
What are the words she first will snyf
By what name shall I learn to greet her?
I know not now It will come some day I
With the self-same sunlight shining upon her,
Shining rtown on her ringlets sheen.
Bhs is standing somewhere, she I shall honor,
8be fhall 1 wait for, my queen, my queen I
Whether her hair te golden or raven,
Whether her eyes be hazel or blue,
'I know not uow, but t'will be engraven
Somo day hence as my loveliest hue.
^fany a jjirl have I loved for a minute,
Worshipped many a face I have seen,
Ever and aye there wnssomething in it it,
Something that could not be hers, my (pats
To do her homage, my queen.
EXTRACTS FROM DR. HAYES* WORK.
We give some extracts from Dr.
new work, The Open Polar Sm:
A SCENE.
Leaving Boston harbor, Dr. Hayes pro-
ceeded at once to Greenland, reaching
whose icy shores he witnessed scenes of
beauty unknown to his former experiences
Nothing indeed but the pencil of the
artist could depict the wonderful richness
of this sparkling fragment of nature.—
Church, in his great picture of The Icebergs,
has grandly exhibited a scene not unlike
that which I would in vain describe.
In the shadows of the berg the water
was a rich green, and nothing could be
mure soft and tender than the gradations
of color made by the sea shoaling on the
slopii.g tongue of a berg close beside us.—
The tint increased in intensity where the
ice overhung the water, and a deep cavern
near by exhibited the solid color of the
malachite mingled with the transparency of
the emerald."
cm uras.
In the third chapter, Dr. Hayes de
scribes the boat of the Greenlandcr. He
says:
The kayak is the frailest specimen of
marine architecture that ever carried hu
man freight. It is eighteen feet long, and
as many inches wide at its middle, to a
{joat
joint at either end. The skeleton of the
is made of light wood the covering
is of tanned seal-skin, sewed together by
the native women with sinew thread, and
with a strength and dexterity quite aston
ishing. Not a drop of water finds its way
through their seams, and the skin itself is
perfectly water-proof. The boat is about
nine inches deep, and the top is covered
like the bottom. There is no opening into
it except a round hole in the centre,
which admits the hunter as far as the hips.
This hole is surrounded with a rim, over
which the kayaker laces the lower edge of
his water-tight jacket, and thus fastens
himself in and keeps the water out. He
propels himself with a single oar about six
.ect long, which terminates in a blade or
paddle at either end. This instrument ol
.ocomotion is grasped in the centre, and is
dipped in the water alternately to the right
and left. The boat is graceful as a duck,
aud light as a feather. It has no ballast
and no keel, and it rides almost on the sur
face of the water. It is therefore necessa
rilly top-hravy. Long practice is required
to manage it, and no tight rope dancer
ever needed more skill of balance than this
savage kayaker. Yet, in this frail craft
lie does not hesitate to ride seas which
would swamp an ordinary boat, or to break
through surf which may sweep complete
ly over him. But he is used to hard bat
tles, and in spiteof every fortune, he keeps
himself upright."
A sketch of icebergs is very interesting.
We quote:
As 1 approached the berg I was struck
with the remarkable transparency of the
water. Looking over the gunwale of the
boat, I could trace the ice stretching
downward apparently to an interminable
distance. Looking back at the schooner, its
reflection was a perfect image of itself, and
it required only the separation of it from
the surrounding objects to give to the mind
the impression that two vessels, keel to
keel, were floating in mid-air. This sin
gular transparency of the water was fur
ther shown when I had reached the top of
the berg. Off to the southeast a nigh
rocky bluff threw its dark shadow upon
the water, and the dividing line between
sunset and shade was so marked that it re
quired an effort to dispel the illusion that
the margin of sunlight was not the edge of
a fathomless abyss.
It is difficult for the mihd to compre
hend the immense amount of ice which
floated upon the sea around me. To en
umerate the separate bergs was impossible.
I counted five hundred and gave up in dis
pair. Near by thev stood out in all the
rugged harshness of their sharp outlines
and from this, softening with the distance,
they melted into the clear gray sky and
there, far off upon the sea of liquid silver,
the imagination conjured up effigies both
strange and wonderlul. Birds and beasts,
and human forms and architectural de
signs, took shape in the distant masses of
blue and white. The dome of St. Peter's
loomed above the spire of Old Trinity, and
under the shadow of the Pyramids nes
tled a Byzatine tower and
a
ple.
IOWA.
Oflce on Main St., opposite Ivans' new Brick.
ItriKBNCM:
TULLOSS, D. D. S., Iowa City, Iowa
P. F. SMITH, Deutist, Tipton, Iowa.
A P. KENNEDY, M. D-, Tipton, Iowa.
SH0S.COATS, Ciarsuce. Iowa. 621
cubical
I
I will not dream of her tall and stately,
She that I love may be fairy light
I will not say she must move sedately
Whatever she does will then be right.
She may be humble or proud, my lady,
Or that sweet calm which is just between
And whenever she comes she will find me ready
But she must be courteous, she must be ImSV,
Pure in her spirit, this maiden I love
iriiai ever her birtli be, noble or lowly,
I core no more than the spirits above,
But I'll ulie uiy heart to my lady's keepliQt
And over her strength on mine shall leMi
And the stars may fall and saints be weeping
Ere I cease to love her, My Queen.
The Arctic Refloat,
i
Grecian tem­
An immense iceberg lay off the har
bor, and I had the measurement of it in
my note book, and a sketch of it in my
portfolio. The square wall which faced
toward my base of measurement was 315
feet high, and a fraction over three-quarters
of a mile long. The natives told me that
it had been grounded for two years. Be
ing almost square-oidod above the sea, the
same shape must have exteuded beneath
it and since, by measurement made two
days before, I had discovered that fresh
water ice floating in salt water has above
the uurfioe to below it the proportion of
one to seven, this crystaliiod piece of
Eric's Greenland had stranded in a depth
were it transported to the regions of ice
creams and sherry cobblers, and how much
of it would be required to pay off the na
tional debt, and how much more than half
a century it would withstand the attacks
of the whole civilizcd world upon it, for
all those uses to which luxury-loving man
puts the skimmings of the Boston ftoad*.''
BOO
n o
of Arctic life. Wc copy a single picture driver—the longer the better, for they are
In all my former experience in this re- 'hen not so easily tangled, the draft
gion of startling novelties I had never i0^ the outside dogs is more direct, and, if
seen anything to equal what I witnessed ^c team comes upon thin ice, and breaks
that night. The air was warm almost as a through, your chances of escape from im
summer's night at home, and yet there
tion is a most difficult undertaking. It re
quires long and patient practice. I have
persevered, aud my perseverance has been
rewarded and if I am obliged to turn dri
ver on emergency, I feel equal to the task
but I fervently hope than the emergency
may not arise which requires me to exhibit
my skill.
•'It is the very hardest kind of hard work
That merciless lash must be going contin
ually «nd it must be merciless or it is of
no avail. The dogs are quick to detect the
least weakness of the driver, and measure
liim on the instant. If not thoroughly
convinced that the soundness of their skins
is quite at his mercy, they go where they
please. If they see a fox crossing the ice,
or come upon a bear track, or 'wind a seal
or sight a bird, away they dash over snow
drifts and hummocks, pricking up their
short ears and curling up their long, bushy
tails for a wild, wolfish race alter the game.
If the whip-lash goes out with a fierce snap,
the ears and tails drop, and they go on
about their proper business but woe be
unto you if they get the control. I have
seen my own driver only to-day sorely put
to his metal, and not until he had brought
a yell of pain from almost every dog in the
team did he conquer their obstinacy. They
were running after a fox, and were taking
us toward what appeared to be unsafe ice.
The wind was blowing hard, and the lash
was sometimes driven back into the driver's
face, hence the difficulty. The whip, how
ever, finally brought them to reason, and
n full view of the game, and within a few
yards of the treacherous ice, they first got
into a limiting trot and then ttjppd most
unwillingly. Of course this made them
very cross, and a general tight—tierce and
augry—now followed, which was not quie
ted until the driver had sailed in among
them and knocked them to right and left
with his hard whip-stock."
THE MID-WINTER NIGHT.
In the very heart of the Arctic winter,
the days passed gloomily enough. The
doctor dwells at length upon the long mid
winter night:
"As November approaches its close, the
last glimmer of twilight disappeared. The
stars shone at all hours with equal brillian
cy. From a summer which had no right
we had passed into a winter which had no
day, through an autumn twilight. In this
strange oraering of nature there is some
thing awe-inspiring and unreal.
"We all know from our school-boy days
that, at the poles of the earth, there is but
one day and one night in the year, but,
when brought face to face with the reality,
it is hard to realize. And it is harder
still to get used to. If the constant sun
shine of the summer disturbed our life
long habits, the continual darkness of the
winter did more. In the one case the im
agination was excited by the ever present
light, inspiring action in the other a night
of months threw a cloud over the intellect
and dwarfed the energies.
"To this prolonged darkness the moon
gives some relief. From its rising to its
setting it shines continually, circling
around the horizon, never setting until it
has run its ten days' course of brightness.
And it shines with a brilliancy which one
will hardly observe elsewhere. The uni
form whiteness of the landscape and the
general clearness of the atmosphere add
to the illumination of its rays, and one
may see to read by its light with ease, and
the natives often use it as they do the sun,
to guide their nomadic life and to lead
them to their hunting grounds.
"Our life moves on with unobstructed
monotony. There are but few incidents to
mark the progress of these tedious hours
of darkness. A dash among the Esqui
maux villages, and a few days of combat
with the storms would lift one out of thd
Jay.
rolonged dullness of this waiting for the
Anything in the world is better than
inaction 'and perpetual sameness. Rest
and eudless routine are our portion. The
ship's duties and our social duties, are
performed from week to week with the
same painfully precise regularity. We
of nearly half a mile. A rude estimate of live bv 'bells/ and this may be true in a
this monster, made on the spot, gave me double sense. 'Bells' make the day, and
in
contents, about twenty-seven i mark the progress of time. But for these
thousand millions of feet, and in weight |'bells/these endless 'bells/ I believe we
something like two thousand millions of should all lie down and sleep on through
L^ns" tr reader to calculate for the eternal night, and wake not until the
himself its equivalent in dollars and cents, day dawned upon us in the lonp hereafter.
TEAMS.
The
doctor's account of his dog team
and the method of managing these brutes
is verv entertaining. He says
"I nave a superb turn-out^ twelve dogs
aad a line sledge. The animals are in
most excellent condition, every one of them
strong and healthy and they are very
fleet. They whirl my Greenland sledge
over the ice with a celerity not calculated
for weak nerves. I have actually ridden
behind them over six measured miles in
28 minutes and without stopping to blow
the team, have returned over the track in
33. Sontag and I had a race, and I beat
him by four minutes. I should like to
have some of my friends of Saratoga and
Point Breeze up here, to show them a new
style of speeding animals. Our racers do
not require any blanketing after the heats,
sponging either. We harness them
eac'1
a
ur?
n,®rsion
were the icebergs and the bleak mountains, I from you. The traces are all of the sainc
with which the fancy, in this land of green length, and hence the dogs run side by
hills and waving forests, can associate
urc^
ing as the skies of Italy. The bergs nad twenty feet from the forward part of the
wholly lost their chilly aspect, and glitter
ing in the blaze of the brilliant heavens,
seemed, in the distance, like masses of
burnished metal or solid flame. Nearer at
hand there were huge blocks of Parian
marble, inlaid with mammoth gems of
pearl and opal. One in particular exhib
ited the perfection of the grand. Its form
was not unlike that of the Coliseum, and
it lay so far away that half its height was
buried beneath the line of blood-red wa
ters. The sun, slowly rolling along the
horizon, paused behind it, and it seemed as
if the old Ro:nan ruin had suddenly taken
lire.
single trace, and these traces
a
length to suit the fancy of the
'hat the shoulders of the dogs are just
runners.
"The team is guided solely by the whip
and voice. The strongest dogs are placed
on the outside, and the whole team is
swayed to right and left according as the
whip falls on the snow to the one side or
the other, or as it touches the leading dogs,
as it is shure to do it they do not obey the
gentle hint with sufficient alacrity. The
voice aids the whip, but in all emergencies
the whip is the only real reliance. Your
control over the team is exactly in propor
tion to your skill in the use of it. The
lash is about four feet longer than the tra
ces, and is tipped with a 'cracker' of hard
sinew, with which a skilful driver can draw
bloodif so inclined andean touch citherone
of his animals on any particular spot that
may suit his purpose. Jensen having
had to-day a young refractory dog
in the team, and, having had his patience
quite exhausted, he resolved upon extreme
measures. 'You see dat beast?' said he.
'I takes a piece out of his ear' and sure
enough crack went the whip, the hard sin
ew wound round the tip of the ear and
snipped it off as nicely as with a knife.
''The long lash, which is but a thin, ta
pering strip of raw seal-hide, is swung with
a whip-stock only two feet and a half long.
It is very light aud is consequently hard to
handle. The peculiar turn of the wrist
feet,
are in proportion to their distance
8'de» an(l?
nothing but cold repulsiveness. The sky head# are in line. My traces sire so nieas
wrts bright and soft and strangely inspir- i
w'hen properly handled, their
WHOLE No. 539.
'Bells' tell us the hours and the half hours,
and change the 'watch,' and govern the
divisions of time, as at sea. 'Bell' calls
us to breakfast, two to lunch, aud 'four
bells' is the dinner summons. 'Six bells'
is the signal for putting out the lights, and
at 'seven bells we open our eyes again to
the same continuous pale glimmer of the
kerosene lnmp, and we awake again to the
same endless routine of occupation, idle
ness and ennui."
Hsvi Ladl» any Llabsl
When a Spanish courtier of the olden
time undertook to pay what he supposed
would be a compliment to his queen by
referring to her pretty feet, he was reprov
ed by this answer: "The queen of Spain
has no feet.'' A woman of gentle birth
of wealth or position, was supposed to con
sist of a head, arms and neck, and below
that—nothing but a dress. This was the
law of polite society the lower orders
might have a body and ordinary members,
but a lady owed the larger part of her per
son to the milliner. These were the Jays
of splendid, superb and imposing trains.—
fcrom the waist, which was pushed up as
near the armpits as possible, the dress
swept in one graceful curve, and long, full,
deep folds, until it drew its vast length
along the ground. Woman, true to her
higher nature as developed under the fos
tering influence of wealth, sacrificed her
»erson to her covering she gave up her
her ancles, her other charms that the
male sex admire, to the pleasure of out
shining her fellow-women in adornment.
The existence of trains forbade a thought
of the existence of anything beneath them.
Several years ago our ladies—for here we
have no lower orders of the gentler sex—
wore the same dress and submitted to the
same deprivation. True to American pro
gressiveness, they carried the rule even
further, and permitted no legs to men, ta
bles or even triangles—the first two only
being allowed limbs and the latter, sides.
This state of affairs would probably have
existed to the present day, had not fashion
come to the aid of anatomy, and decreed
"looped-up skirts." Fashion first intro
duced the bahnoral, with its brilliant red
cloth, the delight of the feminine heart
then she ornamented it till the feminine
heart was crazy to show it to the world
then she arranged strings and cords by
which the outer dress might be raised,
just a little, and the beautiful color and ex
quisite trimming below exhibited. This
was the work accomplished, and men
found out that women had feet—some of
which were pretty and some not.
What is prettier than a pretty foot?—
What more captivating than a dear little
boot covering a high instep and coming
down nearly over the toes, with a bewitch
ing tassel dangling at the top of the close
lacing? In nothing is aristocracy so
marked as in the pedal extremity the
thin nostril, the long fingers, the narrow
palm are evidences of gentle blood, but
far less so than the round ancle, the high
instep and the hollow beneath, through
high-bred Arabs
of
whlch»
as U,e
Pr?ud
and
*4 vut tw a sfrcuiii ot water ,ehouM.
n""r
Srive
,,
water .should «II!P tn
while the possessor is standi
e the possessor is standing. The
flat, splay foot, on the contrary, as surely
tells of a want of pedigree as its missha-
en excresences, ita corns and bunions
away affection. The horse shows
the purity of his extraction by clean limbs,
neat posture and small hoof, and the same
result is noticeable, more or less in all ani
mals. Man falls in love as readily with a
seductive foot as with an attractive face
he finds in it a thousand expressive move
ments its firm tread speaks of a decided
character its quick step denotes anger
its elasticity of motion assures him of live
liness and good humor its hasty tread
denotes impatience its subtle glide signi
fies cunning while the quiet but marked
footfall guarantees him an affectionate dis
position. The face often deceives with an
alluring smile it is taught or trained by
design or habit its openness is guarded
and confined but the foot speaks its own
language, unrestrained and untutored
and the male sex owes a debt of gratitude
to fashion for giving back honest feet to
the future adorners of human existence.
The "looped skirt" lasted for a time—
to man's great satisfaction and improve
ment, and finally, through a vagary of a
queen goddess, (whose object ever appears
to see to what new extravagances she can
carry things,) was superseded by a contri
vance that began to suggest the possibili
ty of women having something besides
dress above their ancles. So far, a visible
foot, with an occasional glimpse of an
ancle, was alone vouchsafed but the new
arrangement—the tilting hoop—disclosed
matters that raised the question propound
ed in this article. Tilters have at least
settled one question that American wo
men—for we repel all suggestions of fic
titious improvement by the surreptitious aid
of art—have the prettiest feet, the neatest
ankles, and the most graceful forms of
their sex and if not developed like the
Dutch beauties of our ancestors, possess
the charactcaistics of the high bred horse.
Tilters, however, had but a short day
fashion could allow man but a momentary
glance at the mysteries not intended for
his gaze, and blotted them out with the
long train she had ouce loved and aban
doned. Skirts, ancles, feet and what not
have disappeared, and woman has once
more become head, arms and dress! Three
yards or five yards—we do not know
where to begin in measuring—constitute
the proportions of a train necessary to
respectability and to the retention of a
place in society henceforth we suppose
we must bow to the law—except, perhaps,
on the skating pond—that "tne queen of
Spain has no feet," and, with sincere re
gret, answer the question propounded at
the head of this article in a decided neg
ative.—N. X. Citizen.
THE BROTBER OF DANIEL WEBSTER.—ES
ekiel Webster, brother of Daniel, who was
considered the handsomest man in the U.
S., had a skin of singular fairness and
light hair. He is vividly remembered in
New Hampshire for his marvelous beauty
of form and face, his courtly and winning
manners, the weight and majesty of his
B•r.
resence. lie was a signal refutation of
Holmes' theory, that grand manners
and high breeding are the result of seve
ral generations of culture. Until he was
nineteen, this pcerlo6s gentleman worked
on a rough mountain farm on the outskirts
of civilization, as his ancestors had for a
hundred and fifty years before him but
he was refined to the tips of his finger
nails and to the buttons of his coat. Like
his more famous brother, he had an ar
tist's eye for the becoming in costume, and
a keen genre for all the proprieties and de*
eorums both of public and private
lif*.
An army officer in the Indian country
writes in the following cheerful strain to a
friend I would send you a lock of my
hair, but I fear it would be a fraud upon
the savages of this vicinity. There is a
fair prospect that one of tha noble r«d»«R
will be my barber before spring."
The following Is the amendment to the
constitution which the prominent citisens
of the south and the president now recoa
mend as the new plan of reconstruction,
spoken of in our last issue:
ARTICE 14. SECTION 1. No state hat
right to secede, nor has the federal g0f»
ernment the right to eject a state or fc
prive it of representation in congress.
Sec. 2. The United States deot shall
Sec. 4. Representation shall
REDUCTIO AD ABSCRDUM.—"He who
would thrive must rise at five." So says
the proverb, though there is more rhyme
than reason in it, for, if
lie who would thrive mast rise at five,
it must naturally follow,
He who'd Hi rive more must
bo
held sacred and inviolate, but the rebel
debt shall never be paid by the nation nor
any state.
Sec. 3. All persons born or natural*
ized in the United Stutes and subject to ito
jurisdiction shall be citizens, and shall
nave the rights and immunities of all
the
states. Life, liberty and property art
guaranteed.
be baseli
on the numbers, counting all persons es*
cept Indians not taxed, but when
a
state
excludes any of its population on account
of race or color from voting, then thost
excluded shall not be countca in the
basis
of representation.
Also, the following to be part ofth#
constitution of each state: Every malS
citizen having resided in the state a yeaik
and six months in the county, immediate
ly preceding an election, and who ca£
read the declaration of independence anA
United„States Constitution in the Engliafc
language, and the owner of $250 worth df
taxable property, shall be entitled to vote
providea that no person who has hereto
fore voted shall be excluded from voting.
RECEIPTS FOR FITS.—Though no doctoi|
I have some excellent prescriptions, anff
shall charge you nothing for them yo#
canuot grumble at that price. We ail
most of us subject to fits I am vexed witjt
them myself, and I dare say you are alscK
Now, then, for my proscriptions:
For a fit of passion, count the ticking*
of a clock. Do this for one hour, and yen
will be glad to pull off your coat the next
and work like a negro.
For a fit of passion, walk in the open
air you may speak to the wind without
hurting any one, or proclaim yourself t»
be a simpleton.
For a fit of extravagance and folly, go
to the work-house, or speak with the rag
ged and wretched inmates of a jail, and
you will be convinced-—
"Who maketh his bed of brier and thorn,
Must be content to lie forlorn."
For a fit of ambition, go into a church
yard, and read the grave-stones. They
will tell you the eud of ambition. The
grave will soon be your bed-chamber, the
earth your pillow, corruption your father,
and the worm your mother and sister.
For a fit of repining, look about for the
halt and blind, and visit the bed-ridden
and afflicted and deranged, and they will
make you ashamed of complaining ot your
lighter afflictions.
An admirable reply was once made by a
careful reader of the Bible to an infidel
who attacked him with such expressions
as these:
"That the blood of Christ can
wash
away our sin is foolishness I don't un
derstand or believe it."
The Bible student remarked, "You and
Paul agree exactly."
The infidel replied with much surprise,
"How is this, that Paul and I agree?"
Said the student, "Turn to the first
chapter of 1st Corinthians, and read at the
I8tn verse."
The infidel read, "For the preaching of
the cross is to them that perish foolish
ness, but unto us which are saved it is the
power of God."
The infidel hung his head, and ever af
ter studied the Bible, and soon believed it
to be God's power unto salvation.
1
rise
at tour ••'mm
aad it will insure a conseuucnce, thj|
He who'd still more thriving be,
Muit leave liis beil at turu ot three
And wlio this latter would outdo.
Will rouse him at the stroke of two.
And by way of climax to it all, it should
be held that
He who'd never be ontdoae,
Must ever rise as soon as one.
But the best illustration would fee*
He who'd flourish best of all,
Must never go to bed at all!
Dan Rice remitted, in settlement of an
account to a newspaper out West, a three
dollar counterfeit bill, which was returned
indorsed, "This note is counterfeit please
scud auother." It was two months before
Dan replied, when he apologized for the
delay, saying that he had been unable, 'un
til now to get another counterfeit three
dollar bill,' but he hoped the one now in
closed would suit, professing, at the same
time, his inability to discover what the ob
jection was to the other, which he thought
as good a countcfeit as he ever saw.
Two young men, excited by the account
which was published a short time ago of a
party entering the sewers of New York
and finding a large quantity of valuable
jewels and money, a lew days ago applied
to the city authorities of Philadelphia to
make a similar exploration in the sewers of
that city. The request was not granted,
but on Tuesday night last they were dis
covered by the police attempting to enter
one of the largest sewers of that city, and
were arrested.
Detroit is talking about a tunnel under
the Detroit river, three-fourths of a mile in
width, through which the trains of the
Michigan Central and Great Western rail
roads are to pass, thus obviating the te
dious necessity of ferrying, and giving a
through passage between the United States
and Canada, constituting a genuine under
ground railroad, though the necessity for
this once highly valued institution hm
happily passed away.
The New York Observer says that about
sixteen hundred divorces have been de
creed in Massachusetts in six years. This
is in Massachusetts, boasting superior god
liness and social system.
In South Carolina since the first organ
ization of her state government, in 1776,
there has never been a diverce granted.—
It cannot be denied that there is a deal of
room for the introduction of northern ideas
and habits at the south.
Frank Lewis, our sprightly neighbor, is
agent for the McGregor Lottery, and is
prepared to give all necessary information
concerning the same. We notice the pro
prietors of the enterprise are spoken of
by our exchanges as being worthy and re
sponsible men. Mr. Lewis being an agent,
argues for its being "on the square."—•
Boscobel Appeal.
The Ashtabula (Ohio) Sentinel says: A
certain highly respectable lady of Dorset,
has, on three Christmas days out of the
last four, presented her delighted husbund
with a little responsibility." Dates of
births, December 25,1803, 1865, and 1866.
The White Cloud Chief does not think
the recent Indian massacres on the plains
are any indication of an Indian war. He
thinks it is merely a pleasant way they
have of notifiying the government that it is
time to distribute presents.
An editor on a tight," remarked thai
the authorities of his town intended light
ing the streets with red headed girls, and
then he proposed to get drunk every night*
and hug the lamp posts.
The only white shirt belonging ft
Wisconsin editor was stolen from a clothes
line on Christmas night. What a shiftlesi
cuss.
The report of the execution of the Uni
ted States consul at Mnziiken proves to bo
unfounded.