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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

AnSeCt0.
All insects have six legs, unless they
have met with an ancident. They do not
breathe through Their mouths, but by a
great number of little pipes which run
through them lengthwise, having openings
here and there on the side of the BODY
where the fresh air is drawn in. These
little openings are very curiously con-
trived, in some cases protected by tiny
trap doors, Opening on hinges; in others
having strong grating over them of every
coarse hair. Hence an insect when cut in
two, as he does not use his mouth for
breathing, and as his brain is not confined
to his head, but runs all through his body,
will live for many hours in this mutilated
state. In fact, some insects never eat
mouthful after they are full grown.
Insects have from two to FIVE eyes. Two
large eyes, called compound eyes, because
they are made up of many little eyes,
united like a bundle Of six-sided spy.
glasses tied together, large at one end and
very small at the other, and looking under
the microscope like the meshes oc very
fine net. Then there are sometimes three
little eyes in addition to the large ones,
placed generally on the top of the head,
although they occasionally vary in their
position.
All insects are provided with antennn,
which are those little, many jointed pro-
jections extending from the head, near the
eyes, somewhat like a reindeer's horns.
These ase probably used for feeling,
smelling and hearing with, although their
uses have not been definitely settled
They vary much in appearance, sometime,
resembling Indian clubs, sometimes frias>
ed like firtree, notched like a saw,
plumed like feather, or armed with teeth
like comb. A few insects have no wings,
others have two, others four, but none
have more than that number.
Insects pass through several stages of
existence before they become fally dcvel-
oped. Most of them are hatched from
eggs; then they PASS into the larva state,
IN which they are caterpiller, maggot and
grub, according as they are to become
butterfly or beetle, in course of time they
go into pupa or mummy state, from
which they emerge ready for action as
perfect insects. In some classes these
distinctions are not so strongly marked.
Maaazine.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21
County Superintendent of Schools

CuriOslties In Names.
There are over 25,0OO Post Offices in the
United States. and the Post Office Direc>
tory is dry reading nevertheless there
are curious things to be found in it. We
have just been looking over the new Di-
rectory, and find that there are $50 Post
Offices with the prefix South, 400 with
East, 500 North, and something over 500
West, evidencing the growth of the coun-
try to the West and North.
Our propensity to exalt public men is
shown by the names of many of these
Post Offices Fifty>fosr are named from
Franklin, So jackson, As Jefferson, 81
Lincoln, and % Grant. Nearly 600 Post
Offices have the prefix Of New, as New AL
bany, &C., $50 have Mt, Mount, or Noun
tain. l20 are named for the various Saints.
The trees come in for their share-l5O
have the prefix Oak, 76 Walnut or Hicko
ry, 40 Maple, &c. Forty are named for
the Beaver, the great representative Of the
ingenuity and industry of our people. $50
are White, 80 are Big, Al are Blue, and
! IA have the prefix of Pleasant, showing
the estimate in which they are held by
their inhabitants. IL have dared to apply
the name of Boston to other places than
the hub, while but one has dared to rival
the great metropolis, and call itself New
York.
Very curious names some of those 25,.
900 Offices have. Strange, unpronounce-
able, Indian names, and many ridiculous,
common place names. Pennsylvania has
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

The following are about the prices paid
for fast horses at the present day. A
horse that can trot in 2:35 will bring from
1900 to $4,000; dashing, good young
animal, of square action, will command
$4,000 or $4,000, while. a well bred one,
say Messenger or a Bashaw for instance,
that can trot in 2:25, with prospect Of
improvement. will be sought after at
$4,000, and one Of either of the above
stock that can beat ESQ is considered
cheap at $4,000, whilc for every second
in twenties 81 900 will be readily given.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21
population OF the Globe.
There are on the globe about | .0o2 600

Population OF the Globe.
There are on the globe about ,2Ss, ,OOO,-
600 of souls, of which
got, 100000 are Of the Caucasian race.
552,O00,OOO are of the Mongol race.
lOO,OOO,0OO are of the Ethiopian race.
l76,OOO,OOO are Of the Malay race.
l,OOO,OO0 are of the Indo- American race
There are 364s languages spoken, and
1000 different religions.
The yearly mortality of the globe is
333,333,333 persons. This is at the rate
of 1854 per day, $3.50 per hour, 60 per
minute. So each pulsation of our heart
makes the decease of some human creature.
The average Of human life is 33 years,
one-fourth of the population dies at or
before the age of years.
One half at or before II years.
Among 10000 persons one arrives at
the age of 100 years, one in 500 attains
the age Of 80, and one in 100 lives to the
age of sixty.
Married men live longer than single
ones. In 1000 persons 65 marry, and
more marriages occur in June and Decem-
Der than in any ether months of the year.
One. eighth of the whole population is
military. Professions exercise great in
auence on longevity. In 1000 individuals
who arrive at the age of seventy years, AZ
are priests, orators, or public speakers; 40
are agricufturists, 33 are workmen, 80 SOL
diers or military employees, 30 advocates
or engineers, ~ professors, and "a doc>
tors. Those who devote their lives to the
prolongation of that of others, die the
soonest.
There are 335, 100000 Christians.
There are 100000 Israelites.
There are 60,O0O,OOO Asiatic religions.
There are l60,0OO,OOO Mahommedans.
There are 2Oo,OO0,OOO Pagans.
In the Christian Churches -
l7O,OOO,OOO profess the Roman Catholic;
100000 profess the Greek faith;
$4,000, 900 profess the Protestant.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21
We clip the articles following from the

We clip the articles following from the
Charles City Mtelhgencer. Both suit US
first-rate, in fact and in style Of writing
POLITICAL LEEcHEs.-Attached to every
political party are thousands Of men who
never dream of engaging in regular bust
ness pursuits, or Of working as producers
for livelihood but live, Heaven knows
how, year, after year, upon the hope, and
with the intent, Of procuring Office. They
will spend ten years of idleness to get one
or two years Of partisan and official bread
and butter; or often the bread without
the butter. Only one of these in, say i've
or ten thousand ever gets position worth
daily salt. Yet nothing will induce them
to seek subsistence in any other form.
They have usually suffering families,
many of whom are as anxious, eager and
visionary upon the subject of Office hold
ing as their heads. 1t is great pity that
this curse Of habitual office seeking cannot
be modified, reduced, Or nearly altogether
abrogated.
Our friends in all the lice towns round
about here are requested to furnish items
of news for our columns. Don't write
essays, but give US news. Let US know
what is going on or what has happened in
your locality. Tell us in your own way
what is going on, and we can ''do" the
grammar part and spelling, if necessary.
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. 81. NIcGREG0R, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 81, 1862
VOLUME XIII---N0. 81.

he lay frozen to death, the eddying snow
drifting over his body. He had found a
fate which his mistress had escaped.
Backward, through vista Of happy
years, looked Russell and his wife to that
night Of horror in Canada, when peril re-
vealed to them the full depth of their de-
votion-the infinitude Of their love.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

SPECIAL attention paid to tho manufacture OF
y Blank Books for Counties, Banks, Merchants etc.
Music, Magazines, Periodicals. &c, Sc, Bound with
'aestnessand dispatch, -, Sy
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

Ofice-seeker to Grant-"If party servi.
ces don't bring Office, then what's the use
Of being party man, Grant-'I don't
know"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

An only daughter and the only heir of
become convert to Roman Catholicism.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

Opposite Ferry Landing, McGregor Re-furnished a
fitted up in good style for guests. Patronage respe
fully solicited. @. IL. FLANDERS, Proprietor.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

Teachers' Examinations.
Notice is hereby given. that will be at
the following named places for the purpose
of examining persons wishing certificates
to teach in the Public Schools of Clayton
county -
At Garnavillo, April %, 1869.
Monona ., ~27 a,
Nc Gregor : 20 >,
Strawberry Point, May 8 !,
Elkport, - 6 !,
A fee of one dollar will be charged each
applicant in advance of examination (see
School Laws, page 45, sec. 7S). The
School Boards at the several points are re-
quested to secure places for holding said
Examinations.
w. A. PRESTON,
County Superintendent of Schools.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

The HANDs OF LADIEs.-Arsene Hous-
sage says in his last essay on female beau.
ty:-"Irish girls have the most beautiful
hands. English girls have too 1eshy and
plump hands. The hands of American
girls are too long and narrow. The fingers
Of German girls are too short, and their
palms too broad. Next to the Irish girls,
the daughters of Poland deserve the palm,
so far as tho beauty of the hand is con-
cerned. The hands of the French, Italian
and Spanish girls may be called indifler-
ent, though there are more beautiful hands
to be seen in France and Italy than in
Spain. The Parisians bestow great deal
of care on their hands, and the consequence
is that superficial and inexperienced OBJ
servers will believe that they have finer
hands than the women of any part of
France or any other country"
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-14
CUBA-wHAT ABOUT CUBA {?


From the ~ Y. Herald
From all the late news arriving from Spain
and Cuba, including the hopeful communi-
cation of General Sicl1les, there is evidently a
prospect that the island will ere long cease to
be an appendage of the 'mother country
and will take shelter under the wing of the
American eagle. If the Regent Serrano is
wise, he will not refuse the munifcent offer of
hundred millions which General Sickles has
been authorized to offer on the responsible
endorsement of the United States for the free
purchase of the island, and it is said that he
is not unwilling to accept it. In the present
condition of Spanish finances it would. be
foolish to refuse the offer now, because the
Spanish Government may rely upon it that
they will never get such an offer again. 1t is
the last chance, and they had better take it.
Indeed, affairs in Cuba are tending in such a
direction that her freedom is but mere ques-
ton Of time, and she will not be worth buy
ing very soon. We presume that the Regent
sees this very clearly, although some of the
old fogies of his Cabinet may lean more upon
the old traditional Castilian pride than upon
their knowledge of the logic Of events. The
threat of sending a reinforcement of Spanish
troops to Cuba to put down the revolution is
renewed, but the number is reduced from the
original twenty thousand to sixteen thousand
We hardly believe that in the present criti-
Cdl StdlS VI udllo; pSuullio u ueSOGldIlOu lOI
the purchase of Cuba, any number of troops
will be sent there at all; and even if they are
this will not change the result.
With regard to the value of Cuba to this
country, supposing that we guarantee the
price of her independence at the compare
lively paltry sum of hundred millions, there
can be no doubt or hesitation. If she is
worth forty millions year to Spain, she can
be made worth fifty per cent. more to us by
the industry and enterprise brought to bear
upon her resources. We expect, therefore,
that, in view of the advanced state of affairs,
tending towards solution of this Cuban diff
Guilty, the administration will no longer hesi-
tate to take prompt steps in the recognition
of the revolutionary government, as well as
intimating to the authorities at Madrid that it
is advisable to accept the financial solution
already officially offered. We believe that
General Grant favors such a course, although
he is desirous of avoiding complications as
far as possible But some members of his
Cabinet are disposed to put drag upon the
| wheel and retard that action which their de-
parted colleague, Rawlins, urged with his
| dying breath.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-14
THE DIVIDED DUTY.

From the N. Y. SNH,
1t is often said that the age of heroic deeds
is past; but on Friday last one of the noblest
acts of which we have ever read was per-
formed by a poor employe of railroad
company and within few miles of New
York.
Albert G. Drecker is the bridge tender at
the Passaic river drawbridge, ON the Newark
and New York Railroad. On Friday after
noon, just previous to the time for passen-
ger train to reach the bridge, the draw was
open. Mr.. Drecker knew that the train was
coming. He began to turn the bridge, SO as
to close the draw before its arrival
At this moment he saw his little son, who
was only ten years old, and who was not far
from him, fall from the bridge into the river
below. The agonized father looked down the
track He saw the train coming swiftly to-
wards the bridge, and knew that to do his
utmost there was barely time to close the
draw. In the water below him his boy was
struggling for life. A leap into the stream
at this moment and he could save his child.
But the train came laundering down, and he
knew that if he left his post for even single
instant, hundred lives might be sacrificed.
He stayed. Slowly the bridge was swung into
position, and the train passed over; and none
of the passengers knew what their safety had
cost the poor workman, who sprang into the
river only to take thence the lifeless body of
his boy.
Is there any story of heroism to surpass
this Think, if you can, of the terrible alter
natives of duty which were presented to this
| man. There was no time to deliberate. His
son was dying He could easily rescue him
by leaping into the river beneath. But that
| leap must have cost many other precious lives
perhaps hundreds-and had he right to
| imperil these .? The agony of lifetime of
suffering must have been compressed into
that moment of doubt With sublime and
heroic fortitude, this noble father resolved to
do his highest duty; and to that duty his son
was sacrificed How many of us would have
! done the same
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-14

proved successful. Two French savants made
''cold light; sort of aurora borealis sealed
up in glass tube, worked by an electric bat
terry. 1t weighed 10 pounds per lamp; and
besides, the miners said they could not see by
it. Two other Frenchmen made a lamp which
was air-tight, and burned its own oxygen.
condensed by pressure. That was heavier
and bulkier than the other. Now let some
ingenious American invent lamp that can be
hermetically sealed up, using oxygen packed
in the solid shape of some of its chemical
combinations, and producing in combustion
no gas that requires an outlet; and he may be
enrolled among philanthropists. --.
But even that would be no security against
wooden chimneys They must be prevented
by legislation. If wood must be used IN our
mines, let it be rendered absolutely ire-proof.
Soak it in soluble silicates, cover it with
stone-paint, plaster it over with cement. 1t
was the woodwork, nothing else, that fed the
flames in the Nevada silver mines for weeks
together. There miner left candle stuck
against post; but the system which fills the
mines with wooden supports and framework
was the real cause of that catastrophe, as it
was of the Avondale disaster.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-14
SAFETY FOR MINERS.
From the N, Y. Tribune

From the N, Y. Tribune.
The mining interests of the United States
are greater if measured by the value of actual
production, than those of any other country
in the world The delivery from our coal
mines is about one-fourth that of the British
Islands, but twice as much as that of France
or Belgium. In the precious metals we have
exceeded all rivals; for although Australia has
sometimes equalled us in gold, she seems to
have no silver. We are among the foremost
In lead, copper, and iron. Yet, with all this,
SO far as the protection of human life is CON
cerned, our mining system is the worst in the
world. We may say that for the safety of our
miners we have no laws whatever. Elsewhere
governments give these matters special atten-
ton. Men of the highest order of intellect
forinstance Emanuel Swedenborg-ha been
honored by positions in the mining bureaus of
European countries. Here, the construction
and management OF mines are left to the GU
pidity of owners. Official supervision is un-
known. Consequently we have mines that
are mantraps houses built underground, each
one with only wooden chimney for door
way. The people are let down into the trap,
| and the chimney takes fire from the bottom
The miners themselves are always indiffer-
| ent to their own risks. A newspaper para
| graph recently described how Faraday, When
examining mine, was once provided with a
cushioned seat. The philosopher asked some
| quSsIlouS ABOUT tue SunpOWuer used Tor
blasting, and in reply received the astounding
information that the cushion he was sitting
on was merely bag of the powder When
Sir Humphrey Davy invented the safety lamp
it was hoped that the day of collery fire was
past. The explanation of the next great ex-
plosion of fire-damp showed that miner had
unscrewed his lamp and exposed the flame, to
light his pipe. Thereafter lamps were locked
by an inspector as the workmen entered the
mines, and an interval of security followed
But it was found that, by means of the Davy,
cuttings could be worked where the fre-damp
was constantly issuing. 1t may be supposed
that the owners of mines favored
this extension of their working terri.
tory. The gas entering through the
meshes of the wire, took fire within
them, and blazed around the wick OF
the lamps. 1t would have warned, if it did
not frighten, anybody but miners. They
rather liked the phenomenon; it gave such q
splendid light. The wires of the lamps be-
came red hot; perhaps they were burnt to
pieces; the exact particulars are in doubt but
the result was another horrible explosion.
Substitutes for the Dayy lamp have not YET
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sREolAL NOTICES.
pl7y~ P r o c / A MA TT
OFFICE OF THE MAJOR
or THE CITY or PHILADELPHA,
SpDtpmber r. i25Q J


wHEr EAs, James j. Brooks, detective officer in the
service of the United States Government and resident of
the city whilst in the discharge of his duty this day
cowardy shot, with the intent to assassinate him. by
or more wckedy disposed persons in store situated in
the neighbour ood of Front Arch streets about $50 p
NJ The sins hastened chase with two horses
tached, which in waiting close by the scene
rage and which after the datardy deed was DONE was
driven furOusy the driver ashng his horses up Front
street to Calowhill street, thence to ST. ohu street.
thence to Buttonwood street. thence to Sixth street.
thence to Spring Garden street, thence Farmount
Park whore the trace so far has been lost
Now therefore, by virtue the authority vested in me-
do hereby offer a reward of
tslCOW ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
for information which will lead to the and convc.
tion Of the guilty perpetrators of this dreadful act.
The attention of all good citizens is called this
and their assistance is most earnestly invoked
DANIEL NJ FOX,
81 Mayor of Philadelphia.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-14
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IL RANCE COMPANY. Incorporated by the Legs
l8ture OF Pennsylvania 1895.
oGce, s. e. corner Of THIRD and WALNUT Streets,
Philadelphia.
MARINE INStJRANOES
On Vessels Cargo and Freight 70 AL parts Of the world
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FIRE INSURANCES
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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-14

editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals
Ipon Current TOpics-COmpiled Every
Day for the Evening Telegraph.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-03-27

WGa0ticcd some since the arrival of Young
s. Bobos at Che 0raugeburg County Hotel,
kept by Sheriff Riggs, who administers the
hospisalitiest Of, his House with credit to him.
sof and ws presume satisfactorily tohia guest
But III consequence Of several Of his patrons
leaving short time since for parts unknown,
ae learn that an Order has been applied for
and obtained from his Honor Judge Garpen-
Ger, requiring Sheriff Riggs to deliver the body
of Mr.. Young $. Bobo 70 the Sheriff Of Ricl :
land County far safe keeping. Mr.. Bobo will
carry with him our wishes that he find his
new quarters comfortable
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-03-27

q
We made afying visi. to our Capital few
days since. We had not the pleasure of nee.
ing his Excellcncy Governor Scott, though, We
danced'atsendance for an hour or so We,
however. had a pleasant and agreeable chat
with his seeretary, Mr.. Heart. Our impress
sion Of this fiie old gentleman is, tbat he is
the right man in the right place, and We must
congratulate our worthy Governor for his FORE
sight and Judgment in the selection of so
worthy man TO carry his portfolio.
We bad che pleasure Of greeting our cstcem-
ed friend Cspsain Parker, the Honorable
State Trcasuscr. Who even amidst the rush
of Business At Being the last day of tho scs.
sion-fuund time to please us in his chat.
Our Interview with the Secretary of State
and tlis comptroiter-G General, were pleasant
and satisfactory. There gentlemen were also
much frcssed with business, but their arrange.
aaents 1ess % wisely made aud governed, thar
eviisit9f could. mot feel ti,necir an intruder.
WesHeEc sorry 60 fud our friend, and Hon.
orable Senator, sIajor Jos. A. Green, on bed
of aflistiaa. lie has suffered severely for the
last naoath from Hemorrhage of the lungs.
We are glad to state, however, that he is slow
" reeaysfisg, aud If no relapse takes place, ex.
poets tp be here in the course Of the week.
N-fF u
The General Assembly adjourned sine de
on the 24iilisst.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-03-27

IN sac Disfriet CeaFt OF the United
IL STATES-Eor the District of South CaroIna-
N the Halter Of John Huffman. Boakrvp,-In Rank
rePfey.--Noiise is hereby given that all Creditors
aoiding Liens on the Estate Of John Huffman,
Bankrupt mus, prove their Liens before julius G.
Carpenter, ESQ.,, Register In Bankruptcy. az his
Once. No. 72, Broad Street in the City Of Charles
ton. On or before the 29th day OF March inst
~ order Of the Honorable George 8. Bryan,
Judge Of the District Court of the United Statea
for the District Of South Carolina
C. b. GLOVER, Assignee
March II, 1sG9.-13 A, .
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q RAtR AND SQUARE NOTICE,

g TIE daIsvs Is ''rorthy Of his hir." All
persons indebted 70 this Office for Subscriptions
to the 9RAaaEBuaa News, are expected to
come forward aud pay up between this aud
The FIRST day Of April ncxt. All names on our
subscription books st that date not credited
with the amount Of subscription dae--win be
struck from the list of subscribers to our paper.
We are doae crying after 'sspilt milk"