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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-11-11

Among my IMPROVED FARMS may be
OH O 0yfound the following: .s91j Tg9fp
tADNO.l STOCK FARM of 609 anres,l IL
IA miles from Knoxville; $50 acres prairie
400 under cultivation, 3 frame houses, wells.
stables, 8 never-faiiing springs, 240 fruit
trees, 4c., &C.. Price $40 peracre. t., es-fi
"A GOOD FARM Of $50 ceres, s miles from
N, Knoxville; good brick house, good
barb, orchard, &e., convenient to- school and
church,; land early all under entity alton
except 40 acres of timber. Price $35 per acre.
Il FARM Of 100 acres, II miles from Knox
n Wills, so acres fenced, 60 in cultivation,
20itimber. good frame house, baTp, smoke
house, 200 bearing fruit trees, ,ss5 per acre. :,
A. FARM of 20 acres, u miles from Knox
timber good frame house, barn, smoke house,
etc., and 200 bearing fruit trees, $s5 an acre.
A FARM of 70 acres, II miles from Knox
n Vile; 60 acres prairie all fenced, and Is
acres under cultivation, 10 sores timber, 3
fran s;house ,with4 rooms, log stahla..soms
fruit trees and 9th er shrubbery. SIS an acre.
"A FARMlof Sc acres, seven miles from
IA Knoxville, all fenced, ~, in cultivation,
frame house 4 rooms and cellar, log stable. 2
wells, some fruittress, &C.. mile from school,
10 sores ,imbef.s PfieesS2 per isers,l odsy
A FARM, ia acres, 6 mics from Hnoxyille,
~ all under fence, 80, in cultivation, good
new frame house s2xSe 2 rooms, good cellar,
log stable, 45fruititr sea;s 4ris from school.
Price $45 per acre lasrn ~ f.4,r.,<.stet
.TSARM of so acres, s niles from Knoxville,
80 acres under cultivation, plank house
5 rooms, good tstable,. tellss ! mias from
.shs0l. plainly coal nader re lend. Prize ,fl'
SIG per acre.
YARN 3. miles from from Knoxville; 80 acre.
prairie, IS timber, pr1irie al fspced. 10
acres In cultivation, a. small orchard, q good
house 2 rooms, in a moe grove, good well,
smoke house, etc., smile from schools. Price
$2s per acre.. go9 81 .g9sCI 9di Is
TNARM Of, 90, acres, joining KnoxyilA, all
IL under cultivation, frame house rs BY 70
Trooms good cellar, W ELI nc. 9elfruit tfess,
80 sacles timber, Price $50 per aers.I mont
T,ARM u miles from Kpoxyills,r3 2, miles
/ from II. Il. station, -220 acres prsirie in
Guilty alton. SO acres timber joining, . frame
borss 4roops good cslIsi, good bank barn "A
by 40, goods wells, spripgs 30, Ny. stock
farm, - Price $40 per ,acrs--oney-ttird eash,
and baiance III payments. 'aab@ ~,
AIRY RFsrDEN ms. 4ssvsr.i dssirAbls
Sf9K jsidenUss,in Knoxville, DOT sale lstysry
reasonable hguros, andon g0oa terr~fit nl9r
sn r3dorq E, F. SPERRY, Agent
8 20 Il. fsutt Y0ter oflss, KnSAvills', lo ~
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-11-11

The Mysterious Brick IayeI.
thoroughly understand the art OF
advertising, not merely by means of
printers ink, whieilI have always
used freely, and to which ] confess
myself 60 much Indebted for my sue
cess, but Ivy turning every possible
circumstance to myaccount.7 1t was
mymonotiania to make the Museum
the town wonder and town talk. I
often seized upon an approximately,
instinct, even before had a definite
conception as to how it should be
used, and 1t. seemed, somehow to
mature itself and serve my purpose.
AS an Illustration, one morning q.
stout, lheavy-looking man, came into
my ticket-otfice and begged some
money. / ask him why he did not
work and earn his living? Hereplied
that he could get nothing to do. and
that he would be glad ofany job at
dollar day. 7 handed him a quar-
ter of a dollar, told him 70 go and get
his breakfast and return, and would
employ him at light labor at q dollar
and a half a day, Whpnle returned
| gayethinl five common bricks ..seiit
esNow,,D said :, Ego ard lay a brick
on the sidewalk at the CORNER OF
Broadway and Ann Street; another
close by the Museum;athird diagon.
ally racrcss the way at the corner %
Broadway and 'yfsey Street, byfhe,
Ast0r House; put. down, the fourth on
the sidewalk in front of 1T. Pasp'
Church, opposite; then, with the MT !.
brick in band, take up .. rapid Inarc'
from one point to the other, making
the circuit, exchanging your brick a
every point, and Say nothing to an,
one"
| t'What IL, the object Of this? in
quired the inan.ij 81 ii sg9b 4dr
"No,matter," replied, 'sall yo'
! need to know IS that u brings yo'
IAfteen cents wages, per hour. It's
Ibit Of my fun, and to assist me prop
1erly you must seem to be as deaf a
post: wear serious countenanct
} answer no questions; pay nooatter
4 ton to any one; but attend faithfuii
,1t3 The work and int tho end of fever
sfhour by ST.. Pahps clock shows thl
! ticket AZ enc Museum door ente'
Walking solemniy tBroagh eoeryha
; In the building; pass out, and resun,
1liyouir work."9q oiii ~ saoll9al 5a9d
tDiWitiI THE remark that II wasbsa
q one to him; SO long as he could ear
|? his living" the man placed h
k bricks and began his round.f iHh
t. an hour afterwards, at least 1--we hul
Il bred people were watching his my
q terio,is movements. He hadlia
9 sumed amiiitary step and bearini
andlO0kfng assober ias a Judge, I
}, made no, respense whatever to, II
y constant inauiriesIas to the object
% his singular conduct. AT the end
] the irsthour, the sidewalks IN Il
p Vicinity were packed with people 9
"a anxious To- solve the mystery. II
., man, al directed, then. went into u
I'll MA Nh dsyoting fifteen iil54utes
:, la .solemn. survey. ,SfI the, hslla., d
g afterwards returning, to his rom pr
y..ltHAis W4s repeated every hour
Z shutdown; and whenever tie m
70 went into the Museum a dozen
= niofe persons would buy tickets Al
=. follow him, hoping ID crafty TN
70 curiosity In ifegatp to'thss purpose
n his movements. This was c0itinu
ut for several days--the curious peoI
who followed him into the Museu
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-11-11
! ~ oRaG'-la:1l.5Ma1:'
CANE MILLS!

sETSHR UNDERSIGN ED hasilg, made ar
u raDgements with two reliable Western
Manufacturing Esta biishm for The Intro.
du-.ion 81 bis Improved SsfgAsnl Cane Mills,
~ pew PREPARED 20 take cIdsrH f.! ths same;
!, Two sizes of these NJ achinss viii b offered
10 the Pubiic:- Ist.lA Heavy oAs Hor4s' Mill,
drivin dis meter, 97insh face. B.
inch wrought iron shaft; "a. . Two Horse
Min, idrivng-roi 2S.iuch diameter, 9-inch
face and . " Finch Wrought ircA shsft. These
Mile WILDE Warrantsd to stand any reason.
/ able am cunt 81 work. without brsakisg, and
swiIl7bs sold CAsdpsr shem fAs eiraPsa MI 81
iaayfof@sr fsaxs. Sfii.as3 MI I'd OF iuid f.a =
|, The principal 5ImproysmsAt, IN these Mill
consists n the complets separation Of the
0cr ush ing istrsii = sr6nstbe ffansswofk o. the
Mill, by :, direct seopnsction Of the shafts Of
the rolls with each other. detailed De-
scribtson. With diasr ans, n III shsft,y appear
M. 0se. i. 6epvsil. Hardvsrs Dealer II
his Sfs,,' VIII Stsssvs anl attend - orders
fsr ~ Ntits, apsGJ asaa ri al. ssua.
/ gpssrus, iss. m.,sA ss.fissss. ssi.l
l. .axf -
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-11-11

The vol long sisce forgottesi
the nevey paid asof graft
tde it owdW DIR. -, IL frs
kcoverer 6 he pr1<s Of hehins
ID and aya6ff9k that If bic 1870
ssn,all ~pr ~ innc~a,ah1 imam
] beings viii the matter takan from
COWS, which have the 'scow pox, =
and hence called vaccination. No
body now remembers how shocking
~ the human face disfne uas de-
formed and imbrIted bythis terrible
dfiS II wss ireailsd szr m0ss
than death; and how ii scoargei at
viii a whole continent. As we have
forgotten all this, IL is not se.narka-
bic that European physicians, t.
whom sn,sn pc1 Is almost unknown
except in very nnitigated form,
should get into wrangie ahont the
necessity OF syaccinasion al all, and
Z that a good mary. who consider
themselves very eminent, should
yessesneRily argue On the ofher side
of the question. The Poor Law
Commissioners Of Ireland seem To be
equally positive the other WAY, from
the following synoreiso Of their views
"a remarkable contribution 10 the,
controversy nosx in progress as 10 the
neritsaof vacci nation is furnished by
an officisi body. in Is~fs nd Tha!
Poor Isaw Commissioners there have.
!. seems. Informed the Belfast Board
az Guardians sisa. SMALL pox has alto
gs.ils- ceass5 10 the sister country.
TGis result the Commissioners at !.
sritrse 10 the careful carrying out loft
the cc-1 pr,sc,y Vaccination Act,
s-s.serre1 Il Ireland since 1863. The
figures given are very striking. Be-
Tore that year the deaths from small
pox averaged 900 annually; in 1864
he number wAsFeaueed to Sd; in
So IL was 81; IN 1895, Is7; fin 1867,
%: and In 1868, but 1edeath5 occurred.
IN the first quarter Of 1860 there were
hree deaths; in the second quarter
here were none. These statements /
re so far most satisfactory 5egii
There seems to be very little doubt
bat vaccination, like education,
iiould be regarded as indispensable
n every civilized community, and |
hat provision should be made by
aw for having it performed on every
HID at an early age.---IIaWkeye. Al
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-11-11

"a e EAMEELNFRRiLL.
I'D. WEIGHT, Secretary Of state.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-11-11
.Pather lIIyaCiuthc's Remnrk-
able sermon b3p4nd

fgf8kA4 I'll f$lttdE st3N0tf tG @SSt 8II
7 The name Of Pero Hyacinthes the.
famous Catholic priest who lately.
eatgeoses t2sthiseopptry, from Paris.
viii be fresh, IN every memory, n The
| Shelving SENTENCES are from the great
sermon for the delivery Of which ho
was summoned TO Rome. Coming
from 4 catholic Priest, they are In
deed remarkable: ~ T. 'tahdaaltl
.po, you, you know tho way Prussia
'.trjumpI,ed IN file field Or battie'
III was not because there Was a lack
OF bravery ON either side; twas not
Ithe effect 81 fhe wohdrous weapon
|iok.tLe acquisitlpp of which mecn are
n6wsos eager; hut itwas because the
hssAnbnt wds better educated than
lthn assailed, and had q superior ra-
\ iigious traiVngi itwasbetatisc every
Prussian soldier had q Bible in his
1cat Or hamlet. idsina other places ]
have asserted, and II assert IL bgain
lhereE that which constitutes the
tstfeilgth ljf Protestnnt 4liatiGns is
.ifhat wheh the people ecmefront theil
/ work, they enter tn, family circle
and citing ibyothelr .heartbS. ica !.
1.-THE Bflsls and the national poetry
i We are .behMd.hand with the Prot
1estaiIlt nations; apd especially chose
nations that dwell beyond tho At
llahtic and tie sttiits Of Dover
4 ih. have ttodden English son onatw'
occasions, and have come to ths'con
yiction that the strength OF tina
country IL from tho Bible"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-27

ELECTRIC CLOcK.-Electric clocks are
now made. They arc driven by the cur
rent Of an earth battery, and require no
winding up or attention for long periods.
varying with circumstances. The pendu-
lum rods arc made Of rosewood saturated
with parafinc, and do not affect the regu-
larity Of the clock by contraction or cxpan-
sion. The battery is composed Of zinc and
gas carbon, which are buried in the earth,
and generate the electric current regularly
and steady for long time, the moisture Of
the earth being sufficient to produce the
action needed without the use of acids.
The work is of the simplest construction,
and when once adjusted, needs no more
attention except occasional oiling. The
whole apparatus is incloscd to prevent inju-
ry from dust and is elegant and reliable,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-27

"LEr JAMES Go."-Thc Land We
Lore gives model letter from young
lady. whose sweetheart was in the Fifth
South Carolina Regiment, To Mr.. Davis,
President ofthc late Coafcdcracy, asking
for furlough for her lover to come home
and get married: .a
Dear Mr.. Pcsident: ! want you to let
Jccmcs Clancy, of Company LIST, 9th ;. c.
Regiment, come home and get married.
Jecmcs is wilin, l is willin' his maumsays
she is willin'. butJeemcs' Captain. he amt
willin. Now, when we're willin', ccptin'
Jecmcs' Captain, l think you might let up,
and lot Jeemcs come. I'll make him 60
strait back, when he's done got married,
and fight just as hard as ever. Your at
fcctionate friend" etc.
Mr. Davis wrote on the letter, Let
Jcemes CO." and Jecmes came home mar
ricd the affcctionatc correspondent OF MIR.
Davis, returned to his regiment, and did
fight as well as ever. .t.i.,..-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-27

~ A minister was one Sunday morning
examining the Sabbath school in catcchism
before the congregation. The usual qnes-
tions were put to the first girl, strapper,
who usually assisted her father, who was a
publican, in waiting upon the customers.
what is your namc?" No reply. "What
is your namc?" he repeated. q None Of
your fun, Mr.. Minister" said tho girl,
"you know my uamo we'll enough. Don't
you say whcu You come to our ho~se on
a night. Bet, bring mic some more ale"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-27


THE NATIONS WITHOUT FlRE.---Ac-
cording to Pliuy, fire was long time un-
known to some Of the ancient Egytiaus;
and when Exodus (the celebrated astrono-
mer) showed it to them, they were abso-
luscly in rapture. The Persians, Phcnic-
ians, Greeks. and several other nations, 40
knowledge that their ancestor. wore with
out the use Of FIRE, and the Chinese confess
the same of their progenitors. Pompan-
ion, Mola, Plutarch, aud other anoients
speak of nations who, At the time they
wrote, knew not the use Of fire or had just
learned il. Facts Of the same kind are
also. attestcd by several modern nations.
The inhabitants Of tho Marian Islands,
which were discovered in 1861 had no
idea Of fire. Never was astonishmeat
greater than theirs when they sawit on
the desert Of Magellan, in one of their H.
lands. At first they believed twas some
kind Of animal that fxed to aud fed upon
wood. The inhabitants Of the philippine
and Canary Islands we're Formerly equally
ignorant. Africa presents, even in our
own day, nations in this deploysble state.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-27

THE NEGRO Observation-Disclosures
City appears to be ut present infested with
two of the most miserable classes Of hui.
manity on the face of the earth. We al.
ludc, Of course. to Radical congressman
and destitute free negroes. Both classes
are supported by the taxpayers and both
will steal whatever they can lay their hands
on. Recently Mr.. Harlan presented in the
Senate a petition Of the Provident Aid So.
cicty, stating that they have already dis
tributcd s3l5 in groceries, one hundred
and fifty cords ofwood, thirty tons of coal,
and one hundred and seventy articles of
clothing, and that tic treasury was now
exhausted" They ask, of course, for fur
ther appropriations, and state that at least
three thousand persons have been relieved
daily by food, and five thousand by fuel.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-27

There" said a workingman by our
side, as he heavcd sigh of relief, "Mr.
Spurgcon never preached better sermon
than that."-an expression to which We
assentcd, and left the hall.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-27
Giants of Oldent Times.

In one of his recent lectures. Professor
Silliman, tho younger. alluded to the d s.
covcry of tho skeietos Of on enormous liz
zard, of eighty feet. From this the pro-
ftssor inferred. as no living specimen Of
such magnitude has been found. that the
species which it represents has become de-
generated. The verify Of his position he
cnlcavored to cnfnrc by an allusion to the
well-known existence of giants in olden
times. The following is the list on which
this singular hypothesis is based:
The giant exhibited at Rouen in 1880.
the professor says measured nearly cigh.
teen feet.
Gorapir,s saw Il girl that measured ten
feet
The giant Galahra, brought from Arabia
to Rome, under Claulius C;rsar, was ten
feet high.
Fannum. who lived in the time of Er-
gene H.. measured III feet.
The Chcvalicr Scrogg, in his voyage to
the Peak Of Tcnnerifc, found in one of the
cavcrns of that mountain, the head Of
Gunch, who had sixty teeth and was not
less than fifteen feet high.
The giant FcrrcGus, slain by Orlando.
nephew Of fCharlcmagnc, was twcnty.cig ght
feet hi gh.
In 1914, near St. German, was found the
tomb of the giant Isorcnt, who was not less
than thirty feet high.
In 1850. near toucm. was found a skcl-
eton whose skull held bushcl OF corn, and
who was nineteen feet high.
The giant Bacart was TWENTY-FIVE feet
high; his thigh bones were found in 1904,
near the river Modcri.
In 1923. near the castle in Dauphinc. a
tomb was found 30 feet long, lG feet wide
and high. on which was cut in gray
stone these words Kintolochus Rex"
The skeleton was found entire 81 Il feet
long, ID feet across the shoulders. and )
feet from the breast bone to the back.
Near Palermo, in Sicily. in 1916. was
found the skeleton of giant thirty feet
high. an'r in another thirty.four feet long.
Near NIazrino, in Sicily, in 1878, was
founl the skeleton of giant thirty feet
high, the head was the size Of hogshead
and each of his teeth weighed five ounces
We have no doubt that there were
giants in those days" AMI the past per.
haps was more prolific in producing them
than the present. But the history Of gi-
ants during the olden time was not more
remarkable than that of lwarfs, several of
whom were even smaller than the Thumbs
and Nuts of our own time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-27

rsy' The Radical papers which have so
much to say about manhood suffrage should
understand that Rhode Island is in sad
need Of reconstruction. In that little
State negro can vote it any one will ray
his poll-tax of one dollar, but n white for.
cigncr, even though he be a naturalized
citizen, cannot vote unless he has ar in.
como from real estate worth at least S134.
OF course, this dcbars tho great majority
Of Irishmen and Germans from the ballot
box. There are enough ofthem, too, with
the Democratic vote that is now permitted,
to take tho State from the Spragues and
Anthonys aud to unseat the Burnsides.
Let us have bit Of the manhood suffrage,
" "ekal rights" aud reconstruction business
for Rhode Island.-N. Y. World.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-27
A Chapter on Carpet -Baggers.

'""' Va C"TPct- DaEScrS III Congress:
1t would be safe to bet thousand dol.
lars that If hell were dosed with tartar.cin-
ctic, the last drcgs of the last resulting
vomlt would bo ten or q dozon of the
style Ut men who have come here under
the Congressional policy of reconstruction
to represent the Southern States. They
have already manifested all the attributes
of interlopcrs and beats" and have car
rlcd their cffrontery to such an extent as
to disgust even the most loyal of their Re-
publican colleagues in the North. | had
not been in Washington six hours when |
heard curses, both loud and deep, heapcd
upon the head Of one Of the "gentlcmcn
from Louisiana" for an impcrtncnce. the
exact nature Of which could not under.
stand. l inferred, however, that he had
been giving some sort Of practical llustra-
ton to the poetic truism, that fools rush
in where angels fear to tread he
had been busying himself to do or say
something which modesty and good breed
ing would have left to an old and expert
cnccd member of the House. The com.
plants on this score are multiplying, and
the consequent disgust is increasing every
day, and it will be strange if before the
close of the session, We do not witness an
undisguiscd ebulition of wrath on the
subject from of the oldest Radical mem.
bcrs-the very men who may take to them
selves doubtful honor Of paternity for the
whole carpet-bag race. Nor is it at all
strange that the carpct.baggcrs should not
act precisely as they do. The wonder is
that they have refraincd so long from as
serting their claims to political leadership
and Legislative precedence. And whcn
Mr.. Bingham, and Mr.. Butler. and Mr.
Washburne, sneer contcmptuously ut them
aud affect state of wondcrmcnt at their
impulcnce ON the floor of the House, they
seem to forget that greater impudence
which has enabled them to force them
selves upon constituencies who neither
knew nor wantcl them. So far from dis.
couraginy the Southern delegations in
their determination to bc sccll and felt in
the National Councils. | feel like patting
them on the back, and telling them to pro-
cccd with increased vigor. And when the
Radicals wholcyislutcd them into existence
object to their little freaks Of greatness, |
beg to remind them of an incident in Il
body which this Congress very strikingly
resembles in many rcspccts--the rcvolu-
tionary Assembly of France. 1t is related
that, when the Able Sicycs objected to
the confiscation ofchurch property, which
was proposed in one of the debates, Mira
beau turned to him and said: My dear
Able, you have looscd the bull. DO you
think he will not use his horns!" The
logic was unanswcrablc. And 50 with
Congress and carpct.baggcrs. Not only
have they looscd, but created, set Of the
vilcst wrctchcs that God in His wisdom
tolerated to live. or man in this folly hcsi-
tatcs to hang-and when they look forany-
thing but what they now complain Of they
only repeat the mistake Of which Mirabeau
reminded his colleague.