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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
The Sun Spots.

We are reaching the maximum Of solar
spot activity, and we may also look for
some grand auroral displays in connection
with il, after which there will succeed q
period of comparative rest for the next
eleven years on the surface OF the great
orb which rules our system. The precise
nature of the mysterious bond which
unites sun-spots and auroral displays, Is
a question which just now is full OF alb
sorbing interest to astronomers. They
are evidently on the eve Of some great dis
covery which will unite the chain whose
links they hold, and give clearer under
standing of the laws which govern the
material universe, revealing the harmony
and symmetrical beauty Of the forces
whose action they now imperfectly com
prehend.
An English observer records in the Lon
don 7Imes some interesting observations
which he made on the 10th Of February.
There were then eight groups Of spots
visible on the sun, some OF them OF enor-
nous dimensions Four OF these groups
were situated in the suns northern hemi-
sphere, two in the equatorial regions and
two in the southern hemisphere. The
largest single spot had a length of two
minutes of an arc by a mean breadth of
one minute, which is equal to superb
cial area of 1 ,45S ,000,0 900 millions of square
miles, or seven times the entire surface of
the globe.
Observations made a few days later,
exhibited an entire change. The northern
hemisphere Of the sun presented most
remarkable linear series Of six groups of
spots, parallel with his equator, each
group separated by the average length of
one group from the next in order, and the
whole forming a connected chain Of not
less than 400, 900 miles in length.
How full of awe-inspiring interest are
these sun spots, with their black nuclei,
their striped pepumbra, and their ever
changing f0rmsi How curious are the
willow leaves, and rice grains, and mot
tied facul&, which the telescope reveals on
their ragged edgesl How beyond com.
prehension the immensely Of these great
rents in the luminous envelope Of the sun,
into which, were we TO throw our entire
globe, it would appear in their depths no
larger than q rock rolled into the crater OF
a volcano Providence (R IL Journal.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
Social Honor.

Every person should cultivate a nice
sense Of honor. In hundred different
WAYS this most fitting adjunct of the true
lady or gentleman is often tried. For in
stance, one is a guest in a family where,
perhaps, the domestic machinery does not
run smoothly. There is sorrow in the
house unsuspected by the outer world.
Sometimes it is dissipated son, whose
conduct is shame and grief to his
parents; sometimes relative whose &C.
centricities and peculiarities are cloud
on the home. Or, worst of all, husband
and wife may not be in accord, and there
may be often bitter words spoken, and
harsh determinations. In any of these
cases the guest is in honor bound to be
blind and deaf SO far as people without
are concerned. If gentle word within
can do any good, it may well be said, but
to go forth and reveal the shadow OF an
unhappy secret to any one, even your
nearest friend, is an act Of indelicacy and
meanness almost unparalleled. Once in
the sacred precincts of any home, admit.
ted to its privacy, sharing its lite, all
that you see and hear is sacred trust 1t
is as really contemplate to gossip OF such
things as it would be to steal the silver or
borrow the books and forget to return
them,-ddCance.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
Grandmother's Spectacles.

THEY had done good work in their day.
They were large and round, 80 that when
she saw thing she saw it. There was q
crack across the upper part OF the glass,
for many a baby had made them play
thing, and all the grandchildren had at
some time tried them on. They had some
times been 50 dimmed with tears that she
had To take them Off and wipe them upon
her apron before she could see through
them at all Her "second sight" had
now come, and she would often let her
glasses slip down, and then look over the
top of them while she read. Grandmoth-
er was pleased at this return Of her vision.
Getting along so well without them, she
often lost her spectacles Sometimes they
would be for weeks untouched on the
shelf, in the red morocco case, the flap up
lifted. She could now look off upon the
hills, which for thirty years she had not
been able to see from the piazza. Those
were mistaken who thought she had no
poetry in her soul You could see it in
The way she put her hand under the chin
IL primrose or cultivated the geranium.
Sitting on the piazza one evening, in her
rocking chair, she saw ladder OF cloud
set up against the sky, and thought how
easy il would be for spirit To climb it.
She saw, in the deep glow of the sunset,
a chariot of fire, drawn by horses Of fire,
and wondered who rode It,, She saw q
vapor floating thinly away, as though it
were a wing ascending, and grandmother
uttered in q low tone: "A vapor that ap-
peareth for little season. and then van
isheth away" She saw hill, higher than
any she had ever before seen on the hori-
ION, and on the top of 1t kings castle.
The motion of the rocking chair became
slighter, until it stopped. The spectacles
fell ont Of her lap A child hearing it,
ran TO pick them up, and cried Grand
mother, what il the mattery" She an
swered not. She never spoke again. Sec.
ond wight had comet Hef vision had
grown better and better. What she could
not zee now was not worth seeing. Not
now through glass, darklyi GRIND.
mother had no more need Of spectacles
REV. TNomas DE- WjH zdlmaes.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
A Pithy Sermon to Young Men.

You are the architects of your own for
tunes Rely upon your strength of body
and soul. Take for your motto, self.re-
lance, honesty and industry; for your
star, faith, perseverance and pluck, and
inscribe on your banner, "Be just and
fear not" Don't take too much advice;
keep at the helm, and steer your own
ship. Strike out. Think well of your
self. Fire above the mark you intend to
hit. Assume your position. Don't prac-
tice excessive humility; you can't get
above your level, as water don't run up
hill-haul potatoes in cart over
q rough road, and the small po-
tatOes will go to the bottom.
Energy, invincible determination with
a right motive, are the levers that
rule the world. The great art of COM
handing is to take fair share of tho
work. Civility costs nothing and buys
everything. Don't drink; don't smoke
don't swear don't gamble; don't steal
don't deceive don't tattle. Be polite;
be generous; be kind. Study hard play
hard. Be in earnest. Be self-reliant.
Read good books. Love your fellow.man
as your God; love your country and obey
the laws; love truth; love virtue. AL
ways DO what your conscience tells you
to be duty, and leave the consequence
with God.-Ezchongs.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

1. BE always telling, from her earliest
childhood, what beautiful creature she
is. It is capital way of initiating the
vanity of little girl, to be constantly ex-
claiming "How prcttyp Children un-
derstand such flattery even when in the
nurses arms, and the evil is done to the
character in its earliest formation.
Q. Begin, as soon as she can toddle, to
dress her out in fashionable clothes and
with all the artificial adornments of
founccs and feathers, and flowers and
curls. Fondness for dress will thus be-
come prominent characteristic, and will
usurp the whole attention of the young
mortal, and be long step toward spelling
her.
3. Let her visit so much that she finds
no happiness at home, and therefore Will
not be apt to stay there and learn home
duties. II is a capital thing for spoiled
daughter to seek all her happiness in Wis
iting and change of place and associates.
She will thus grow as useless as modern
fashionable parents delight that their
daughter should be.
4. Be careful that her education gives
her smattering of all the accomplish.
ments, without the slightest knowledge OF
the things really useful in life. Ii her
mind and time are occupied in modern
accomplishments, there will be no
thought of the necessity and virtue Of be-
ing Of some real use to somebody pervad-
ing her heart, and she soon will be ready
as spoiled daughter.
5. As consequence, keep her in pro
found ignorance of all the useful arts OF
housekeeping, impressing upon her mind
that it is vulgar to do anything for your
self, or to learn how anything is done in
the house. A spoiled daughter should
never be taught the mysteries OF the
kitchen such things lady always leaves
to the servants. II would be vulgar ="
for her to know how to dress salad or
make pudding.
g. To complete the happiness of your
spoiled daughter, marry her to bearded
youth with soft hands, who knows as little
how to earn money as she does TO save it
Her happiness will then be finished for
her lifetime.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
How We Spend Our Money.

There are people who think it small
matter whether beef costs fifteen or thirty
cents Der pound. What are fifteen cents
to lofty soul! But more thoughtful
persons find that the large lesults OF the
life Of civilized community are varied by
the size of the fractions which are inces-
sanity multiplied into each other.
II one makes it q personal question, 1t
NAV be laid down as one of not more than
three or four rules for living, that one must
know Just how many cents there are in a
dollar. Or, to take Mr.. Micawber's ver-
sion Income, twenty pounds; expenses.
nineteen pounds and eleven pence; re-
suit, happiness. Income, twenty pounds
expenses, twenty pounds and one shilling
result, misery. :,
Take your bills for any year, and look
through them carefully. The items below
one dollar are not only the most numer-
GUS, but they make the largest sum. The
trifles spent for post prandial cigars and
like nameless elements of expenditure, do
not get into bills at all; but twenty to
forty per cent. OF OUR earnings dribble out
of our purses in fractional currency
Most of us are engaged in war with
cents, and eternal vigilance is the price OF
liberty.
Mankind will never be agreed upon a
list of necessities. But, though no gene
raj statement is possible, it is easy to set
down the necessities Of any people. With
the middle class-a class determined by
means only-these prime wants are meat,
bread, vegetables, fruits, coffee, tea, sugar,
and a few others. To this it must be
added that house and furniture take one
third of our incomes. Clothing, fuel, ser.
vice and items take another third, and
are kept within that limit only by very
vigilant management of the bureau OF the
interior. The man who has spendthrift
at the head of his Office may as well go
under at once. In short, not more than
one third of our incomes can be saved for
the table; generally less is left for this
purpose Western Monthly.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

A GENTLEMAN of New Haven has q set
of Spanish coins coined In Mexico, con.
sisting of dollar dated 1853, half dollar,
1869, quarter, 1749, eighth, 1889. They
are of the Charles the Third series. He
has Hanover coin dated 1911, which has
never been in circulation, and Spanish
piece Of the reign Of Ferdinand l., dated
1898. He has one Egyptian copper coin
1000 years old, naaAe In the reign OF one
OF the Ptolemy's, and Grecian coin OF
Antiochus, made $50 years before Christ.
He has the first American hslf.dollsr that
was coined, of The dste Of 1874; dollar
of the second year Of the American coin.
age, and q dollar Of the year 1881, Of
which there were but 800 mAdes
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

bull, who Il the devil, and who has al
ready broken into our enclosures and
sought to desolate and lay vase the
grounds Of our church"
The effect of this Interpretation was
electrical. All saw. and took the force of
Mr.. -Bulkley's cogent advice, and unani-
mously resolved to be governed by il;
hence the old black bull was put hors d.
combat, and the church preserved in
union.
The effect produced on the farmer by
the communication intended for the
church, history does not record.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT
PITY PATS PRAYER.

wx'vH dear little lassie, we've named FIFTY rs&.
She's got wee kitten she calls Kitty Cat.
Now Pity Pat sleeps In gown snowy white,
While Kitty Cat wears her day clothing al night
But Pity Patt says she don't like It at all,.
And, pulling the fur out, makes Kitty Cat squans
But still she persists In undressing her pet,
And failing to aoit, quite angry win get.
While Kitty Cat cries at what Pity Patldoeo
To her one little coatee Of silky soft fur.
Then Pity Pats sorry, and asks why abe cries
At being hxsd tidy for shutting her sysA
Nor says "Now lay me" when going to hed,
But curling up softly, aings "pur-F' instead.
so Pity Pat tells her, In solemnest way,
III you're bad Kitty Cat, then must pray"
"Her lays her-dear Father--down softly-in bod
Her doeen't-d0 nufin-and nufin-her said J
But never mind, Father, her little soul keepf'
School Ts1f0e.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

ONE of the Oldest elm trees in South
Boston stood in Fourth street, between
Dorchester and G streets, and within q
few days has heen felled. The tree was
quite sound and about six feet in diane.
ter near the base. In saving the trunk
into sections for use as butchers blocks,
an obstruction was found in the center, at
about ten feet from the butt. By cutting
q parallel section at distance OF few
inches, and taking out the intervening
wood, it was discovered that gun barre
ran up the core Of the tree, itself filled
with wood or pith. The weight and char
acter of the gun barrel indicate that it
may have belonged to a Queen Anne mus
ket. A question similar to that which
weighed upon the mind of George I'LL,
as to how the apple got inside Of the
dumping, troubles the inquisitive Yankee
mind.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
Ksv~ Safe.

II 1885 . young man commenced bust
ness IN New York city; he had but few
friends, and they were - poor IS him
self; he WAS patient, industrious, econom-
icel, and temperate. There were no
"lecsures in those days, nor Christian
associations to fold their protecting arms
around the young men in large city !;
tho theater was always open, but when
night came he went to bed. As he was at
his place Of business early and late, he
received chance calls now and then from
ps1sons that could not wait, and as he
was always ready for job, and when he
got enc did il promptly and well, and at 3
very moderate charge, the persons thus
served very naturally employed him again.
In the course of few years it was noticed
that he could not be had ON call as former
ly; if persons wanted work, he would put
1t of sometimes for week or more but
his customers felt so sure that he would
come at the day and the hour, and more,
that he would do it well, they preferred to
wait. One day q gentleman who had
patronized him for a number Of years, and
had sent him several profitable customers,
was not very well pleased by being put
off for ten days, when it suited him SO
MuC0 OcttcI 10 nave lt uouc euc AcA'
day, and demonstrated with him, saying
" You used to come to my house on the
instant, but now / have always to
wait from two to ten DAYS." The
young man explained to him the reason
that he had 80 much work to do that hi
could not find reliable hands enough
to do it, consequently at certain
seasons he could not avoid falling behind
hand, and that the only just method wa
to serve his customers in turn; but ever
to do that according to promise, he anG
his men had sometimes to work all night
shut" said he, II never fail to meet ar
engagement" He prospered. AT fifty
years of age he retired from business with
an ample fortune. Before he was sixty
in fact, in about five years, he died de-
graded drunken sot. Having nothing to
do time hung heavily. Being in perfect
health he had good appetite-indulged
it, and sat around the house, lolled on the
sofa took snaps" in the daytime, and as
result did not sleep well at night; taking
but little exercise and eating heartily, ut
soon began to suffer from indigestion, oil
dyspepsia; after each meal he would fee
full, oppressed, uncomfortable, and to re
lieve himself at the suggestion of friend
he took "sip of brandy" he felt better
next day he took another then little
more; soon he took it three times day
then before meals as well as after, with
the result already detailed.-Haps Journa
IF Hath.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
How to Act In Case Of Fire.

let Fit is night, and you in bed, q mils
or two away, jump out sharply at the mrs
alarm, grab pants with one hand, boot
with the other, and run, and tell every
one you meet to run too.
I'd. 1.-THE alarm bells keep ringing, YOU
keep running. y
Sd. Ifthe fire begins to redden up we'll
and engines 60 laundering. BY, womer
scream, men yell, pigs squeal, dogs barb
and little bare headed boys mix in, rul
the harder-run like the dickens.
4th. If you get out of breath. % you
undoubtedly will, sit down or lie down,
as happens to suit you best, and consider
what right smart chance of fool material
appears ia man when he once gets 1t all
heaped together. :.
5th. Put on your pants and boots. ii
you haven't thought of it before. Then
conclude that the next best thing you can
DO for the fire, seeing you are not .fre-
man, is to let 'er burn.
IF you HAPPEN TO BE CLOSE BY.
1st. Select the best position you can get,
and then stand and cape at the fire till it
gets well under way.
I'd. Rush up to the foreman Of one OF
the fire companies, The has the biggest
makes a noise like n mad bull in a slaugh-
ter yardl take him by pinch Of his red
shirt sleeve, lead him to one side, and ask
in a confidential tone, If he don't think
throwing q handful of salt in the stove
will stop it.
Sd. He will shake you off Indignantly
perhaps swear little-may be knock yo'
down. Submit heroically, and then 60 NJ
to the upper story of the adjoining house
and pitch all the chamber crockery 20,
can find out on the heads Of the multitud
below.
4th. If you can get hold of two or tire
babies up there, save their precious littl
lives from the fiery element by sending
them along too.
9Th. After the last baby has been gon
about half minute, stick your head on
of the window, and tell the assemble
multitudes below to "look out"
9th. As soon as the fiSe begins to G
down, run to the hen-coop in the bacl
yard as quick as you can, get good ia
pullet under each arm, then hunt up tn
owner of the property, and ask wher
you can put them.
7th. After the fire is all out, presen
yourself again to the proprietor, all be
grimed with dirt and smoke, and con
graduate him on your daring efforts Il
extinguish his property, and ask him if HI
won't take you out and treat himself to
glass Of beer and few pretzels NIT you
JEHIAL SLAB.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
A Jealous Spsrrow's Revenge.

In the interior Of the Tyne dock wagon
shops the attention Of one Of the work.
men was attracted 10 the movements OF a
pair Of sparrOws engaged in constructing
nest in q hollow where two girders met
for the support Of the iron roof For
several days they labOred most assiduously
in preparing their abode, when by some
sudden freak the progress of the tiny fab
rio was suspended. A few mornings az
terward the ears Of the workmcn were ga
luted by loud chirruping and futtering OF
wings, and from what transpired subse-
ouentiy, 1t was evident that the female
bird had severed the connuhial bond, and
enlisted the affections OF another, who
now vigorously contested with the re-
jected bird for the possession OF the nest.
For several hours the conflict continued,
until the usurper proved the stronger.
The rejected bird shortly afterward re-
turned and lowered about the spot, ap-
parently watching an opportunity tor re-
venge. This speedily occurred, for in the
course OF q short time the newly Joined
pair left for short period. In Their ab.
sence, the defeated sparrow approached
the nest, and placing his back beneath the
feathery moss, raised It from its resting
place, and sent IL TO the ground. The
surDrise of the other birds, on their re-
turn. at beholding the demolition Of their
d dwelling, appeared TO be great, and was
amusiDe to observe. Notwithstanding
this disaster, however, they commenced
saecond nest in the same place,
the rejected mate watching their proceed
inu with apparent interest. After Two
DAYS OF incessant labor they again lett
for short time, and, taking advantage OF
their absence, the disappointed bird again
demolished their residence. The bros,
on their return, commenced building
their third nest, with what result We know
Oson WTeside. =
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

Tn leaves Of the coffee plant are now
proposed @ substitute for tea. In 3D.
matra the natives cultivate the plant q.
most entirely Tor the leaves.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
State Indebtednesss

THE debts Of the various States arc
given az follows: ftff9g
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

10 dIsappOlnted love.
THE total value of property reported
stolen in Chicago the past year. was $2O3,-
292 (; total value Of stolen property recov-
cred, $136, 902 The total amount Of fines
assessed in the Police Court was $l70, 576;
total number Of arrests, 28,078; OF these,
23,O73 were males, and 5,005 females |;
married, 1852 single, 20, I28. The num-
Der Of lost children was 1857, and the
number of dodgers accommodated, 2,755.
AN exchange says that q great economy
in the manufacture OF bread Is secured by
the following proc. So Gluten to the
amount of ten or twelve per cent. is ex-
tracted by boiling water from bran, and
the -four is kneaded with this infusion,
whereby from twenty to thirty per cent.
more bread is obtained. The bread, Of
course, ID not so white as that of first
quality, but Is much more nutritious
A BALTIMORE correspondent writes
"Thunder sours milk and kills oysters.
You may load q vessel to its utmost ca.
pacity. start for market, and one good round
clap of thunder will kin every oyster in
the vessel Immediately. Pounding with
an axe upon the dock Of vessel, when
oysters are thereon, or pounding upon
the SIDES of vessel with heavy weight.
will kill every oyster that feels the jar"
NRw HAVEN papers commend the fidel-
ity and thOughtfulness of q Mr.. Dom.
mOnd, railroad switchman, who, at the
time Of the explosion Of the boiler in Q
chair factory in that city, while conscious
Of the fact that his loved wife and daughter
were lying crushed under the ruins, dis
patched trusty messenger 70 flag the APP
preaching express train, then due, and
thus prevented what In slll probability
would have been another appalling c.
lamity. i - li# IN sadt sisstfl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-07

4 CORRESPONDENT Of the Athens,
Ohio, ,Iouradl writes: an my travels
through West Virginia I came in contact
with nm interesting family, living In Gu.
bell county, the heal Of which is ono
hundred and five years old; his wife Is one
hundred and three; they have had fourteen
children, twelve Of whom are still living,
the eldest being cighty.threC and the
youngest forty.siX. They have ono hun.
drtI and eight grHndChilln0l, and as far
~ known, two hundred and nine great.
grandchildren, making in all three hun.
drcd and siXty.Cnur descendants. The old
people arc in good health, and hid fair to
see another generation. Tho old gentle.
mans mother died III 1906, at the agc Of
one hundred and twenty-five. TheyhAvc
descendants in every State in the Union
except TCXUS,"