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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-03

THE cry for rest is often louder than
the cry for food, not that it is more i'm
portant, bat because it is often harder to
get. The best rest comes from sound
sleep. OF two men or women, otherwise
equal, the one who sleeps the best will be
the most moral, healthy, and efficient.
Sleep will do much to cure irritability Of
temper, peevishness, uneasiness, and in
sanity. 1t will restore to vigor an over
worked brain, and build up and strengthen
a weary body. 1t will cure the headache,
hypochondria, the blues, and long list of
nervous maladies But the cure of sleep
lessness itself is not so easy. 1t is often
produced by hard study, long-continued
watchfulncss. too little exercise, tea and
whisky drinking, and tobacco using To
break up the habit are required: First, q
good clean bed. second, Sufficient exercise
Third, good air, and not too warm room
Fourth, freedom from too much care.
Fifth, clean stomach. Sixth, . clear con-
science Seventh, avoidance Of stimulants
and narcotics.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-03
POETRY.
MY FAMILIAR.
m yoHx q sAu.

AsAIH hear that crealring step!
He's ripping 1t the door,
Too well know the boding sound
That ushes In bore
I do not tremble when meet
The stoutest OF my foes,
but heaven defend me from the friend
Who comes but never goes.
He drops into my easy chair,
And asks about the news;
He peeps into my manuscript,
And gives his candid views:
He tells me where he likes the line,
And where he's forced to grieve;
But never tsxss fis iesvsi
He reads my daily papers through
Before I've seen word;
He scans tho lyric ffhat wrote),
And thinks II quite absurd;
lie calmly smokes my last cigar,
And coolIy asks for more;
He opens everything lie sees
Except the entry door!
He talks about bis fragile health,
And tells me Of the paine
He suffers from score OF ills,
OF which he ne'er complaint:
And how he struggled once with death
10 Keep the menu ~ DAY
On themes like those away he goes
But never goes away.
lie tells me Of the carping words
Some shallow critic wrote.
And every precious paragraph
Familiarly can quote,
He thinks the writer did me wrong:
He'd like 10 run him through.
lie says q thousand pleasant things
But never says "Adisx!"
Whcn'eY he comes---that dreadful man
Disguise II ~ I may.
] know that. like an autumn rain,
Hell, last throughout tine day.
In vain speak Of urgent tasks,
In vain scold and p0nt;
A frown ID no extingnishef-,
II does not put him out!
mean TO take the knocker Of,
Put Grape upon the door,
Or hint TO John that am gone
To stay month or more.
do not tremble when meet
The stOutest Of my foes;
But heaven defend me from the friend
Who never, never goes!
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-03

A New YORK letter says: "a few
Sundays ago, as Mr.. Beecher was about
commencing his sermon, stout, fatherly
looking man was endeavoring to make his
way through the crowd, to get within
better hearing distance Of the distinguish
ed orator. At that moment Mr. Beecher's
voice rang out the words of the text Who
art thous' who art thous' again cried out
the dramatic preacher. The stout party,
thinking himself in the wrong, perhaps, by
pressing forward, and believing himself to
be personally addressed, startled the breth-
rem and non-plussed their reverend chief
tain BY sedatsly replying I'm pig mer
mad. There ain't nary chair or else I'd sot
down Plymouth Church didn't recover
its serenity for ten minutes"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-03

THE only mention Of paper money in the
Bible, says an exchange, is where II says
that the dove brought the "grcen. back -
to Noah. A mistake-when the twelve
were sent out, they were commanded to
take no scrip" with them.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-03

TIE GREAT OCEAN RAcx!-Fishes.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-03

ne sound OIL light step on the stairs
made her turn away to the breakfast table,
and Mr.. Lansden, with sigh he in vain at
tempted to conceal, looked in the direction
Of the door, where the next moment Lucy
entered; but SO unlike was the pale, fra
gile-looking girl to the one who had stood
with her lover under the pendant blossoms
Of Golden CHAIN" that it was little won
der her father mourned the change.
During the illness that followed close
upon the information Of Georges death
Lucy's hair had been cut short, and it now
curled in rings round her head; but 1t was
in the hopelessly sad expression Of her
face that the difference was most marked !;
and though she smiled as she wished her
parents Merry Christmas, 1t was such a
faint, wan, ghost Of smile, that tears
would have seemed almost less sorrowful,
while the deep mourning she wore made
her intense pallor still more perceptible.
Besides her unwillingness to meet strang-
ers, Lucy was still too weak to bear the ex-
element of company, 80 their Christmas
party that day consisted entirely of mem
bcrs Of their own family circle, and Mr..
I.ansden uttered an impatient exclamation
when, on his return from church with Mrs.
Lansden and Lucy, he was told that gen.
tleman was waiting in the library to see
him on business.
Their interview must have lasted about a
quarter OF an hour, when Mr.. Lansden,
with an extraordinary amount Of haste for
one OF his phlcgmatic temperament, went
IN search Of Lucy, whom he found alone
IN the dining room cutting cake for the
luncheon Of the Juveniles Of the party.
The girl thought her father, with his us
ual love Of general superintendent, had
come in to see how her work was progress
ing, and looking up with smile she said.
~ have nearly finished, papa; will you
have piece Of cakes'
"Cake!" he repeated; bless the girl,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-01-01

We believe our rsaders, % we'll - these Older
ones to whom the story Of Charlotte Temple il
| familiar, will be Interested in the following
sketch, copied from Appletons Journal:
Among the countless throngs that daily pas'
Trinity church, how many know that within u
iaw feet Of the crowded thoroughfsre Of Broad.
, wy IA me grave which covers all that remains
Of once beautiful and fascinating womsn, the
record OF whose sorrows has dimmed the eyes Of
| thousands of thousands? Ne date OF birth, no
Indication OF family and no date ef death appear
on the stone tat covers the grave OF Charlotte
Temple. whose tragic story, once the theme OF
every circle, Is probably unknown 70 the greater
number OF young readers. The most beautiful girl
III New Iork-so it il claimed-shs attracted the
attention OF n young officer, u member Of one Of
Eng lands Oldest and proudsst families, who with
his regiment entered the city when the British
occupied New York. after the battle OF Long L.
land. Charlotte, then only seventeen, WAS wooed
aud won by the da.hiny young officer. He de.
serted her, and thHn-the Old s'ory-she soon
after died Of a broken heart. a little daughter
which she left teuderly cared for, aud ut u
proper aye was taken tu Englan and a fortune
OF one hundred thousand doliar- settled upon her
oy the head Of her fathers family the late Earl
81 Derby, grandfather of the present Lord STAN
ley. She like a true d,us liter and true woman,
returned to New York aud erected u monument
scrption upon it was engraved on II solid tablet
OF brass, IN inch in thickness, and read thus
Sacred to the memory OF Charlotte Stanley
aged 10 years. Thi, fiial duty performed, she
returned to England and lived life of unob-
trusive piety and usefulness The plate placed
upon the stone that niorks the grave was sup
posed to be uf sold silver, and tempted the cupid.
ity Of certain vand.ls, who, with hammer and
chisel, succeeded in prying il from the slab. They
were never detected. Many years afterward,
some good Samaritan caused the name of Char.
lotte Temple to be cut underneath tho excava-
ton. There it may b seen, within few feet
Of Broadway, by any one who will take the trou.
bic to lsok through the iron railing. The Last
time We glanced Ut the slab. now almost imbed-
ded in the ground, We saw several sparrows
taking bath in the water which had collected
in the excavation from which the Villains remov.
ed tho plate and other fsathered songsters were
singing requiem over her Yrave-near which W.
were gratiied to observe fOrget.me.not, doubt
less planted there by some kind heart who in
childhood had wept ove- the sad and romantic
story of the blue-eyed girl"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-01-01
finger. at random upon line. and BY that you
| shall live ar die"

finger. at random upon = 'line. and by that you
shall live or die"
| This was arrange proposal, made in good
faith, OF mild aud dark superstition of oldeu
times For moment the tory, pale Al ashes
WAS wrapped in deep thou.ht-then in fain,
voice sisnitied his consent.
Raising her eyes 10 heaven, the mother prayed
to the Grea: Father to direct the finger of her
son. She oiosei the book-she handed it to the
boy, whore cheek Redeemed with loathng as he
gnzed upon his fathers murderer He took the
bioie and opened its holy pages at random,
ana placed his fingers upon verse. There
was silence. The continental soldier, who hal
sworn to avence his brother's death, stncd with
d'la'sd eyes and parted lips. The culprit kneel-
'nx upon The fo"r, with the face like discolored
clay, felt his heart leap in his throlt
Then in clear. bold voice the widow read this
line from the Old Testament. 1t was short, Yet
terrible:
"Ihit man shall surely die"
Look! the brother springs forward to plunge
the knife into the murdercrs heart. bat the tory,
pinion"d rs he is clings to the widows knees
H. bsgs that one more trial may be made by the
httl, girl, that child OF five years old with gold.
en- hair and laughing eyes.
The widow consents. There is an awful pause.
With smile III her eyes, and without knowing
what she was dui"g, the little girl opened the
her face away and placed her finger on line.
The awful! silence grows deeper. The deep
drawn breath OF the brother and the broken gasp
of the murderer alone disturbed the stiffness.
The widow and dark haired boy ara breathless.
The little girl, she caught a feeling of awe
from those around her, stood GREATNESS her face
turned aside, and her tiny fingers resting on the
lines of life or death
AT length gathering courage. the widow bent
her eyes upon the page, and read. 1t was from
she New Testament:
"Love your enemies"
On book of terrible majesty, and child-like
love of sublimity that brushes the heart with
rapture, it never shoue more strongly than there
in that lonely hut OF Wissahicon, when it saw
tn. mu,dcrer's heart.
Now look how wonderful are the ways of hea-
ven. That -ery night as the widow sat by her
hreside-sat there with crushed heart and hot
eyelids, thinking of her husband who now lay Oh
the drenched soll of Paoli-there was q tap at
the door She opened it. and that husband, liv-
ing though covered with wounds, was in her
arms.
He had fallen at Paoli, but not in death. Hs
was alive, and his wife painting on his bosom.
That night there WAS prayer and thanks
giving in the wood empowered cottage of Wissa-
hicop
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-01-01

man in Putnam county has . couple Of
oiAckSnakes domesticated about his barn, a.
protection against vermin. Not rat, or n
mouse Is found about his premises, and they nei.
ther harm poultry or eggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-01-01

POINTS OF EXCELLENCE:
Beauty asd Elasticity OF Stitch
Perfection and simplicity of Machinery
Using both thu eads dir sCty from the spools
No fastening Of seams by hand and vast. OF thread
Wide range oi application without change VI
The scam retaiss its beauty and Ermn-ss after washing
a1d ironing.
Beside doing all kinds Of work done by other Sewing
Aschines, these Machines the beautiful and
permanent Embroidery and ornamental work.
~ The Highest Premiums at all the fairs
and exhibitions Of the United States and
Europe have been awarded the Grover &
Baker Sewing Machines. and the work
done by them, wherever exhibited in COM
petition.
~ The Very Hixhest Prize, THE CROSS
OF 1HE LEGION OF HONOR, was con.
ferred On the representative ~r the Grover
4 Baker Sewing Machines. at the EXPOSE
ton UoiverselIe, Paris, 1867. thus nttesting
their great superiority ever all other Sew.
Ing Maehiass.
SOR SALE BY
-AS 40 MEGA H~.
No - Ia aaal sset Ottawa
July -, 1eea-ly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-15
4 CAREER FOR RED CLOrD.

Red Cloud, the great warrior of the Plains,
on leaving Washington on Monday for this
city, said that he intended to make q speech
"in New-York." We are heartily glad to hear
it. We trust that the necessary opportunity
will be offered to the Indian orator, and that
ample preparations will be made for accom-
modating the audience that will assemble on
the occasion. We are sure that the largest
building in the city would be crammed to hear
him, even though the price of admission were
twenty-five cents. The Cooper Institute or the
Academy of Music would suit pretty well, in
lack of a better place; and when he sees that
multitudes are unable to obtain admittance,
he may be induced to repeat his Grafton on
successive nights. His appearance as public
speaker would unquestiOnably be the great
sensation of the season in New York, and he
would assuredly be offered engagements in
Brooklyn, HobOken, and other suburban places.
When he had filled these there would doubt
less be loud calls for him from Boston, Phila-
delphia, Concord, and subsequently from Chi
cago, Cincinnati, and Chillicothe In fact,
there is not place of any consequence in the
United States--except perhaps some few petty
towns west Of the Missouri-which would not
be proud to have visit and a speech from
Red Cloud.
He need not be embarrassed in the slightest
degree on account of language. We believe
that he already understands good many En-
glish words and he can easily learn, in few
weeks such additional terms as are necessary.
But if his proud nature should forbid his
making speeches in the white mans tongue.
no one will quarrel with him on that account.
We should appreciate cloGuence in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-15

that he may from time to time give 1t infer
nation as to the state of the Union. We
should he glad to know where this limitation
is found. The Constitution declares that the
President "skaU, from time to time. give Con
" gress information of the state of the union'
"and recommend to their consideration Sucn
"measures as he shall judge necessary ana eA-
"pedient.' There ia no limitation whatever oi
his right TO address Congress, and II WOMB oe
strange indeed if the Chief Executive OF the
nation could only communicate oihclahy Win
the National Legislature on the rare occasions
Of an annual message or a reply to formal
inouirv O, tbe contrary, it is made his strict
duty. whenever he believes that public exl-
gencies render particular measures exponent
10 recommend their considerations Oh the III
fine for such recommendations he has nght
10 iudge; and if the tone of his message Is
conrteous. as the message on Monday certainly
was. 1t is prepOsterOus for Congress TO take
offense at it,
General Grant, like all good soldiers, has
great dread of unnecessary war. He believes
that the course which Congress seems inclined
to adopt would endanger our peaceable reia-
tons with Spain. We have expressed our DIS
sent from some of his opinions, but we do not
question that he holds them honestly, ana
holding them he has done nothing improper In
stating them frankly to Congress. The Repnb-
lean party has so much confidence in the
Presidents patriotism, so much respect for his
character, and so firm a trust in its own prin-
ciples. that it can view a difference
of sentiment between Gen. Grant and the
majority in the House without fear that angry
feelings or rupture in the party Will result
from it, Our friends are sincerely anxious to
treat the Cuban question dispassionately and
cautiously, and to hear both sides before they
commit themselves to either. They will there
fore give the special message respectful con-
sideratiOn and when Mr.. Samuel Cox flies
at Grant with his hat cooked over one ear and
his veins swelling with rage, and cries, How
" dare you speak to me, Sir, without leave 7"
no further answer will be necessary than the
memorable exclamation addressed TO the same
person on a former occasion by Gen. Butler.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-15

The Chinese who aspire to be cordwainers
at North Adams, Massachusetts, will have no
greater difficulty TO overcome than the mystery
of "heel' and "tap" and "peg' and "stitch."
The demonstration of the Crispins, whose
strike has compelled manufacturers to import
these cheaper CoOlie laborers, was serious
at first, but having dwindled to mere
threats will result in nothing else. We
are glad TO have this experiment tried but
we do MT like to see crowded New-England
made the scene as long as appropriated and
just as rich districts are groaning for labOrers.
The Crispins unwisely stay with strange
perverseness in the crowded towns of Massa
chusetts, seeking TO control wages by organ
izatiOn, instead of voluntarily going where
skilled labor dictates its own price, and as
long as they thus "glut" their own market
they must expect employers to fix their own
rates; and when the workmen rebel the en-
ployers send elsewhere. No organization, even
though incorporated and with 100000 stock
concerns to back it, can hope to upset these
unaterable rules of demand and supply.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-15
Geho!alork Daily gribn1le.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1870.

The remains OF Mr. Dickens deposited in the
Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey yesterday. Brit
ish gunbOat been wrecked, ~ lives being lost Some
rain has fallen in the interior Of England. -- The
French Emperor is suffering from govt, which causes
uneasiness in commercial circles. == The discussion
on the Instability dogma continues and the Pope is con
fdent OF success -= Baron Won Beust is recovering
his health.
In the Senate, yesterday, the House joint resolution
relative TO trade with the British Provinces passed
The President requested furnish information con-
corning the alleged Cuban Outrages. - In the House.
the substitute for the Currency bin debated The
report OF the Committee Foreign Affairs concerning
Cuba was considered at length and vote will be taken
to-day
Senators Henry b. Anthony and Aaron II. Cragin have
been reelected 10 the United States Senate by their
respective Legislatures. === destructive tornado
passed portions Of Arkansas and Mississippi doing
immense damage =- The Conference Committee OF
rhe Massachusetts, Legislature have agreed upon mod
pheation OF the PrOhibitOry law. shock Of earth
quake experienced at Virginia City Nevada on Sat
urday.
The Long Island Baptist Association is holding its
fourth annual session in Greenpoint. === Red Cloud
and his companions have arrived here. The Allan
1cs defeated the Red Stockings yesterday IL innings,
score 20 2. - Justice Benny Of Jersey City has re-
leased 90 employees Of tie Central Railroad arrested on
charge Of filing up the bay the soutsde Of the civ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-15
CTBA-SPECI4L MESSAGES.

In yesterdays debate on the Cuban question
in the House. it must be confessed that Gen.
Banks made altogether the most brilliant
figure. His exposure of Spanish barbarites
was striking. His denunciatiOn of the
wrongs done American citizens, and of the
failure of the Government to protect them,
was pungent, and too well-deserved. His
comparison of the dangers besetting American
n-combatants in Cuba with the security of
British citizens, similarly situated, called out
applause from the galleries, but might better
have brought bushes to the cheeks of those
who love the good name of our Country. His
answer to sneers at Cuban weakness, by the
quotation of similar British sneers at colonial
weakness, during our own struggle for indie
pendence, was neat and effective; and his stric-
lures on the conduct of the Spanish Minister
in this country seem eminently deserved.
Saying these things with all our heart, we
may perhaps the more effectively demonstrate
against the tone of a part of Gen. Banks's re-
marks. We do not believe that Mr.. Caleb
Gushing wIOte the whole or any part of the
Presidents Message, and we do know that,
even if he did, reference to it in the House is
in execrable taste. 1t does not concern the
ident chooses to emplOy-if, indeed, he employs
anybOdy-to reduce his views to writing.
AS well might we have an inquiry concerning
the stenographer or committee clerk to whom
Gen. Banks undoubtedly dictated his own re-
port. Nor do we believe it true that there has
not been butchery of prisoners in Cuba for
which Congress is not directly responsible.
Gen. Banks's cause is very strong, but
rhodomontade like this will fatally weaken
it, if anything can. Neither does it seem to
us wise or in good taste for the Chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee TO complain
that a Presidents Message has been sent in
on a subject on which he had been seeking
information, or to declare that its statements
might better have come from the Spanish
Minister than from our own Secretary of State.
This whole business of finding fault with
the President for expressing his views to Con-
gress is foOlishness. Mr.. Samuel Cox, in his
well-meant effort to fan into fame the little
spark of irritation among Republicans on the
subject reduced il to its original elements of folly
The limitation Of the Presidents right to make
communications 20 Congress, said Nj. Cox, is