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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
How to Test the Richness Of Hilk.

IT n of no little importance to have at
hand convenient and reliable mode Of
testing the richness of milk. This is
usually done by the mere rule of "guess."
We viii give more reliable way, within
the reach of all, and one whereby any
person may safely govern himself in de-
Gliding upon which of any number of
milkmen he will patronize, or of which Of
any number of cows he will purchase.
Procure any long glass vessel-a
cologne bottle or . long phial Take .
narrow strip of paper, just the length
from the neck to the bottom of the phial.
and mark 1t on with one hundred lines ct
equal distances; or, II more convenient,
and to obtain greater exactness, into fifty
lines, and count each as twO-and paste It
upon the phial, 80 as to divide its length
into hundred equal parts. Fill it, to the
highest mark, with milk fresh from the
COW, and allow it to stand in perpendic-
ular position twenty -four hours. The
number of spaces occupied by the cream
will give you the exact per centage in
the milk without any guess-work.
Now, If you wish to carry the expert
ment further, and ascertain the percentage
of butter in your cream, set the milk in .
large dish, and collect, say 100 or 200
ounces of cream; make your butter, and
you will know the per ccntage of butter
in your cream by ascertaining the number
of ounces of butter you have made from
it. Thus, if 100 ounces of milk give 10
ounces of cream, and 10 ounces Of cream
give FIVE ounces of butter, you will know
that 100 ounces of milk viii give five
ounces of butter.
Huch experiments are worth being made,
and made carefully. In no other way can
you know what you have in COW or milk,
or what you are buying. In this way
also you may test the exact nutritive value
of different kinds of milk from your COWS
"A very important matter. Farmers may
derive much benefit by making few sim
pie experiments now and then. They
need not interfere with any of the regular
duties of the farm; and nothing but q
spirit of habitual incidence of thought and
actbn will keep them from doing 90.
Such experiments often lead to important
results, and evoke interesting and instruct
i've facts.-ErchGrge.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
Feeding Calves.

On this topic Harris Lewis, of Herki-
mer, N. Y, says: "When the calf is two
or three weeks old, whey, or skim milk
with oil-meal, may be substituted for new
mill without detriment to the calf, and
at q considerable saving in the cost OF
food The change, however, from new
milk to skim milk and oilmeal, or to whey
and oil-meal, should be very gradual, and
may be made by increasing the quantity
of the skim milk or whey, and diminish
ing the quantity of new milk from feed
ing to feeding until the change is effected.
Ny practice (Which do not claim to
be the best, but which has been very salts
factory to me) is as follows: As soon az
I commence making cheese every day,
dip off sufficient whey for the nights feed
ing as soon as it separates from the curd,
and heat it boiling hot then having wet
in small quantity Of whey or water the
amount Of oil-meal wish to feed at night,
put it into a tub or cask white oak or
ash is best), and turn on the boiling whey.
This will cook the Oil-meal sufficiently,
and at the same time prevent the whey
fro4 souring, even during the most un.
favlrable weather, and if covered up will
be BARN enough to feed at night when
the weather is cool, and uncovered will be
about the right temperature 600 degrees
when the weather is warm.
"For the mornings feed use whey
alone, and take it from the vat as soon as the
whey gets up to about -, which it soon
does, in the process Of cooking the cheese
If oil-meal is used with skim milk to feed
calves, it should be cooked by turning
| upon it sufficient boiling water to cook il
thoroughly, but in either case 1t is neces
sary to first wet the meal, to prevent its
Jumping. Oil-meal, or what is the same
thing, oil cakes ground fine, is the hes
substitute for the fatty matter taken from
the milk in the manufacture of butter an(
cheese that / have found, and calves fec
upon it, cooked and fed as above directed
will do we'll without new milk"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
A Stupid Witness.

Those who are in the habit of attending
polike and other courts must have OBJ
serykd the difficulty under which the law
yeraand Judges labor sometimes in get
tingf witnesses to testify in legal form.
TheIfollowing, which recently took place
at Cincinnati court, is an amusing and
perf4ct example A man had been caught
In tile act Of theft, and pleaded in exten.
suati@n that he was drunk:
Court Ito the policeman who was wit
ness.
q" What did the man say when you ar
rested him?"
Witness. "He said he was drunk"
Court. II want his precise words, just
as he uttered them; he didn't use the
pro1pun he, did he9 He didn't say no
Witness. ooh, yes, he did-he said he
was drunk; he acknowledged the corn"
Court (getting impatient at the witness
Stupidity. "You don't understand me
at all; I want the words as he uttered
them didn't he say, I was drunk ?"
Witness (deprecatingly). "Oh, no,
your Honor. He didn't say you was
drunk; l wouldn't allow any man to
charge that upon you in my presence"
Prosecutor. "Pshaw, you don't com.
prehend at all. His Honor means, did
not the prisoner say to you, Il was
DRINKS p"
Witness (refectively). Well, he
might have said you was drunk, but
didn't hear him."
Attorney for the prisoner. "What the
Court desires is to have you state the
prisoners own words, preserving. the pre-.
else form of pronoun that he made use OF
in reply. Was it the list person, /, the "a
person, thou, or the third person, he, she
or its Now, then, sir with severity.
upon your oath, didn't my client say, 4
was drunky" :.
Witness getting mad). "No, he didn't
say you was drunk either, but if he had, l
reckon he wouldn't lied any. do you
'spose the poor fellow charged this whole
court with being drunk"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

ISM: The young man IN whom yos 2l,es con.
adence 10 . scoundrel. He ie DOW MOT u Europe
but Philadelphia, with forged letters bearing n
bat come yourself o Philadelphia. Learn ali
and save yourself from Ruin"
We were married. It was the most
magnificent wedding ever known In Phil.
adelphia. All the elite OF the city were
present. Such splendor, such display,
had never before been seen.
Three days passed. One morning loud
and peremptory knock was heard at the
door. l had been living with my wife 81
Mr.. Nevers's, in seclusion, preparatory ia
taking her to the aristocratic connections
of her noble husband. The crisis Apr
proached. Well, l had nerve for any
thing. The servant opened the door.
Loud voices sounded in the hall My
wife stepped to the door and,hurried back.
She was white as sheet.
"Ha, hap she exclaimed, ncrvously
"they want Lord Arlington. They say
he's an imposter."
IAN impcstor! Well, that is good" l
cried, gayly.
swell, it's getting better and better !" |
exclaimed; and springing up, l went TO
the door.
saw my late employer. He started
back.
"Well my good man can do anything
for you ?" NY calmness, my hauteur, my
impudence, were beyond description.
edward" said he, "has 1t come TO
this. Confess all, and I'll forgive you"
Had net my heart been beyond the reach
of pity. his tones would have melted me.
But calmly gazed at him.
"My dear sir, you are laboring under
some strange delusion," said. Do re-
semble any one whom you know"
"You will not confess, thenf" he ex-
claimed, sternly confronting me. "Then,
officer, l leave him to you"
He turned away. I felt myself seized
by officers, with q warrant, and carried
away. My employer was no man to be
trified with. He had proofs against me
too strong to slight, and he held me to bail
to such q vast amount that could not get
bonds. I had to go TO prison.
On the following day the papers we're
full of it. To add to the excitement, l
wrote confession Of my misdeeds, which
was circulated everywhere. It was ter
rife blow to the Neverses and my wife.
sent for my employer. I told him all.
I handed him back the draft for millions
I had only used it to show. The money
I had spent was all my own-the savings
of years. None of it had gone to my wife,
however. l had made her presents OF
Jewels, but they all turned out to be paste.
My employer forgave me: He had not
lost cent through me. He shook hapds
warmly.
"God bless you, my poor boy" he
cried. "Your desire for revenge has mis-
led you. May you be forgiven a. l for-
give your
He exerted himself for me, but could do
nothing. My ofiense had been too great.
I was sentenced to five years solitary i'm
prisonment
Here / am now. My wife has never
been near me. / hear she and her father
went to California. Perhaps she has mar.
ried again. II so, I wish her JOY. But i
she has, when I get out Of prison, I'll
track her and make her give her new hus-
band up again.
Courteous reader, through the bars Of
his cell felon wishes you adieu.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
POETRY.
HxR CH1eNoT ON ny SHOULDER.

ON dark and dreaYy winter day.
When enow.drifss fAet wese melfin9,
And 'eainst tho windows deWy pane
The rainy fakes were pelting,
Beneath the bright gas genial blAse,
A outer blasts grew colder,
Twas seated by my Aaggieb SIDE,
With her eAi0noA On ny shoulder
lheeded not the storm without.
within the sun was shining j
The clouds Of life were lined, then
Issw the silver lining
And a. my darling GNeetly smiled,
NJ throbbing heart grew holder;
I dreamed. % / had never dreamed,
With her cAi0ss0W On my shoulder.
dreamed a riches and Of fame
Acquired By honest labor;
A nssne tOiive when an gone,
And wealth TO help my neighbof;-
/ dreamed. too, Of happy home,
Where growing old and older,
Her little hand ciasped Close In mine,
Her cAtgn0N on my shoulder.
The tide of years win bear a. on;
Our paths are undiverging;
Ma ffoets of time can blast the bud.
Nor freeze the love that's singing;
And NOT until each heart-thr0b cease,
And dust to dust shall molder,
Shall forget the bliesYul time
Her chign0n pressed my snoulder.
-Fhii0defpha0 Nspdfch.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
Treatment Of q Cold.

A cold may be cut short; its usua
course of ten days or two weeks Is offer
abbreviated by the accidental interven
ton of some other form of disease. Fol
example, large boil may form; this at
tracts disease from the lungs,and the cold
is no longer heard Of; the same result fol
lows an attack of diarrhGa, bilious, OF
otherwise; in this case the cold is said tc
"run off through the bowels" If these
conditions are artificially excited, if the
bowels are made loose by medicines cal.
culated to act upon them, the progress OF
the cold is shortened, provided in all cases
that these things occur within thirty-six
hours after the cold is taken; if fairly
seated, it will take its course.
Most persons can tell in few hours, or
even minutes, when they have taken cold
when the slightest chill runs down the
back, cold has been taken; sneezing in
dicates that cold has been taken, 80 does
q running from the nose, not always, but
often; If a person would 60 to bed, wrap
up warm, drink hot teas abundantly, and
not eat any thing but the crust of bread,
which is light, yet nutritious, and not
tempting. the cold would be cut short in
twenty-four hours but nobody will fol-
low such a direction, as there 10 always q
vague impression that it may pass away
without giving special trouble, which in
deed is the case in many instances in the
experience of each individual; still the
safer plan would be to act as if the cold
might be very bad one, as much discom-
fort, actual sickness, and life itself would
be often saved thereby.
The reason why there are 30 many
things advised for curing colds, and with
such overweening confidence, is simply
this: when q cold is taken, the first thing
thought of it is to "take something" for
II; if one thing fails, then another is tried,
until perhaps q dozen different things
have been experimental upon; mean
while the cold has about run its course
and is curing itself, and the remedy which
happened To be in use at the time gets
the credit of the cure, and the gratified in
,dividual swears by" that remedy to the
latest hour Of life, never falling to recon-
mend it with Gnatical enthusiasm and
confidence to every man, woman, and
child who happens 70 cough In hia
presence.
When person takes . cold the natural
remedy would seem to be to take warm,
that 10 get warm and keep warm for every
second of time, keep comfortably warm,
even If it requires the thermometer to be
kept at . hundred degrees, and main
tain this temperature and remain In well
warmed and ventilated roon until restored
to usual health.
aFeed . cold, and starye . fever" is the
pr0verb but It u most tallacious. From
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

How TO SECURE Coop OATS FOR SEED.
"A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man says: :" Place your oats in . heap on
the middle of the threshing floor, on the
end that the wind blows to. Get you a
milking stool and Q small scoop-yeur
wife's Hour scoop win do-and throw the
oats, with . light turn Of the wrist, TO the
other end of the floor, against gentle
wind. A little practice win soon enable
you to throw it in halt circle, and 1t the
same distance. Sweep off now and then
If you have much,-the utmost circle OF
seed, the light oats for feed, and the weed
seed to burn. You viii now have seed
oats worthy to SOW, without buying at %
per bushel. have seen oats grown IN
Sweden until was forty years old. but ]
never saw q heavy crop where the seed
Ms not selected ~ above"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

he moment cold is fairly settled every
atom Of food taken lays the foundation for
more cough and for the longer continuance
of the cosd. AL know that Q cold does
not begin to get well until the "cough be-
gins to loosen" that is until yellow matter
is brought up from the lungs, as q boil
never begins to get well until yellow
matter is discharged from it; this yellow
matter in both cases is made from tho
blood, the blood is made out of the food
eaten, 80 the more food we eat while we
have a cold, the more we make; and
the more material for yellow matter,
the more of such matter is made, and
the more coughing does it require to
bring it all away; until that is cone, no
enc gets well of cold.
Cough is curative both of consumption
and of bad cold, because it is the cough,
melted by nature, which helps in both
cases to clear the lungs of yellow matter
in them, and it is just as impossible for
them to get well until all this yellow mat
ter is poured out Of it. And yet the uni
versal practice in consumption, as well as
in bad colds, is to want to be taking some
thing to "cure the cough" And what
ever is swallowed and has the effect to
lessen the cough, is lauded to the skies
with gratitude, as a great remedy; in the
height of the enthusiasm, q very pro-
nounced certificate is given; this is pub
lished in the papers, and spread before mill
lions of readers in month; but the death
of the certifier within the month, follows
not after the falsekood. A truer practice is
to promote the cough, to loosen the
phlegm, 80 as to make the cough more
frequent and necessary, to raise it out Of
the way; nothing can be more true than
that cough is curative, both of consump-
ton and bad colds lit is natures remedy
HaNs Journal of Health.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

NIAGARA has receded from q point
where it was more than 200 feet high to ita
present position, with height Of about
$50 feet, and II IL not unlikely that 1t may
grind its way back TO the lake which
supplies It. On our continent, holding a
II does more than quarters Of the
fresh water Of the world, are to be found
the most mighty waterfalls and cataracts
known, among which may be named
Niagara, the falls Of the Missouri river
the bhoshOne Falls on the Snake river
$40 feet in height and immense In volume
and the falls Of the Yosemite.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
The Ups ana Downs Of Wall Street.

ONE Of the most striking incidents Of
the ups and downs in life has come under
nv personal observation. A very few
years ago John - was poor but In
dustrious man, occupying the position of
rate keeper at one of the East river ferries.
His family resided in Brooklyn tenement
house, and John expended no more funds
than was strictly necessary to the main
tenance of comfort. 1t had happened that
Commodore Vanderbilt took fancy to
the man. It was one of those strange
freaks for which the Railway King is
famous, viz. taking up men in the lowest
walks of life and placing them on the
highway to fortune. John may some
time have opened the gate and stopped
the ferryboat for the Commodore's team,
after the time was up. Perhaps he some
time found and secured q valuable horse
for him. Whatever may have been the
cause, the Commodore was lead to coach
him. He was put into the Harlem pool
After the famous corner in that stock,
John found himself worth million and
quarter of dollars. From poverty he was
lifted, in moment as it were,
into affluence. An elegant residence,
splendid farm on Staten Island, and val
liable stud of horses soon followed. John
continued to speculate, and fortune ia
vored him. He entered into the Jerome
combinations, but here he lost heavily.
Still he had very large surplus left.
When the rise in gold occurred, last Sep
TENDER, John "waded in" As the price
continued to rapidly advance, he be-
lieved, with others, that the conspirators
would carry it up to two hundred, and he
operated accordingly. When, upon that
eventful Black Friday, the collapse came,
and gold dropped in the twinkling of an
eye, as it were, from 1852 to 1874, John was
"long." Caught with other bulls on the
horns of the bears, he roared and tossed
about, but all to no purpose. John was
ruined man. The fortune he once pos
sessed was completely lost. He mortgaged
property right and left, hoping to stave off
the evil day of settlement with creditors.
But his last piece Of property is soon to
be sold under the hammer, and John is
where he was, pecuniarily, before the
Railway King smiled upon him.-Cor.
Chicago Journal.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

THE following anecdote IL told Of
Charles Dickens, who was once present
at dinner party where young writer in
weighed against the world generally, in q
very . fOrcible feeble manner" During
Q pause in this philippe against the hui
man race, Dickens said, scross the table,
in the most self-congrstulatory Of tones:
FNI'6y, 49,, what lucky thing 1t IL you
and 4 don't belong to 1t. II reminds me,"
continued the author of "Pickwick," a. Of
two men who, on raised scafold, were
awaiting the final delicate attention ofthe
hangman; the notice Of one was aroused
by observing that bull bad got into the
crowd Of spectators, and Wa busily en-
gagged In tossing one here and another
there; whereupon he aaid to the other, I
say. Bill hoss lSeky i hIor us Rsat soe arc
W hw
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

MANURE AND CUT WoRMs.-Farmers
and gardeners ..sufer more or less every
spring from the depredations of cut
worms upon their young plants, cabbages,
tomatoes, beets, corn, and, in fact, scarce
ly any thing Of the kind is left undis-
turbcd by the common gray cut-worm.
We will not attempt to offer preventive,
but will suggest that those who practice
manuring in the hill suffer greater loss
than those who apply their fertilizers
broadcast. This applies, however, only
to coarse manure taken from the barn
yard or compost-heap. These pests of the
farm work mainly in early spring when
the earth is cold and wet, and If there ID
dry and loose spot they are sure to col
lect in it, and if this should happen to be
around hill of corn or cabbage plant, 80
much the better for the worms We have
tried applying manure from the barn-yard
around young raspberry. plants set out in
spring, and almost without exception they
have been destroyed by cut-worms, while
others not MANFRED in this manner have
in great measure escaped. The best
method of destroying cut-worms that we
have ever tried is to catch and kill them,
which may be readily done very early in
the mOrning-HenrM and Home.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

GENERAL PLRAsANToN used to tell an
amusing Indian story. He was once, while
stationed at frontier post, surrounded BY
threatening bands of Cheyennes. He
wished very much to negotiate treaty
with the Chiefs, but they were too sus-
picious or hostile to place themselves in
his power. At last he succeeded in cap
turing young Indian of rank, whom he
held as . hostage. One day this captive,
gullenly stalking about the fort, came upon
I soldier who, for want of better amuse-
ment, was playing with child's jumping
Jack. The savage was transfixed with
wonder and admiration. He watched the
antics of the little figure in breathless
silence for some minutes, then turned and
ran past the sentinels, leaped all obstruc-
lions, and escaped from the fort. In .
short time, however, he returned, heading
q deputatiop Of chief, who, after spending
an hour or 80 in wrapt contemplation Of
the jumping jack, held solemn council,
and negotiated the desired treaty, stipu-
lating, as the most important condition,
that the marvellous little toy should al
ways remain al the fort.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

ple in the city. bore letters ofintroduc
| tion To them, and met with an eager wei
come. NV stately manners, my kcalmness
and selfreliance won me respect. l was
shortly the lion Of the city. soon en-
countered my victim.
Isabel Nevers, for this was her name
waa the daughter of one of the old fami
lies. Her father was man full Of self Inn
nortance and absurd conccit. He pridcd
himself on being the son of an American
officer, and cultivated his lofty feeling Of
ARROGANCE to ridiculous extent Hi
dauehter was worthy of him. Hard, cold
and seifish. She was only attractive Ii
outline and feature. The feeling OF am
hilton and self importance overruled al
other sentiments Love she could not feel
Marriage she looked upon % . specula
ton. She sought husband only tor thu
sake Of wealth and social influence
wealth and Position were her gods.
I saw with exultation how readily shs
fell into the snare I spread for her. Nc
sooner had she seen me than she exertec
ali her arts to win me. And I-nevel
did anv lover appear half 90 intoxicated
asT The reader can fOresee the end
The newspapers announced 1t
MMApp,Aar IN HIaH LIvn.--It 10 stated that
Lord Arlington 10 about 70 load TO the nymcneA
Aver the lighter OF one Of our meet
citisens. Hthts DO 20, We venture to say tnsI US
Don a al st.. James will have no or18nteE otns
msnt than Miss Movers"
an this trsnspired Ia about . fortnight
The marriage was settled upon. showed
- n,d Movers nv bankers authority e
drsw ON England for millions ! made
dss6a 81 aettlement to my bride of estates
ma lands. I laviahed my wealth. VAN
i;herai hand. She held instruments VIII
,rv Icnature 70 the extent of millions
On the evening before our marriage
vrots 81 to my old employer, anony'
nouSly:
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-29
DEICURR SILVER MINING

ID Company-Location OF Works, Gold Hill,
storey County. Nevada.-Noticc Is hereby given
that ut q meeting Of the Board Of Trustees OF
said Company. held on the I'd day OF December,
1870, an assessment no. d Of One Dollar
al OO) per share waS levied upon the cap
iial stock Of said Company, payable imme-
diatcly, In United States gold coin, to the Secrc-
tary. at the Office OF the Company. No. ii9
California street, san Francisco, California:
Any stock upon which said assessment shall
remain unpaid on the nth day OF January,
1871, shall he deemed delinquent, and will be
duly advertised for sale at public auction. and
unless payment shall be made before, will be
sold on TUESDAY, January -, ISL, at one
o'clock p. ". to pay the delinquent assessment,
together with costs of advertising and expenses
OF sale.
BY order OF the Board Of Trustees.
II. &. KIBBE. Secretary.
OHice-Room No. 81 Haywarls Building, No.
4l9 California street, San Francisco, Cal.