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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
DBOBEDIENCE.

By the gate Of the garden, near the wood.
A. brother and sister together stood.
Beyond the gate you are not to roam"
Their mother had said as she Quilted home;
But, tired Of playing within the bound, ,Hf5s
Frank opened the gate and they looked around.
" Jessie :" be cried, "how long to 60
10 play for awhile In the wood belowf'
But, frankie, what did our mother sayy".
Said the little one tempted TO 60 astray.
She thought In the wood we might get harmed "
said Frank "but we need not be alarmed;
There Is nothing to hurt us, and oh lust see
That beautiful squirrel on yonder treei
And away ran Frank TO the green retreat,
While Jessie followed with flying feet.
They chased the squirrel with laugh and shout,
They gathered the flowers and played about,
And then as they feared 1t was getting late
Returned unhurt to the garden gate 80
NO questions were asked, and nobody knew
What Frank and Jessie had dared to do,
TIL Saturday night, az they sat alone,
FRANK TO his mother the truth made known;
But mother" he said, "tho' we went in the
wood =. -.
We got no harm, as You thought we should;
Into the water We did not fall,
Nor did We inure our clothes at ALL .a
" My son, was the answer, {" II may be so,
Yet something You lost in the wood, know;
Think well, and then tell me-" the mother said,
Az she laid her hand on FraAkie's head.
- My knife, my ball. my pence" thought he,
q have them all safe-and what could 1t be!
| know" at length he said with a start
= | have lost the happy ont OF my heart
have not felt easy since then" he sighed,
" And could not be merry, although tried.
Mother, I'm certain not all my play
Made up fer the loss that had that day!"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14
Sowing Wheat Early.

The uncertainty of raising this grain in
our section has prevented many farmers
from trying to raise it, their crop often be-
ing only from three to five bushels to one
of seed sown, and frequently almost a to-
tai loss caused by the weeyil or rust.
Oats are sown by many, but the great
objection to sowing them are the grass
crops that follow, which are less than
where wheat is sown. have for the past
seven years raised from ten to fifteen
bushels from one of seed sown. The
method pursued by me has been to
thoroughly pillow the ground in the au-
tumn, and in the spring, as soon as the
ground is thawed to the depth of three
inches or more, and is partially dry, l take
the team and harrow it over.
The surface dries rapidly after being
moved. In day or two we harrow again,
and SOW the grain and harrow it in
thoroughly. Sometimes there will be
snow drifts along by the walls and fences
these can be FASTENED away by passing
over with the harrow or shoveing few
minutes. The grain will grow quite well
if sown upon them, but prefer 10 have
them out of the way.
No matter if the ground should freeze,
VI sHoW bHouit Iaitb Dub thC gram W III
grow Last year part of a piece was
sown April. 1st. Afterward the ground
froze, and. snow fell so that the piece
could not be finished for nearly two
weeks. The first sown came up first and
was equally as good.
By following this course | have not
been troubled with the weevil or rust 80
as to destroy the crop, which was the case
before, besides always having the grass
seed get well rooted before the dry
weather comes, which we usually have in
August, and often destroys late sown
seed.
l cannot see but what the grass crop is
;1ll as good and holds out full as long as
There the ground was plowed in. the
spring. Another advantage derived Is,
the blowing can be done in autumn, when
we usually have more time for such work
and the teams are frequently in better
condition. Also the blowing Of the ground
just before freezing is beneficial to it,
Cor. Rural american.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14

on in 40 hot 4 state as possible without
destroying the hairs of the brush, it can
be spread over q very rough surface of
I stone work with an even, thin coat and
the stone or bricks ever after become i'm
pervious to moisture. ~
have often seen buildings SO covered,
that were first plastered with Q smooth
c. rat of mortar, and laid out into squares
to initiate cut stone work, and on this coal
tar I. kes remarkable we'll It.would not,
perhal. 8, be advisable to use tar for out
side pro- ection against the weather, where
the black color would be q serious objec-
ton and an .unsightly object, but for utility
there ia NO suh stance 90 cheap, and ct the
same time SO EN-. lent in its action as q pro-
lection TO wails - ainst dampness One
great CAUSE Of VT walls is variation in
temperature. If the y all so affected is ex-
posed to cold on the out. 'ide, and warm
moist atmosphere within, damp surface
on the inside is absolutely certain to be
the result. This arises from tn condensa-
ton of the humid internal at on the
chilled walls, and the remedy in this case
must be looked for in another way
To exemplify this principle, let any one
convince himself by laying saw or Ak ont
of doors, into cold atmosphere, when
the thermometer is about zero After ten
minutes of such exposure, bring the arti
Gle again into the warm, moist air Of the
house, and the ak or saw will be at once
covered with dew, from the condensation
of moisture from the internal air on the
cold surface. And this principle is always
more or less active in cellars. The RENE
dy is to keep the temperature up on the
outside as much as conveniently may be,
by covering and partial protection, and
down in the inside by absence Of heat,
and your cellar walls will at once dry
up. Attention must always primarily be
paid to the matter Of drainage.-7s Toronto
Globe.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14
Al How He Knew.

Brown was in strange city for the first
time in his life. 1t was raining, and
Brown was carrying his umbrella unfurled;
an umbrella, by the way, that Brown had
carried for long time, and was rather
choice Of
"Good morning to you, Misthur Brown"
said an Irishman who was passing him,
with very low bow.
Brown was slightly confused. He knew
no man in that place, and wasn't aware
that any one there knew him. He was
quite sure he had never seen the Irishman
before. How should any one there know
his name As he plodded on, the more
he thought OF it the more puzzled he be-
came. At length he got 30 curious about
it he turned around and walked after the
Irishman. Overtaking him, he said:
You called me Mr.. Brown just now, l
Think"
Faith, I did, sur"
"Ever see me, before!"
"No, sur"
"Ever hear my name!"
"No, indade, gur."
"How, then, did you know my name?"
"Will yer honor be afther giving me the
price Of Q drink if III tell We how knew
your name was Brown"
ooh, yes" :,
"Bedad, sur, I saw it in your umbrilly y
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14

FUN marry, they can't tell why, and
iS4 they can't tell hoy. 't
Almost everybody gets married, and it
is good joke.
Sum marry in haste, and then sit down
and think it carefully over. ia .fs..
Sum think it over carefully fust, AMI
then cit down and marry.
Both ways are right, if they hit the
mark. n
Sum marry rakes tew convert them.
This il little risky, and takes smart
missionary to do it. -
Sum marry coquetts. This is like buy
ing poor farm heavily mortgaged, and
working the balance of your days to clear
oph the mortgages T'# ae4 q
Married life haz its chances, and this liz
just what gives it its flavor Everybody
luvs tew phool with the chances, bekause
everybody expekts tew win. But am
authorized tew state that everybody don't
win.
But, after all, married life IL full az Ger
tain as the dry goods bizness.
No man can swear exackly WHARF
he will fetch up when he touches
calico,
Kno man can tell just what calico haz
made up it's mind tew do next.
Calico don't kno even herself.
Dry goods ov all kinds il the child ov
circumstansis
Sum never marry, but this IL just ez
risky; the diseaze liz the same, with an
other name to it.
The man who stands on the banks shiv-
ering and dassent, is more apt tew ketch
cold than him who pitches hiz head fust
into the river.
Thare IL but few who never marry be-
kause they poa,'t-they all banker, and
most ov them starve with bread before
them (spread on both sides,) jist for the
lack of grit.
Marry yung IL mi motto.
hev tried it, and l know what am
talking about.
If emmy body asks you viii yu got mar
ried Gf needs beg, tell him gu don't recos-
lekt.
Marriage is safe way to gamble-if yu
win, yu win pile, and if yu loze, yu don't
loze emmy thing, only the privilege of liv-
ng dismally alone, and soaking your own
feet
Irepeat it, in italics, marry yung!
Thare liz but one good excuse for .
marriage late in life, and that ia second
narriage-Neao York Weekly.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14
i" S0nletime."

THE following is one of Mr.. Prentice's
little waits:
.Sometime-It is a sweet, sweet song,
warbled TO and fro among the tOpmost
boughs of the heart, and filling the whole
air with such joy and gladness as the
songs Of birds do when the summer morn
ing comes out of darkness, and day is born
on the mountains. We have all our pos
sessions in the future which We call some
time. Beautiful flowers and singing birds
are there, only our hands seldom grasp
the one, or our ears hear the other. But,
oh, reader, be Of good cheer, for all the
good there is golden 'soxsti'ne : when
the hills and valleys Of time are all passed :;
when the wear and fever, the disappoint-
ment and the sorrow of life are over, then
there is the place and.the rest appointed Of
God Oh, homestead, over whose root fall
no shadows or even clouds; and over whose
threshold the voice Of sorrow is never
heard; built upon the eternal hills, and
standing with thy spires and pinnacles of
celestial beauty among the palm trees of
the city on high, those who love God shall
rest under thy shadows, where there is no
more sorrow nor pain, nor the sound Of
weeping ssOMAinse' s6#k9B8&
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14

his unfortunate wish, they ssould be care
full and then he began to wonder what
would become Of him in. hswinter, VIXEN
the brook was frozen over.
Just then he heard 4 noise that sounded
like thunder. .s a.}f 8a5t 49,
ut is the children coming over the
BRIDGE" said Mrs. Trout. II will lust
catch that little minnow for our lunch,
and then we will stay here, as safe Is can
be-
Mrs. Trout darted out to catch the min.
now, and in minute Tommy saw her 60
up out of the sunny brook, away up ON
the end Of Alexis fish line.
Then he heard Aleck say, "Thafs 8
buster now Wen catch little one" ;sa
Poor Tommy opened his, mouth, to
scream again, and he did scream this time,
in good earnest. Then he heard Aleok
again, saying, "Hark! What's thati Il
sounds like Tommy"
And well it might sound like him, Tom.
my thought. Tommy felt as queer for q
minute as he did when he began to be q
trout, for now he began to stretch and
grow larger. Then he saw the blue sky
overhead, and then green grass under
meath, and-it was only dream in nap,
after all for he had fallen asleep watch
ing the waving shadows and the bubbling
water. =
Tommy jumped up on his two rested
little feet.
Come on, Tommy What are you do
ing there2 and what makes your eyes so
big?" said Aleck. ..3
Tommy came on" but he didn't tell
what made his eyes so big He has never
forgotten how unhappy he was while he
thought he was trout and nobody ever
hears him wish now to be anybody or
anything but the dear, little Tommy he Is,
except, sometimes, when he is in hurry
to be the good, useful man he will be-all
in the right time.-Litae Corporal.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14
Marriage.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.

Marriage is fair transaction on the face
ov it.
But there IL quite too often put-up jobs
IN it.
1t is an old institushun, older than the
pyramids and az phull ov hyerogliphics
that nobody can parse.
History holds its tongue who the pair
was who fust put on the silken harp -,
and promised to work kind in 1t, tai
thick and thin, up hill and down, and on
the level, rain or shine, survive or perish,
sink or sn i'm, drown or float.
But whoever they waz, they must have
made a good thing out Of it, or so meany
ov their posterity would net hav harnes,ed
I'D since and drove out.
Thare liz crate moral grip to mar
riage; it liz the mortar that holds the
sooshul bricks together.
But there amt bot few pholks who
put their money in matrimony who could
set down and give a good written opinyun
viii on earth they cum to did 1t.
This il a CRATE proof that it IL one Ov
them natral kind ov acksidents that must
happen, jist az birds fly out ov the nest
when they hav feathers enuf, without be-
ing able tew tell why. 'st'
Some marry for buty, and never dis
kover their mistake this is lucky.
Sum marry for money, and don't see 1t.
Sum marry for pedigree, and feel big
for six months, and then very sensiblv cum
tew the conclusion that pedigree amt no
better than skim milk.
Sam marry bekawze they have bin
highsted sum where else this IL cross
match, bay and sorrel; pride may
make it endurabie.
Sum marry for love without cent In
their pocket, nor friend in the world,
nor drop ov pedigree. This looks des-
perate, bit it IL the strength Of the game.
If marrying for love amt success then
matrimony Is ded beet
Sum marry because they think wimmin
will be scarce next year, and live to won
der how the crop holds out.
Sum marry tew get rid ov themselves,
and diskover that the game wsz one that
two could play at, and neither win.
Sum marry the second time TO get even,
and find it gambling game-the more
they put down the less they take up.
Sum marry tew be happy, and not ind
ing it, wonder where ali the happiness
goes to when 1t dies
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14
Damp Cellar Walls.

TARRrNG cellar walls TO protect the con-
tents from damp has long been practiced
in Cornwall, England. In that wet
favored portion Of Great Britain, where q
fine day Is the exception. and not as here,
the rule, every precaution is requisite to
protect walls from dampness, and among
these none are found more effectual than
the use Of coal tar, aftex being carefully
prepared. The preparation consists sim
ply in boiling the tar in any convenient
kettle, until all the watery parts are evap-
GRATED and driven Oh by heat. The tar 10
then laid on the walls with . common
whitewash brush, one or more thin coats
being used, and - the tar Is always laid
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14

WHILE the officers of detachment of
the Algerine army, posted near the from
tier OF Morocco, were talking over the
last news from France, q civilian inter
rupted them with an assault upon the EN-.
peror and Empress. Sir" cried Q young
Lieutenant, ct is no affair of mine to de-
fend my sovereign here, but never will
permit q woman, present or absent, TO be
assailed in my presence. If we had not
been within sight Of the soldiers ] should
already have pulled your cara" In five
minutes swords, we're crossed, Anda the
civilian was run through the body.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14

AT a temperance meeting In Buffalo .
few nights ago lady declared IT her firm
belief tina. Il was grave sin for parents
to allow their children to use condiments,
and inveighed agsinst the long category
Of lin and crime which may be traced
back TO the immodefate uss Of the stinu-
Iating mustard.
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DIED,

On the Goth instant, at O'Clock A. NJ, OF choer
infantum, FLORENCE ,MILANIE. infant chill
ofGnstave 4. and Maria L. Lugnot aged ffteel
Scarcely had this sweet flower began to shed 1t
fragrance upon the desert air. and enswine itsel
around the parental hearts that cherished IL 81
The hand Of Providence has pliicked 1t from th,
rIlde weeds Of humanity and transplanted Its I'm
mortal spirit to the fields Of e. ernai bliss. I
May God In his mercy comfort and console the
hearts Of the bcreaved parents. ...FH
AS the sweet flower that scents the morn, II
y, But wi'hers In the rising day. .a't3 ~
Thus lovely was this infants dawn, r.. - ri
a. Thus swiftly fled its life away. "j.'n1
1 take these little lambs, said he, III.
Andlay them IN my breast. .a , 81.
Protection they shall find In me, IS.
In me be ever hlest. ~. .
Her funeral viii take place from her grand
wednesday, MORNING at 10 O'Clock. Friends
ofthe family are invited to attend. l.
At Norwood. King and Queen county, Va, on
Thursday, July 81. 1870, THOMAS NJ. kYLAND,
youngest son Of Samuel p. and G. G. Ryland, In
the twenty-fourtI year OF his age. -
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord"
Suddenly. at his residence Mt winterpock Pitts.
Chesterfield county, MIR. WILLIAM RICHARDS,
In the thirty-siXth year of his age. He lcaVe7
devoted wife and five children to mourn their loss
III Dearest husband thou hast left us,
BE-. We thy loss most deeply feel,
50 But tits God who hath bereft US,
II He can all our Sorrows heal. if4,f. 8. II
Blessed arc the pure In heart, for they shsl
Suddenly, in Portsmouth, on Sunday the 2nh 18th,
Leila $. Edmnnds, aged one year, eight months,
and seventeen days.
In Baltimore, on Monday. July 25th. FRANCES
A. H1TSELHERGER, beloved wife or the late
charles W. Hitselberger, In the twenty-eighth
year of her age.
May she rest In peace. ~
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himself as DESTROYS of retiring from Con.
gress. But he has been 80 faithf1l1a repre-.
sentative that his constituents are very TN.
willing to part from him. Some trouble
has sprung up In his district owing to the
rival aspirations Of several competitors, and
/ this result is some danger of losing the dis.
|trict. We trust at the approaching pri'
mary election or nomination that the Dan.
ger will be averted by the denomination OF
MIR. BacK. The eighth district could not
send more popular or Influential repre-
sentative to Congress. Heis prudent sag
eious, energetic, and, above ALA sen.le,
man of high and unblemished hohor anu
integrity. We are especially attaenea 70 :,
him here for his unwaverins friendship anu
devotion to Virginia. We shail never ior-
get his efficient aid in the hour OF 'ria''
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mrBE ON YOUR GUARD.-The I'M

NE BE ON YOUR GUARD.-The IN.
exampled success which for twenty years
has accompanied the use or HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS, proyokes the envy
OF ignorant nostrum-mongers In Ill parts
OF the country, and the couuterfeitlng business
having been measurably played out In con-
sequence of the numerous suits instituted
against the offenders, new system OF tactics mas
been adopted. In the South and West especially,
a legion OF Bitters," prepared from worthless
materials and bearing variety or names, nave
been got up by the irresponsible adventures WIN
the hope oil substituting them TO some extent TOT
| the Standard Tonic OF the ago. In some cases
country druggists are the concocters ahd pre-
Drtetors or these unscientl1c and trashy coEi-
pounds which are warmly recommended py the
! vendors, who endeayor 10 palm them on upon
| the credulous In lieu OF the great specific lhich
has never yet had successful competitor either
among proprietary preparations or the medicines
prescribed In private practice This mott Is ID.
tended to put the public on their guard against
persuasions OF parties engaged In tie attempt %
Substitute mere rubbish Tor the most efficient
sto.n acttc and Alternative at present known. AZ
this season Of the year, when debility and COM
plants arising from q lack OF vital energy so
generally prevail it's OF the greatest consequence
that no tricks should be played with depressed
and enfeeOled systems. Ask, therefore, Tor HOS
tetter,s Stomach Bitters the great vegetable in,
yIRorant and Alternative, and reject, with deserved
corteIs Of the worse than useless medleys oIc'eu
lf Its place. IL is rs important 70 the public hs W
the propriet0rs of the famous restorative thst
this advice should be needed! ~ ss-.deod&wiw
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ENGLAND AND THE WAR IN EUROPE
RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES THE Pow
Frs OF THE FUTURE.-In urging that every
effort should be made for the maintenance
Of peace, we are moved more by moral con-
siderations than by those of traditional Eu-
ropean policy. We mag say at once that
ace care Uery lille about the balance Of
potcer, which, within the last two or three
years, has significantly disappeared from
the preamble to the mutiny act. A war
between France and Prussia would be q
war for the left bank of the Rhine, and
would no doubt be fought out until the
capacity Of the one to conquer or Of the
other to defend that debatable land was
fully decided. The military result of such
il war would affect us but little. The time
has passed when il could matter to England
whether any Western Power possessed q
few square miles more or ieRs, or the COM
mand of this or that fortress. Since the last
settlement Of Europe, States have come to
maturity in the world which threaten to
dwarf the ordinary members Of the Euro
pean system. %
Russia and the United States are the
Powers which the next generation will look
upon rs the most formidable. Moreover,
the interests and attention of England are
chiefly concerned with her own growing
colonies and With the vast populations OF
Asia. The result Of q Franco-Prussian war
is of little moment to us politically, but we
have IN interest, in common with thewhole
of Europe, that the two most advanced ma
tions of the continent should not plunge
into contest, the effect of which may be to
divide them for generation by an enduring
hatred. How much the real strength of
civilization may lose by such a convnilsion
it is impossible to foretell We can only be
certain that the importance of Western Eu-
rope, the principal field of human progress,
will be diminished, perhaps permanently,
by 4 fratricidal strife .-Lond0n Times.