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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06
The Wife.

ONLY let woman be sure she ia pre-
cious to her husband, not useful, not va.
liable, not convenient. simply, hut Lovely
and beloved; let her be the reclplens VI
his polite and hearty attentions, ley net
feel that her cares and love are noted, ap'
preciated, and returned; let her opinion
be asked, her approval sought, ana neI
Judgment respected in matters OF wnlcn
she is cognizant; in short, let her only De
loved, honored and cherished, in fuini,
ment of the marriage VOW, and she WIZ
be to her husband, her children, and 50.
ciety, a well spring of happiness. one
will bear pain land toll and anxiety, ~,
her husbands love to her is tower sna
fortress. Shielded and sheltered therein,
and adversity will have lost its sting; ons
may suffer, but sympathy Will Gull tne
edge Of sorrow.
A house with love in it-and by love !
mean love expressed in words, and LOOKS,
and deeds, for ! have not one spark OF
faith In love that never crops QUITS 10
house without love IS person to ms
chine; one is life, the other is mechan:
ism-the unloved woman may have breaa
Just as light, house just as tidy
the other, but the latter has Q spring OF
beauty about her, joyousness, . pene
trsting brightness to which the former is
an entire stranger.
The deep happiness Of her heart shines
ont In her face. She CLEANS over. bne
Il airy and graceful, and welcoming sna
warm with her presence she il full OF
devices and plots and sweet surprises for
her husband and family. She has never
done with the romance and poetry Of Lie.
She herself II lyric poem, setting her
self % I'll pure and gracious melodies
Humble household ways and duties have
Tor her . golden significance. The prize
makes her calling high and the end anc.
ttnee the meanA Love n Heaven, end
Heaven h love-
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06
EOBODYS CHILD.
xY yuHsE cARY.


OrIY Q rewsbcy. under the light
Of the lamp post plying bis trade IN vain
Mem are too buoy 10 stOp to.niSht,
HUnying home through the sleet and rain.
Never nice dsrK paper sold:
Where shaiI he sleep, or how be feff
He thinks az be shivefs there In the cod,
While happy children are ssfe A-bed.
Il Il stssnse II he turns about
With sngTy wOsss, men comes 70 blOWs,
When his little peighbOr, just sold out,
Tossing biz pennies. past him goesI
" Stop.I- rome one loOks al him, sweet aud mild
And the yCice that speaks Ii q tender one:
- Yoa should not strike snCb little child,
And yOu should not use such words, my sonP'
IL II his anger or biz fears
That have huskied bis voice and stopped bis arm
" Don't tremblc." these are the words he hcars
s'Do you think thsg would do You hsrmp
AIT isn't that" and the hand drops down;
~ wouldn't care for kicks and blows;
But nobody ever called nc soD,
Eeczuee I'm nooooy's child, s'pose."
q men as ye careless pass along.
HEM mber he love that has cared Tor you;
And blush for the awfai shame and wrong
or word where eucn thing could be trucl
Think what the chi,d n yonr knee had been
IL Tins on lies lonely pillows tOssed;
And who shall bear the weight ri the sin,
r. one OF these . little ones" be lOsti
--HeayM and Home.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06

TIE graves Of the dead in China are
curious. In an interior burying ground
recently visited by an American, pots
without number, and of every size from
the two-quart jar To the half barrel frkin
lmsde OF clay and baked), were to be
seen lying about the hillsides or partially
covered with earth and standing in rows
beside the pathway. Many Of the pots
had lost their sealed covers, or had been
broken in pieces by man, beast or wind,
and the dry bones lay scattered about-sn
enigma to the believer in corporal resur-
rection. In some places the. pots were
buried out Of sight, and over It and around
It was laid floor Of cement OF medal
Hon shape, with finely wrought curb also
OF cement, but initiating granite. These
graves dot the hillsides all along the coast;
and where 90 much pains are taken, it is
usually the grave of some official or
wealthy man. The poorer classes simply
ct the pots on the hillsides, for they can
not afford burial The bodies are first
covered with the earth, and when SUM-
cient time has elapsed for the disappear.
ance Of the flesh, the bones are dug mp
and deposited in these pots.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06
Mark Twain's War Map.

MARX TWAIN publishes in the Buffalo
Erpress his first war map. His explsna-
ton is better than the map. Here it is:
TO THE READER
The above map explains itself
The idea of this map is not original
with me, but is borrowed from the Irab-
uns and the other great metropolitan
journals.
claim no other merit for this produc-
ton Cf may 30 call it), than that 1t is
paper maps, Of which it is an imitation,
Ia, that in them more attention ssems paid
to artistic picturesqueness than geograph-
ical reliability.
Inasmuch as this il the first time I ever
tried to draft and engrave map, or at
tempted anything in the line of art at all,
the concentrations the work has received
and the admiration 1t has excited among
the people, have been very grateful to my
feelings. And it is touching TO reflect
that by far the most enthusiastic of these
praises have come from people who know
nothing at all about art.
By an unimportant oversight l have
engraved the map 80 that it reads wrong
end first, except to lefthsnded people. /
forgot that to make it right in print it
should be drawn and engraved upside
down. However, let the student who de-
sires to contemplate the map stand on his
head or hold it before her looking glass.
That viii bring it right.
The reader will comprehend at glance
that that piece of river with the High
Bridge" over it got left out to one side by
reason of slip of the craving tool which
rendered it necessary to change the en-
tire course of the river Rhine or else spoil
the map. After having spent two days
in digging and gouging at the map, l
would have changed the course of the At
lsntic Ocean before would have lost so
much work.
l never had so much trouble with any
thing In my life as I did with this map.
Ihad heaps of little Notifications scattered
all around Paris, at first, but every now
and then my instruments would slip and
fetch away whole miles of batteries and
leave the vicinity as clean as If the Prus-
SLAMS had been there.
The reader will find it well to frame
this map for future reference, 80 that it
may aid in extending popular intelligence
and dispelling the wide spread ignorance
of the day. MARK TWAIN.
OFFICIAL COMBINATIONS
1t is the only map of the kind ever
saw. U. s. GRANT.
1t places the situation in an entirely
new light. BIsMARK.
I cannot look upon it without shedding
tears. BINGHAM You've.
1t is very nice, large print.
NAPOLEON.
My wife was for yearf afflicted with
frcckles, and although everything was
done for her relief that could be done, all
was in vain. But, sir, since her first
glance at your map, they have entirely
left her. She has nothing but commissions
now. j. SMITH.
If had had this map, could have got
out of Metz without any trouble.
BAzAINE.
have seen a great many maps in my
time, but none that this one reminds me
of. ThoCHU.
I: is but fair to say that in some respects
it is truly remarkable map.
w. T. SHERMAN.
I said to my son Frederick William,
"If you could only make map like that,
l would be perfectly willing to see you
die-even anxious" WILLIAM II.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06
Budding the Rose.

FROM the Villa Gardener, q new publ
cation in London, England, we copy the
following paragraphs:
But two things are necessary to bud
roses successfully. The stock must be
in the right state and 80 must the bud.
Unless the bark Of the rose will separate
freely from its woody foundation, bud
ding cannot be successfully performed.
The answer, then, TO the question is, in
general terms, at any time when the bark
of the stock, and of the scion or bud, will
rise that is, separate freely from their
respective wood. For 1t Is essential that
the bark of the stem should open freely
to receive the bud, and that the bud with
its accompanying bark, should be deposit
ed in Its new home with the least possible
bruise or injury. Some may take excep-
ton TO this general principle, as far rs the
bud Is concerned. As long as the stock il
right in regard to the free circulation OF
its bark from its wood, 1t is in condition
for budding.
If the bud and its bark will not leave
the wood freely, some simply cut it of
with thin slice Of wood, and insert it
without the conditions recommended.
Now there Is no doubt that such buds will
often grow but the plan is not to be rec
commended, especially as the bud and bark
budding Is 80 much more simple, expedi-
tious and successful. Again, the question
when to bud may be answered pretty cor
rectly by specifying the time from the
middle Of June to the middle OF August
inclusive, as the best budding season,
though the operation may be performed
at any time when stocks and buds are in
the state already described.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06
worYCE no sURsCRIByR&

In IT, provisions OF TIE Postsi -
"a ne rrs,xs of the Departn veky pATess AZ
70 of n,sage 20 safA1ibss istBg- OF reeeying me-
saaas ~ rsg,. - ~ tksa sse foafy Where pEssssfS.
Our sBtisr,sDfFs living In tals county MO reeve
t,eaY m il tsrs,rse p,s1.c~ IN 40 aoissng c0nnV
- rerss5ed ~ =, f.uezat ~ ftsa r-oVsscy,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06

HUMBOLDT county, Cal. IL sort of In
dependent territory Of itself II has no
inland communication No practical
wagon road connects Il with any other
county In the State. Its only point OF
intercourse with the outer world d the
town Of Eureka and the bay which stands
In mont Of Il
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06

CR1BnLIoN the younger once sAid that
. really Ane woman never resched her
full l0veliness until che was q least Thirty.
There q encouragement tor women % tell
the truth about their age.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06

'
believe word Of il; but il was noticea-
bic, as Mrs. Ashley ssid, that she was
"chipperer" all the rest Of the evening.
"Comc, now tell Hannah's," cried Het-
~ Sprsgue. 30 Hannah passed along her
cup. 49,.
and there's little cloud OF trouble round
you but 1t viii clear away, and you'll get
your wish in spite Of everything"
"Don't you see saddle.ba and pill.
boxes theres" inquired Nancy Duffy.
"Go along with your stuff and nom
sense, girls!" exclaimed the Deacon's
wife, waving away the rup. "Ifhusbsnd
should get hold Of it, ned say was tri-
fling"
That evening after DR.. Bingham had
fooled good deal with Hannah-had
pressed her hand at parting, and whis.
pered he should hope to see her next
evening at the singing -class-she refnem-
bered her fortune, and did let some bitter
tears soak In the pillow. She was NOT wise
enough in worldly ways to suspect that
the Doctor, . town bred man, had set
Hetty Spraghe's silly little heart 1utter-
ing while he walked home with her under
the warm starlight although, In very
truth, he did not care fp for either Of
them. Hannah was content TO play him
OF against Aleck, let the consequences Be
what they might; and more and moro q
abe thought tho matter over, ahe blamed
that ded9ning girl from Hilledalo.
The next night cot In with 3 mild driz.
Le; and in spite Of 1rA Aahleys protest.
TONS Hannah was Of for the dnging.
class The class had been established e
improve the church music, which, - the
Deacon aid, sadly needed "tinkeEinG;'
snd 9ru0HAily i bscAMs . resort fox tha
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06

AT the OcpOL III NAII61uuc WOLHau
was seen most sftctionately bidding two
men good bye, kissing them and crying
over them as they started for the war.
She was asked whether they were her
brothers. The answer was no, they were
her husbands. She had been divorced
and had contracted q second marriage {;
and the two happy men left together with
her kisses and benediction.
1--WE must keep good company, Dotty,
or not any at all. This is fact. Even
an apple is known by the company it
keeps. Grandpa Parlin says if you put
apples in potato bin, they won't taste
ike apples-they'l taste like potatoes
Sometimes I think, Dotty, you'd be as
good and nice 40 . summer sweeting, il
you wouldn't play with naughty children,
like Lima Rosenberg; but if you do, youll
be like potato, az true Is you live.
Finia"-Osiper Optics Aagasine.
THE following scene recently occurred
in court Of justice, between the Judge
and Dutch witness, all the way from
Rotterdam: What II your native Ian
guageY II pc no native" "What ID
your mother tongue" "Ich hab no
mudder, mynheer.h "What did you first
learns What language did you speak in
the cradlei" 81 lid NOT speak no lam
guaee in the cradle; only cry IN Dootch."
Then thero va general laugh, In which
the Judge, Jury, and audience Joined.
The witness vas interrogated no further
about his native language.
A srALwARr soldier from Pomerania,
Whe almost tainted ct his arrival In Bar.
lin. from the terrible heat In the crowded
CO.. was tenderly cared for BY one Of the
ladiee Of the Sanitary Committee. She
nreaDed large bottle q cav d colocns
into BIS hand, and then hastcned to pro.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06

pleasant, moist odor Of Hannah's sponge
cake hung to the walls; ami if you don't
know what HanDah's sponge cake was
like, II In uaeless for me 10 describe ii.
Hannah had put on her pretsiest lawn
dress pale green that became her
blonde beauty, and touched II up here and
there with Bit Of pink ribbon. Mrs. Ash
ley was pinning on her false puffs before
the glass, and fastening her collar with q
breach adorned with q dsguerreotype
likeness Of the Deacon, which looked a.
II II had been taken In particularly bad
fit OF dyspepsia. She dearly loved young
company; and there was bright twin
klc In her eye, and pucker about her
mouth provocative Of Jokes.
When the girls had assembled, and the
kissing and taking of Of things was well
through with, the grand business Of the
afternoon begun. Everybody praised
Hannah's pretty quilt-pink stars drop
ped on Q white ground. Miss Tresdwell
was champion quilter. She understood
oil the mysteries Of heYrin'.bone and
feather patterns; and with chalk-line In
her hand, as the Deacon's wife expressed
il, "ruled the roost." Miss Treadwell was
thin faced, precious old maid, with a
kind Of withered bloom ON her cheek.
bones and laudable desire to make the
most Of few skimpy locka
"Beata Ill how young 6alina Treadwell
appears" Whispered the Deacon: wife 70
her next neighbor. "6he's - old = ! be
II shes ! day, and here she goes diddling
round with the girls" .
Hannah, you ought TO give this quilt
TO the one that gete married drss" put In
Susan Drake, threading her needle
81 know who that WIN be-" said MrA
Ashley, winking bard toward Hetty
epragua : pretty, soil Headed itsls
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-20
The Franking Privilege.

Mr.. Senator SHERMAN few days since
presented memorials in favor of abollshlng
the franking privilege. lie announced that
he vas in favor Of the prayers Of the petit
TONERS, but he declared that those pcti-
TONERS themselves abused the privilege, and
loaded down the mails with matter Tor
which! they should pay, (as, for instance,
these petitions, which came trankcd to Wash
ington.) if they would show their sincerity.
Both people and congressman are to blame
for the outrage Of the franking privilege.
But as long NJ it exists it will he grossly
abused, and the best way is to abolish it.
Let al matter lie prc-paid-let the pub
fishers pay hu freight upon al matter sent
from their ollices--and thus PUT an end to
q vast amount Of machinery which the pre-
gent system entails, and insure the Depart
!uent tie highest cash income that can flow
from the service. II would greatly SIM
plGy and cconomizc the postal system.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-20
IlnnrNvnment Convention.

An internal improvement convention will
be held nj powhatan Courthouse on the 23d
instant. The counties of Buckingham
Cumberland. and Powhatan, will be repre-
scntcl. Il is expected that delegates from
Richmond will be present. Indeed, the
place of meeting was selected that it might
he convenient to Richmond.
We cannot fail to send delegates. The
reasons FOR doing so are overwhelming. We
cannot be unobscryant Of movements that
are going on involving more or less the most
important interests Of Richmond, and we
would DO faithless to those interests if VIC
remained entirely inactive and passive
Whatever be- plans and views, We should
meet these. friends of ours promptly and
cordially, and confer with them patiently
and earnestly. Their interests and oursa rt
identical.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-20

TIMoS writes to us that the only point in
sruyER's speech Of Tuesday which is dit
fcrcnt from any other that has been made
by the opponents Of the admission Of Eir-
ginia was the bold announcement, in sub
stance, that he was opposed to Virginia get
ting into the control of her own people. lie
was afraid that at some future time Elr-
ginia might get into the control oil Virgil
mans. He was afraid WALKER, by his
administration, would bring this about.
He alluded to the carpes-baggrrs as :" those
generous men who have gone down there
from the North.' This was y little toe
much for the gravity Of his subject, and
caused litter even in Radical seats.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-20

THE PERSECUTION OF IsRAELIrEs-CoN-
yENTIoN OF B'NAI BR1TH.-NashuiNe, Ten
neSSee, January ls.-The Grand Lodge OF
Independent Order of B'nai Birth, repre-
senting the Israelites of thirteen States, at
o meeting in Nashville yesterday expressed
regret at the continued persecution of Israel
ties in the province of Roumania, Russia,
and adopted resolutions thanking President
Grant for his prompt intervention in their
behalf. The convention also called upon
President Grant, inasmuch as the said per-
secutions had not stopped, to continue his
good Offices in behalf of the prosecuted,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-20
A New Star-The Stage.

New York is now greatly interested by
the playing of Mr.. FEcHTER, the new star
of the stage, who is, from all accounts, q
wonderfully gifted man. His father was
a German, his mother French, and he was
born in England. He is, therefore, sort
of composite. Based upon the solid Ger
man foundation, he has the impulse and
passion of the Gaul, and the judgment and
self-control of the Briton. His acting is
described Us portraying powerfully these
traits Of character. Yet he is unfortunate
in his pronunciation Of English because Of
his continental education. He is said to be
victim of more than one continental
idiom, and especially in using a p some
times in words beginning with b. Of
course, in the stately recitation of tragedy,
this would be embarrassing, as will be rea-
Oily suggested by noted .soliloquy in
Hamlet. But, nevertheless, we conjecture,
from all the reports, that in the fine display
of action and emotion in the most powerful
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-20

FrREs-D1sAsTRoUs CoNFLAGEAT1oS IN
BUILDINGS De-
srRoYED IN ScHoHARIE, N. {.-indiancpo-
lis, January 1S.-Morrison's entire block,
and the block adjoining, we're DESTROYED BY
fire last night. The stores of Alfred Talbot
s. Co., wholesale groceries J. W. Copeland
Il Co., millinery Patterson, Moore, Tai
bat, drugs and Il. F. West & Co., whole
sale crockery, are entirely destroyed. The
insurance amounts to 100000, The fire
originated from flue at the Opera-House.
which was crowded at the time, but all
escaped without injury.
Albaay, January lS.-The court house,
Parnots's Hotel, Gates's dwelling, Boyce's
hat store, the Schoharie, Union, and several
other buildings in the village Of Schoharie,
we're destroyed BY fire yesterday afternoon.
The loss is unknown. Mostly insured.
Chicago, January ia fire at Roches-
ter, Minnesota, last night, destroyed five
buildings on Broadway. Loss, $4,000
insurance $4,000.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-20
INADEQUATE WAGES AND STARyATION.-
The New York Times of Tuesday contains

INADEQUATE WAGES AND STARyATIoN.-
The New York Times of Tuesday contains
this paragraph: .-..
Mrs. A. makes vests at eighteen cents
apiece for wholesale house. She can earn
So month by working fourteen hours a
day, including Sundays. She pays So q
month for her attic, and has two small
children to support. She has eaten meat
once only-and then it was given to her
since Thanksgiving Day. Another case
Kate A., a " finisher" Of fine shirts, makes
about 50 d week, working hard for it. She
has grandmother to support, and has
often lived for weeks on bread and water
in order to afford the old woman a little
broth every day. The Star, which is en-
.abled to describe these cases from the diary
of a lady who has visited them, gives a still
more painful instance of the hardships
caused BY scarcity of employmentor made
.quate wages"
And yet there was not slave woman in
the South prior to the war who had not meat
daily, and who was not lodged and clothed
comfortably. Slavery is dead but the phi
lanthropist, who came to war against the in
stitution lived amongst such narrowing
scenes as those described by the New York
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-20

MsxICo, like volcano, is again in con-
vnlsion. The crop of pronunciamentos is
abundant, and the resistance to the JUAEEz
Government is so serious and powerful that
JrAREzs family has been shipped to Europe.
He has no doubt arranged to follow If
he should fail to quell the rebellion. He
has no idea Of meeting MAXIMIL1AN'S fate,
and will save his bacon by escape fill
hnnled Poor Mexico! What better will
be her fate when JUAREz has gone? Evil
IDENTITY she is incapable of taking care of
herself, and for the sake of peace and order
in this hemisphere we would be glad to see
m army marched at once by this country
to CIRCULATE" her affairs. The United
States is become so great that heavy re-
sponsibilitics attach to its Government. 1t
must regulate" the border nations and
keep the pcaccin this hemisphere. This is
necessary to its own peace and integrity.