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

The situation as to legal tender il
now more mixed than ever, owing
to a ruling Of the Supreme Court, on
the 10th, denying q re-hearing Of the
Hepburn GriswOld case, which, il
will be recollected, pronounced the
act OF Congress making greenbacks q
legal tender for debts unconstitu.
tiOnal, as pertaining to contracts
made before the passage OF the act.
Though this decision has been prac-
Eically dead letter in respect to
many contracts to which, In princi-
pie, 1t would apply, the worst effect
of it has been the confusion in bust
ness resulting therefrOm. 1t has
done no good whatever, and a great
deal of harm. And now, though the
Chief Justice must know that the
decision was extremely unsatisfacto.
ry to the profession and to the intel
ligent public, he prevents re-hear-
ing, thus making it necessary for a
whole year to expire before there
can be decision by full bench.
The reason assigned for the denial
Of a re-heariDg is rule Of the Court
which denies re-hearing unless
with the consent of one of the Judges
who cOncurred in the decision.
Thus, by the obstinacy Of one man,
i'm a position over which the people
can exert no power directly, may
the business Of the country be de-
ranged for an indefinite period. We
now have the legal tender act upheld
as to all contracts by majority Of
the State Courts of the country, Of
the highest authority and dignity in
their respective commonwealth; by
the United States District Courts
which have officially examined the
question; by the United States Court
OF Claims, whose Judges are confess
edly among the most learned law
yers of the times. Against this
great weight of authority, all the
transaction Of commerce interviewer
with the greenhacks, and the legis-
lative and executive departments of
government, we have a hastily pre-
pared decision of minority of the
Supreme Court as the supreme law
of the land, and that resting upon
the will of a single Judge taking adj
vantage Of an arbitrary rule of the
Court Of no more authority, as law,
than finger marks in the sands Of
the sea shore. Thus Is much of the
business Of the country in condi-
ton Of annoying, exasperating UNI
certainty, as the result of decision
based, In the first place, upon the
exercise Of a power neither judicial,
legislative nor executive, but purely
despOtic, and which, If allowed to
stand, as the correct mode of inter-
preting the Constitution, would make
the government of the United States,
in the mode and through the means
described in the fundamental law, q
simple impossibility.
The fact that we cannot soon have
"a decision Of the question by full
Court is certainly to be deplOred, hut
the want Of confidence in the jus tice
of the decision in the Hepburn Girls
void case, whereby 1t Is to a great
extent practically Overruled, may be
regarded as n fortunate circumstance,
for the people. If everything could
20 on just as though that decision
had never been made, II would he
we'll for the country Chicago Post.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
REASONABLE RATES.

IF you WANT to gst your Hesss o. Barn
j inquired In . good, reliable Osapany,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

~ GN6D GyGGA&N A8E -
West side Public Square, Knoxville.
Where you will find every thing in the line OF
Men and Boys Wear:
dehvy Jeans At from 80 cents to 81 per yard.
Satinstts at from Is cents TO 81.
Fancy Csssimefss at from 90 cents to So.
Broad Cloths 1t from - TO $l3.
Hats, White Shirts and Trunks,
OF --latest Styles, and 1t Lowest Prices.
SUITE made to order in the Latest Styles,
we'll made and warranted TO 1T or no sale, for
less money than the Eastern made Clothing
can he bought.
Trimmings Of all kinds from the lowest
price to the best.
Suits cut free of charge whom We sell the
goods.
Paper Collars, suspenders. and Meek Ties
for less money than 1t any other place in the
County.
All Cutting done Free
If ~ sell the goods.
N Cloths belob gipg to customers made to
order and warranted to 1T, or the money will
be paid for the goods.
We have nov on hand a Very Large and Well
Selected Stock Of
Spring and Summer Goods.
Call and SEQ the Latest Styles. no trouble
to show Goods.
lam Agent for
Hallett, Davis 4 Cos Celebrated
Piano Tortes.
l,lsf J.. N. MILNER, Agt. 4
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
Now Firm.

The Undersigned, having ssrnsd d cppsft-
nsrship fort u
House, arpenterlng and joining,
With shop near north west ssrhsr Of Public
Square, Knoxville, are prepared 20 talp
Contracts for Buijdings VI ali kinda,
or do work TO suit custom 10 at
REASONABLE RATES. {
Hsving had some twenty years. s1psrisSes
IN the business. we ere ccDAdsns that W can
give Full Satisfaetioa. 0spe sea 7,sai.
=. ROLLER. g. y. HOOD.
Knoxville, Oct. ~. 1889. $40
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-07

gentleman who employed him aid; "He
Is 90 diligent and clever that he can do q
mans work, and, therefore, he shall have
q mans salary"
Think of that He was able to provide
his mother with the comforts which she
mad been used to, and even more. God
prospered Ernest Fletcher because he
feared Him. and always put his mother
nrst. Once he had large sum of money
offered him If he would 60 abroad. He
thought he would very well Hike to do 20 /;
but his mother said abe did mot: wish him
to 60, and Ernest gave It up directly.
But he lost nothing 81 L. Whatever he
did vas successful and even when he
was quite young man he was able to buy
. carriage for his mother to ride in. He
was very good man, and when his
mother grew quite old abe died blessing
him. As for Ernest, he lived q great many
years. and won the respect and love Of oil
who knew him. Do you know whyf
There was one commandment which he
never forgot: "Honor thy father and
thy mother, that thy days may be long In
the land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee. Golden Hours
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-07
Hints for washing Day.

MANAGE nv washing In this way |:
The evening previous To washing day put
on the boiler and two gallons Of soft water,
allowing about . quarter OF pound OF
sal soda. and q quarter Of pound Of soap
sliced let them boil together until the
soap and soda are dissolved. Ithen put
the fine white clothes into one tub, and
the coarsest ones into another. To the
water in the boiler add enough cold wa
ter to make the whole luke warm, and
pore It over the clothes, and cover the tubs
With a blanket. In the morning add .
pailftil Of hot water to the fine clothes and
rub them well from this. They then 60
through another rub In fresh water. are
next boiled 20 minutes, sudsed, rinsed In
blue water, and hung up TO dry. The
coarse clothes receive the same treatment.
Nv colored clothes are washed, rinsed, and
etsrched, before hanging out
In starching my muslins and the shirt
boeoms and he wristbands, I use boiled
starch being careful to rub In we'll the
sfsrch: thse h, after the shirt bosom haG
Zen dipped and wTung ont - dry - pos-
Sble. Il II well rubbed and pstted BE-
wen the banda This secret known TO
Eli rood laundry women, and 1t 10 almost
impoaible TO prevent the iron from stick
I'M unless this pfecsuti0n y observed. ]
cannot nike Edwards collars still enough
vith boiled starch, 90 Issiways use cold
1srch ~ then. Take tWo teaspo0nfuls
q cold slarch. and perhaps half To-
cnpful a Wster. o. : littie moss. have the
slasch thpeoaghly mixed before dipping u
~ eoll4s, wiring cet and e.p ara ~
wdA q 49, $500 e 49, 1 ..S
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-07

amused himself 1000 days was eating
1.50O days, was sick 500 days, etc. He ate
II, 900 pounds of bread, 5000 pounds O
meat. 4600 pounds Of vegetables, eggs
and FISH, and drank I, 900 gallons of liquid
water, coffee, tea, beer, wine. etc, all to
gether. This would make respectable
lake Of 800 square feet surface, and three
feet deep, on which 3 small steamboat
could navigate. And al this solid and
liquid material passing through human
being in fifty years.
ArrKR verdict had been rendered il
. hate uriAl in Austin county, Tex, the
Judge addressed the jury In this way
BY your verdict you have said the &C
cused il guilty of no crime. Your yer
evidence, and contrary to the charge o.
the court, the court disapproves Of your
action in the strongest possible manner
It is by such verdicts as this upon the part
Of petit jurors, that Texas has been
brought into disrepute among the other
States of the Union"
The, strictly industrial classes Of
France number about g 800 in every TO-
600 inhabitants, or 1O, 949, O91 in the whole
population. The number of men engag-
ed in commerce Is 737 ,675; Of women,
779,483. Out of population OF rather
more than sc, OO0, 600 people, about Is, 598, J.
600 are agriculturally inclined, and it is
curious that more women than men by
1000 are engaged in field labor. Com.
merce in Paris supports about 2l5.OOO
people, and banking societies OF vari.
GUS kinds, $4,000. The "concierges," or
" porters," who attend to the general bus.
mess of the numerous lodging houses,
number nearly $4,000.
THE following tragic story comes from
Pesth: Two brothers, of the principal
families Of Sy-Tatahaz lived in the bit.
terest hatred the one to the other. They
even carried their hatred so far as TO de.
sire to change their names, so that the
one shoul,: not bear the abhorred name
of the other. The daughter of one Of the
brothers, however, named Zouszi, and the
son of the other, Pista, were deeply in
love. They had in vain begged for the
consent of their parents to their union.
At length they resolved to die together,
since there was no prospect OF their mar.
rage. They accordingly put on their best
attire, went into a neighbOring garden,
and there Pista shot Zouzsi through the
heart, afterward putting bullet into his
own brain. Troubled by presentiments
of evil, the two fathers followed their
children into the garden, ana, finding
them both dead, they shot themselves IN
remorse. Shortly afterward, the mothers
of the lovers happening to pass by, saw
the four corpses, and attempted TO kill
themselves with knives, but were pre-.
vented by the neighbors, who had now
FASTENED on to the scene. Or course
readers are left at liberty to believe al
much of this story as they choose.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-07

putting our 'best room" to . proper use
and I am confident that if more parents
thought 90, and would labor to make home
the happiest place on earth, there would
be far less dissipation and crime among
our young men, than there now Ia
There is nothing that sheds such glow
Of warmth through the soul a. the feeling
that there II one place on earth where we
can hnd rest, and that II home . place
where We can enjoy the society Of those
most dear to us, and whore Ill ID peace
and happiness.
Parents, open your "best ROOM occs-
donally. when only your own family y TO
grace 4, and zee how much comfort you
can take, and how great IN amount Of
happiness you will afford those over
whom you have control Western Rural.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-07
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT
PLANTED.

HMD my baby on my knee,
NY blue eyed Bessie, three years old;
She laid her dimpled cheek on mine,
And In my ear ner trouble told.
Papa, pease may me 90 to school,
Like Sister Nell and Thtie Snowf'
Then - I smiled che begged again, si8
With kisses sweet Hdss may me gor'
when Bessie grows - large = Nell.
Then she may 60 to school," j said.
But mothers words and fhther's rules
Are quite enough for this email head. :"
She said no more, but sat awhile
Thinking her think, +" then ran away;
And a. turned to work again,
Iheard her In the yard at play.
Then mother called, " Come, Bessie, come;
It's time to 60 to sleep. you know"
20, dear mamma, pease let me stayl
I'se painted, tause want to grow"
Twas truei for there our baby stood,
With feet fast planted In the ground,
While waterproof and garden tools,
Ready for use, lay scattered round.
On mothers second call she came,
With rumpled dress and muddy shoe,
And looking up quite grieved, she said,
why tan't me grow, a. flowers dor
Our Young Ebiks.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-07
" Best Rooms"



HAVE always wondered what some
people have best rooms for. 1t really
Is q mystery for they always keep them
peeps through the curtains or falls upon
che carpet or pictures. Everything Il
cold and stiff. and sort of awe-inspiring
atmosphere pervades the entire room,
and you feel Involuntary like raising
your hat and making . profound bow
when you enter.
A few times year the apartment 10
aired, and two or three times opened for
=" grand company" But how uncongeD ial
everything is One feels just like walk
ing on tip toe the children are sure to
talk in whispers, and there IL pervading
feeling that the carpet is too nice to walk
on, the chairs too easy to be enjoyed, the
pictures too beautiful to be commented
upon, the books too handsomely bound to
be looked at and read. So you sit bolt
upright and talk politics and theology
until you get as rigid as your surround
ings.
Now, don't like such rooms! don't
believe in having things that are too nice
tb be used they always make me nerv-
Gus. If have nice dress, l want TO
wear it; if have q nice, pleasant room, l
want to enjoy it when have leisure, and
not when I have roomful of company TO
entertain.
always thinksoft carpets are to walk
upon, easy chairs to lounge in, beautiful
pictures to look at and admire, handsome
books to read and talk about
How love to throw open the "best
room" now and then, and spend quiet
evening there have father and brother
put on their dressing gowns and slippers
mother bring her knitting, and sisters
their crochet and embroidery; have some
one read good entertaining story, or
sketch from some 6vorite suthor, then
plsy an innocent game Of some sort,
laugh and talk just - much - you please,
or ding . pleasant, CHEEKY song, with the
piano for accompaniment.
Presently father will begin one Of his
long, thrilling stories Of his early life In
new country; mother viii look compla.
Gently around upon the family group and
think what happy change time has
wrought How bright and happy those
faces sse arouud that heaYthst01el Soon
the clock gives warning that IL On hour
pat bsd time-and where has tbs time
Aowuf Happy good.nigh1 are spoksn,
and happier hearts think there u noplace
Ike home, and there isn't
Now, this ID what call enjoyment, and
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-07
Sweet Potatoes Without Ridges.

A writer in the South Land published
at New Orleans, gives method Of raising
sweet potatoes without the use Of . hoe.
He says: Ny plan is TO aas-break, with
two horses early. In April or May lay
of rows four feet with subsoN- pillow,
which makes nothing more than mole
trace; drop the potato and sink II into this
trace with the foot; then run harrow,
and continue TO run often enough TO
keep down the grass until the potatoes are
mp When up to pretty good stand,
throw two burrows with farming pillow,
covering them up entirely. Let them re-
main until they commence coming through,
then run subsoil plow in the last far-
rows, and throw two moro burrows with
the turning pillow, which win cover them
slightly and cover up the grass, leaving
them In nicely hillsd condition. Before
th,y commence running. break out there.
matniug balk with . turning-plo and
run about three burrows with the gubsoil
When you Dig, use the pillow.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-07

An ASkansaa paper ssys: The coming
woman cAme yes'erday. She arrived &
the railroad station - noon. She came
alone Ill TIE way from Boston. She met
. stranger - she stghted from The tIein,
whom She had never seen before. The
sksnger was fascinated BY Der. They
wan Is onee married By justice q the
peace, ard ct out l,s home II - ox-caEk
Heovea hleos them"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-07

How 10 q fellow to know what 70 do ?
was the exclamation of . New Yorker.
who vs,mt TO . theatre 3 few nights ago,
leaving his watch, chain, purse, DO, ct
home, for fear he might be robbed or
gaYroicd on his way there and back.
Whom he got homo, 10 found the house
sAad been catered and III his silver, jewell
y, and vsluables Of every description had
BEEN carried OF
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-07

Tn Gun that nsifAer cAeees nor hes
bgiatD-&Ae Aie.csp-1kM
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ABSOLUTE REMOVAL OF CoRNs AND Bus1oS

RICHMOND, April Is, 1870.
Some days since DR.. Kendall removed o pain
full BUN1oN for me In q few secnr ds, literally as
he states, without cutting pain, or loss Of blood.
The ease that followed was wonderful.
WILLIAM j. HALL,
House or Delegates.
Cutting CoRNs is numbered with the exploded
arts. This Is clearly demonstrated by the novel,
painless, and eflcacious removal of them by DR..
Kendall, practitioner for many years In Lon
don, Dublin. Edinburgh, and many Of the princi-
pal cities and towns Of America.
Drs. Kendall & HARDEsTY have opened an
Office for short period at T2l Main street. where
they can be consulted all hours Of the day during
their stay In the city.
Thousands of testimonials similar to the above
can he seen at their office.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-02

heir, Major Horace w. Jones, Charlottes
vile, Va; C. w. Chancellor, Baltimore
Md; Major q. Taylor Scott, Warrenton,
Va; Miss Jennie Turpin, Buchanan, Va:
Mr.. F. Page Morton, Goochland C. a.; Mr..
T. J. Duffy, Wheeling, w. Va; Miss II. s.
Thornhin, Taver's Hill, Va; j. w. Gar.
nett, King and Queen C. e.; Mr.. w. C.
Crenshaw, Goodalrs, Va; John T. Baker,
Frederick's Hall, Va; John e.. Butts, New
York; Miss Bette F. Shelton, Mrs. 81. NJ
audgins, Genochio n. Frank, Miss Bette
Knote, Richmond, Va; John A. Johns,
keysville, Va; George II. Fox, Leesbrg,
Va; Miss Alice Snead, Charlottesville, Va;
Mrs. John Carroll, Manchester. Va.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-02
MEETING OF COMMITTEES OF THE CHAMBER

MEETING OF COMMITTEES OF THE CHAMBER
OF CoANRECE FOB THE RELIEF OF THE SUP
FERERs.-T There was full meeting on Satur-
day at o'clock of the various committees
appointed by the Chamber Of Commerce to
take steps for the relief of the surviving
sufferers by the late catastrophe. The COM
mittees organized, and on to-day the col
lee Letting ing committees will call on our citizens
Tor subscriptions wherewith to relieve the
widow and the orphan and those who are
lying on bed of suffering and of pain. We
need not, we are sure, say one word in the
way Of urging our citizens to meet the col
Letting committees In liberal spirit. as all
our people are deeply impressed with the
awful solemnity Of the occasion, and we
know that every one will do his duty.
The committee appointed to collect mo-
ney In Monroe Ward will visit each house
In the ward on this day, May 2, between
visit Will be made on Tuesday, when per-
sons not handing in their subscriptions ON
Monday viii please have the same in readi-
ness, either in the form Of bank-notes or
checks. The committee for this ward Is
Archer Anderson, L. d. Crenshaw, G. T..
Workman, Alexander Cameron, Thomas
Branch. The committees for Jefferson, Ma
Olson, Clay, and Marshall Wards, will pur-
sue the same course.
We republish the committee, for those
wards:
Jefferson Ward.-W. j. Yarbrough, J. NJ.
Higgins, D. 9. Mayo, j. 81. Greanor, Chris
tian Zimmer.
Madison Wdrd.-F. stearns, R. 81. Maui
~. VIM. q. Palmer, j. A. Scott, Albert
Ordway.
Cloy Hard.-John c. schafer, S. W. Har-
wood, VIM. Jenkins, E. j. Euker, j. w.
Beveridge.
Marshall Ward.-John b. Davis, r. L.
Browne, g. A. Ainslie, Miles Turpin, Z. j.
Christian.
The visiting committee appointed to as
certain as far as possible the condition OF
such persons and families as are in need
met and made rs prompt, arrangements as
possible to afford Immediate relief.
The committee was subdivided as follows
Clay Wdrd.-George S. Palmer and P. FL
Starke.
Madison Ward.-William G. Paine ani
William B. lsaacs.
Marshall Ward.-Henry Bodeker ant
Herman Wallerstein.
Monroe Ward.-A. l.. Elicit and Maxwell
| Clarke.
Jefferson Ward.-George W. Mayo and
General John E. Mulford.
1t is requested that any parties applying
| for relief give the full name and address tt
| the above gentlemen.
! Communications can be addressed to Gene
raj Muford, or left with any member Of the
committee.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-02

To THE PHYSICIANS OF THE CITY.-Phy-
sicians attending persons suffering from the
recent calamity at the Capitol are requested
to furnish their names and residences, with
any remarks they deem pertinent, to Isaac
Davenport, Jr., treasurer ;of the Relief
Committee, ut the First National Bank.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-02

'TEMpIARs OF HoNoR.-At stated meet
ing of Undine Temple, No. 2, Templars Of
Honor and Temperance, held on the eve
ming of the 18th instant, the following off,
GERS were elected: j. A. Scarlet, W. 9. T.;
las. M. Whaly, w. v. T.; A. j. David, w.
r: Chas. S. Britain, w. A. R.; Z. 7. Wal
thalI, ". F. r.; Andrew Dowd, W. Trea-
surer; A. S. Morris, W. W.; John W. Glenn,
". D. W.; John B. Bergman, ": G.-
Charles D. ,Habliston, W. S.; James Slade,
W. Chaplain, and A: J. Gary, T. W. G. I:
The above officers will be installed on next
THURSDAY evening OF s O'Clock.
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THE CALAMITY AT THE CAPIToL-ITs At
TEyDAST SCENES. AND HORRORS ExPERI-
ENCEs OF THE SUFFERERs.-We have now in
press, and will be issued in pamphlet form In .
few days, a full and accurate account Of the sad
calamity which on Wednesday last hurried so
many or our citizens into eternity, and crushed
beneath the fallen and broken timbers such large
number OF those who were near and dear to us.
Dealers would do we'll to send in their orders
at once ELLYsoN & TAYLOR,
News Dealers 1l1s Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-02

To PASTORS OF CHURcHEs.-Next Wed.
nesday will be observed in all of OUR church
es, and business will be suspended. Every
person will be desirous of attending divine
service, and for the public benefit we would
be obliged to pastors of churches if they
would give us notice of the hours of service
in their churches, and the names OF the
preachers who will preach.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-02

TIE CHANoERY COURT, Judge Fitzhugh
presiding, convened at II o'clock on Satur-
day. The resolutions adopted at meeting
of the bar In the morning were ordered to
be spread on the record, after which the
court adjourned till this morning at II
o'clnck
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-02

MARSHALL WARD.-The committee from
this ward request that parties disposed to
contribute to the relief Of the sufferers
should hand in the amount at once to any
member Of the committee. There are many
cases Of actual suffering. The committee
are : j. B. Davis, r. S. Brown, G. A. Aims
lie, Miles Turpin, and B. j. Christian.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-02

Mayors Court, SArURDAY-E 4. Farier,
Senior Alderman, presid,ng.-The follow
ing cases were disposed Of:
r. II. Christian (eolored), charged with
fighting and creating disturbance in the
neighborhood of Mayo and Broad streets
and resisting the police in the discharge OF
their duty, fined $3.50 and bailed In the sum
of 800 for his future good behavior.
:Jnhn Henry Bell (eolored, charged with
stealing two coats from John C. Shafer on
the ed March, 1870. Case continued to Sd
NJ Nav.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-02

"GooD MEASURE AND RUNNING OvEg."-
DooLEY's BAKING POWDER has already taken
the precedent over others from its well known
strength and purity; but aside from these facts,
1t is put up in cans holding the full Deight as re-
presented, which is rarely the case with those OF
ordinary manufacture. Hence, DooLRY's BA-
KING POWDER is the best, purest, strongest, apd
cheapest ever offered TO the consumer, and every
one who has used 1t will readily testify to this as