Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-08
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
A Lock HARD TO PICK-Lock jaw.
A Lone DRINk-An hour glass.

A Lone DRINK-An hour glass.
A PRETENDER TO THE CRowN-A CHG
non.
SHonr-SIsHTED-A draft payable on
demand
How TO GET ALONG WELL-iave it
dug deep.
THE key to Darwins theory which is
apparent to all is-Mon-key.
WHAT word may be pronounced quicker
by adding two more letters to ity-Quick.
INSURE your life in the Washington to
the amount your farm is mortgaged for.
TRADEsMEN often get their living by
various weighs.
The Mutual Life, of Chicago, is one of
the safest and most successful companies i'll
the country.
Why should spider be good baseball
player Because, naturally, it is an cx-
cellent fycatcher.
SOMEBODY aludes to that peculiarly
impressive tread which nothing but re-
turning Jury in murder trial has"
HIS pill grimage is over" as the drug
gist's widow said when she ordered an
epitaph for his tombstone.
SAID a pompous husband, whose wife
had stolen up behind him and given him Il
| kiss, Madam. / consider such an act in
| decorous T. Excuse me-" said the wife,
II didn't know ii was YOU"
| IT has been ascertained that out Of fif.
teen hundred salmon eggs, in the ordinary
course of nature only one produces a
mature salmon. If all the eggs laid were
| TO produce salmon, the ocean in half
| century would be a moving mass OF sal
mon.
| A MONTEREY Mass blacksmith has
! hen which has laid and Latchcd dozen
| eggs on his forge, less than three feet from
| the blazing fire. She was white when she
| first took her station there, but the coal.
dust and heat have changed her com
| plexion materially.
EVERY person." says fhe author.
I Southey, has two immediate parents, four
ancestors in the second degree eight in
the third, and SO the pedigree ascends.
| doubling at every step, till in the twentieth
generation he has no fewer than $50, 89G
grandfathers and grandmothers.
RATHER good story is told of the
former Miss Lane while she was the charm
ing mistress Of the Executive Mansion
A photographer, in New York, presented
her with an album, superbly bound, con
tain forty-two different views Of Miss
Lane. Jones remarked, on seeing it one
day, that 1t was the most Miss-a LaHeous
book he had ever seen.
Or the quaint sayings of Father Taylor,
many old and some new ones are finding
their way into print. To q prayer meet.
ing which had just been told that repent.
ance was never too late, for sinner blown
up in powder mill could make his peace
with heaven before he fell TO the earth,
Father Taylor said, Do not trust in such
a chance, brethren; don't wait for your
diving hour before you repent; perhaps
you never will be blown up in powder
mill"
A CURCULIo REMEDY.-We, last fall,
made mention Of the fact that Gen. n. +.
Lund, Of this city had been successful in
keeping the Curculio from his plum trees
by spreading fresh horse manure under the
tree as far as the branches extend, 10
depth Of four TO six inches. The theory
is that the ammonia arising from the ma,
nure is offensive 10 the Curculio. Sue
cessful plum culture has undoubtedly fol-
lowed the trial of this course in several in.
stances, and 1t is undoubtedly worthy of
further trial Gen. Lund does not advise
entire reliance on the manure, recommend
ing free use Of the jarring process in ad-
dition - Western Farmer.
A CURIOUS naturalist undertook to
watch spider one day, to see how much
he could accomplish in the way Of eating.
About daybreak he went 70 supply the
spider with q fac fly for breakfast, but
found the creature already feasting on an
earwig. The spider left the earwig, rolled
up the fy in his web, and then returned
70 his first course" which occupied him
q couple Of hours. After taking q nap he
demolished the fly. Later In the morning a
ddy-long.legs was supplied, which lasted
till noon. Then followed . blow-fy for
+, relish. Scores Of small green flies termed
midges, were caught In the web, which the
spider finally rolled up together and ate,
web and I'll, with good appetite.