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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-13
Easy Method OF Cutting Glass.

THE cutting of glass, says the 1schnoto-
gist, is an operation so frequently put in
practice in the laboratory, that any simple
means of effecting it is sure to run the
rounds Of the press as soon as published.
Almost all the methods in common use
are very old. OF course, for cutting fiat
glass, such as window panes, the diamond
is the best agent. For cutting rounds, or
ovals, out of flat glass, the diamond is the
best tool; and if the operator has no dia-
mond, it will always pay to carry the job
to glazier, rather than to waste time and
make a poor job by other and inferior
means. When, however, it is required to
cut off q very little from circle or oval,
the diamond is not available except in
very skillful hands In this case, pair OF
pliers, or very dull scissors, is the best
tool, and the cutting is best performed
under water. A little practice will enable
the operator to shape a small round, or
oval, with great rapidity, ease and precl-
sion. When bottles or TASKS are to be cut
the diamond is still the best tool in skill.
full hands; but ordinary operators will
succeed best with pastiles, or red hot
poker We prefer the latter, as being the
most easily obtained, and the most efficient ;
anu We nave utFCl ohy
cutting off broken TASKS so as to make
dishes or to carry a cut spirally round
long bottle, so as to cut it in the form OF
corkscrew And, by the way, when so cut,
glass exhibits considerable elasticity, and
the spiral may be elongated like ring!et.
The process is very simple. The line OF
the cut should be marked by chalk, or by
passing thin strip Of paper alongside OF
it; then make file mark to commence the
cut; apply the hot iron, and crack Will
start; and this crack will follow the iron
wherever we choose to lead it.
For drilling holes in glass, a common
steel drill, well made and tempered, is the
best tool The steel should be worked at
low temperature, so as to be sure not TO
burn it, and then tempered as hard as pos
sible, in either murcury or bath OF salt
water that has been well boiled. Such q
drill will 90 through glass very rapidly, II
kept well moistened. A good liquid for
mois,ening such drills is turpentine, in
which some camphor has been dissolved,
This was the lubricator recommended by
Griffin in his work on chemical manipula-
ton, and il has been frequently published
since. Diluted sulphuric acid is equally
good, if not better; and we have found
carbolic acid singularly efficient.
II is stated that at Berlin, glass castings
for pump barrels, ETC., are drilled, planed,
and bored, like iron ones, and In the same
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-13
support myself, to say nothing of support

support myself, to say nothing of support
ing family. 1t costs me nearly all the
change can pick up for tobacco and some
thing to drink" Poor fellow! what will
ne do for home when the old folks de-
part! He has learned no trade; knows
little or nothing of business, and is float
ing on towards the poorhouse.
The young man who starts out in life in
tent on working his way up expects to
climb hills, overcome difficulties, endure
defeats, suffer reyerses, and roo against
tide, currents and breakers. But he will
never float. He hears the roar of the cata-
ract in the distance, and exerts himself 10
keep clear of it. 1t is the lazy floating
boatman who is carried overt
Parents owe it to their children to wake
up, call out, and develop the latent powers
with which they are endowed. We grant
that the first duty, or business, or privilege,
OF childhood is to grow-to grow bodily
rather than to overtask their brains or
nerves, Still, they may-must-be trained
to use their faculties in order to make
headway in life. Over-indulgence is as
fatal as over-work. Every boy and every
girl should be thoroughly impressed with
the fact that self.helpfulness is duty, that
lulcutSs Is u SIN. IL Is tIuc t1dl
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do"
Give young children short hours for
study; long hours for play, real earnest
and hearty play, and all the time they
need for perfect sleep-nature's sweet re.
storer. Lay out their work or studies, and
see that they do it; so also their play and
their sleep. If hard tasks be given to
children stand by them, encourage, and
help them through. Never overload a
colt or you spoil the horse. Teach chill
dren that there is real merit in achieve
ments One success will be followed by
another; and when the boy becomes a
man, he will go through, not around, a
hard task He will tunnel the mountain,
when in his way, or force his way "up the
rapids" instead of lying on his oars and
floating down tho stream. 1t requires en-
ergy-combatiyeness tirmness, executive
ness, and ambition to excel-to insure sue
cess in life. The absence of these manly
qualities leaves the miserable creature
among pitiable imbeciles and helpless
paupers.
Young man, whittier are you tending
Are you standing still, drifting on the
tide, or lazily floating down the current
Are you already miserable slave to nasty
habitsg Do you chew tobacco! smoke
tobacco? snuff tobacco: and drink Or
are you still clean-mouthed, pure-minded
and unperverted, In the one case you
are on the road which leads to dissipation,
disease, crime, and premature death in the
other--if you live right-you will rise in
life, become a useful, successful, honored
and worthy citizen, growing in health in
grace, godliness, and will leave the world
somewhat the better for having lived in it
Choose We, whether you will float or r0U
your way through life. and suffer the scr
rows of misspent life, or enjoy the hap
piness which comes of obedience to III,
laws of God-Phrenologtcal Journal.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-13
Remedy for Rattlesnake Bite.

LAST summer, while in Kansas, I learn
ed of certain remedy for the bite of the
rattlesnake. As it may benefit some one
Of your numerous readers who may find
that he Is victim to the venomous bite, /
herewith send the cure with the advice to
try it: Make poultice Of fresh COW
manure and apply to the wound change
every half hour. A thorough trial of this
remedy was made on the person Of little
girl living with Mrs. Sperry, Of Hiawatha,
Brown County, Kansas. This little girl
had been bitten on the arm; the doctor
was sent for, tried his remedies, and fail
ed. The child's arm and body swelled
rapidly, began to turn black, and the child
appeared to be going into commissions,
when woman from quite distance, hear
ing Of the case, came and advised the trial
Of this remedy. They tried 1t as last re-
sort, and 1t acted like charm convul.
sions subsidized, swelling went down, black
ness disappeared, the child recovered en-
tirely from all effects, and is now living as
healthy as any other child not bitten. It
might not act on another the same, but it
might be used in connection with internal
remedies or as last resort, as it was in
this case.--CDr. Rural New YorAyr.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-13

raj to expect corresponding difference il
language which is plainly initiative, anC
nothing else. In Mr. Tylor's work upOr
the Early History of Mankind" which
contains very interesting account of this
language, it is stated that, according to the
general practice of mankind, shaking the
head is the sign for the negative "No.'
In Southern Italy, however, shaking the
head never means "No," but always, 81
don't understand you; what do you
mean 2 while mo is expressed by ele-
waiting the chin and protruding the under
lip little; and a still stronger negative
by the same movements, to which is added
scraping the under-side of the chin with
the tips of the right-hand fingers, holding
the knuckles outward, and the fingers
slightly bent In the curious affidavit in
support of the will of deaf and dumb
man, unable to read and write, quoted by
MIR Tylor, which explains the signs used
by the testator to express his testamentary
wishes, it is to be observed that the testa-
tor expressed his death by laying the side
of his head in the palm of his right hand,
and then lowering the right hand, palm
upward, to the ground. In Southern Italy,
Catholic country, death is expressed by
making the sign of the cross with the first
two fingers of the right hand held to-
gether, upright, before the face,
that being the final action of the
priest when administering the
sacrament to dying person. The gesture
by which the English deaf and dumb man
expressed his death would, emitting the
lowering Of the hand, mean, in Southern
Italy, sleep. In this country we beckon a
person toward by holding hand or finger
with the tips upward In Southern Italy,
however, the tips are held downward, and
the English manner of reckoning is used
for salutation. The verb Ego" is express
ed in Southern Italy by holding the open
hand, the palm perpendicular, to the
ground, and pointed in the intended direc-
ton, and shaking the hand up and down
from the wrist: while in this country we
simply point with the ndex-fnger. In
Sothern italy, hunger is expressed by ex-
tending the thumb and first finger, keep
ing the others closed, over the mouth, and
giving a rotary motion from the wrist.
The reader is at liberty to try this upon
any organ grinder he meets, and mark the
result. To-day" is expressed by closing
all the fingers of the right hand except
the index, then pointing downward, max
ing rapid slight movement of the hand
up and down; tomorrow" is the same,
except that the movement is greater, and
from the elbow. Numbers, of course, are
shown by holding up the fingers.-Apple-
tons Journal
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-13
The Reindeer and his Travels.

WE know that domestic animals are
often compelled to take long journeys, in
obedience to the will of man; but did you
ever know that whole companies of peo-
pie are sometimes compelled to take long,
wearisome journeys because Of the migra-
tions Of animals? The reindeer in those
cold North countries where he is the main
staff and stay Of the people, takes his long
journeys at the regular seasons in search of
the reindeer moss and the peculiar lichens
which are its main food. There is no help
for it; but the people who depend on it for
food, and clothing, and almost every other
necessary OF lie, must follow its wander
ings. Fortunately there is little portable
property to transport; and even the little
children are harder than most men with
us. A little thing of two years was seen
by DR.. Kane to take his knife and cut into
the walru5 fat along with the rest of
the family, consuming quantity so enorm-
Gus it seemed almost incredible. They
early learn to take care of themselves, SO
that little children are small intolerance to
their parents.
Those frozen regions could not be In
habited except for those hardy creatures.
Their keen scent shows them where the
moss is hidden even beneath six feet OF
snow. Where every thing else would per-
ish of hunger, it finds sufficient food. In
turn il furnishes food for the poor inhabi-
tants, and when domesticated, gives them
milk, butter, and a sort of cheese; while
its skin is put to innumerable uses besides
the common one of furnishing them with
warm clothing.
1t seems wonderful to us that people
can bear to live in such region, and that
it seems beautiful land to them. No
doubt they would soon tire of the conven,
fences of our enlightened homes, and
would think the most common customs OF
civilized life very irksome and disagree
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-13
Gesture.Langnage In Italy.

n Southern Italy there is current ven
Role story, which is here given with all
erve, as the diplomats say; in other
)rds, it is totally unworthy of belief.
e storyis this: A stranger present at a
plnet council in Naples, after some
Fnt pantomime had taken place, asked
zen business was going to begin, and
told that it was over ....
But" objected the astonished stranger,
ooody has said word
True" was the answer; but surely
observed what was going on!'
saw nothing going on" said the
Pnger, "except few shrugs and grim
5, and the king signing his name. You
! mean to say you call that business
VI course" was the answer. What's
use of a long lalk, when we can ex-
s. our meaning as well, and more
cKly, by signs"
ne story, though an exaggeration, is,
ertheless, not SO utterly absurd as it
ms to the English reader. Southern
ians use great deal of gesture while
aKing; not because they are deaf or
lo, for they are quick of hearing, ever
ing takers, and remarkably intelligent,
because they have picturesque instincts
are not satisfied with expressing their
by feeble words; while they satisfy
natural impotence by using gestures
leu OF whole sentences, and can, and
occasionally carry on conversations
hout any speech at all. For example
we seen man in balcony near the
q house narrate entirely by gestures
Gays adventures to friend on the
und floor Of . house on the opposite
Of street.
ne gesture language is believed to be,
ne main. the same all the world over
In places widely apart, in which the
us OF life are very different, it is natu.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-13
Floating or Rowing.
IT may be very pleasant to some-it is
certainly very lazy life, this
'sFloating down the riber,
On de Ohio"


FLOATING down the riber,
On de Ohio"
The fact is, we f0a too much, and we
ron too little. 1t is this floating, instead OF
rowing, which draws us on and on to
habits of Incidence, unthrift helplessness.
81 couldn't help it. q can't, simply
mean floating. ~ can and 81 will, y
mean rosoing. A young man will start out
in life, resolved on having an easy time. he
keeps this as he keeps no other resolution.
He shuns real work, and seeks q position
as bartender in a drinking saloon, or as q
stage or carriage driver, so that he can
ride rather than walk; or he seeks situa-
ton as keeper Of toll gate-it is not hard
word to take and make change, you know.
Or, failing this, he will offer his service to
exhibit horse, machine, or take stu
alton in the custom house, where the du-
ties are light, hours short, and pay enough
to keep him in liquor, tobacco and second.
hand clothing He is not always expected
to pay his board, for is not his society an
ample equivalent for what he eats, and
place to sleep? He sings songs, plays on
a fiddle, tells stories, and is entertaining.
Another young man of like aspirations
once Joined circus company, and Travelled
for time; but it was too hard work, this
pulling up stakes, and changing places
so often. The old anecdotes repeated by
the clown were learned by heart, and as
he was accustomed to do, were fired of "
for the amusement Of stable-boys, loafers,
room loungers, and other idlers. At
one time he concluded that he would go
on whaling voyage. Here, he thought,
was an opportunity for long and lazy
voyage, with plenty to eat, and but little
work. He returned after three years
trip, sharing the luck Of all lazy fellows,
having got more experience than oil. He
returned once more to his friends, and now
relates his hardships, and begs for sympa-
thy and support. Poor fellow, the fates
are against him, and he resigns himself to
season of repose. When rallied about
what he intends to do in the future, he re-
plies. 81 have nothing in view;" or Bust
ness is dull; there is no work to be done
but if there were ever 80 much, the pay is
yery poor; and while the old man has
anything left, prefer to stay with him l
NAV as well have 1t as any one. +" But do
YOU not intend to marry and have q home
Of your own" "No; l can scarcely
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-13

steak was pretty good, too; don't you
think so, Aunt Lucys"
Yes, l expect so; and I hope they will
enjoy it all" Then she added gayly
We'll, how do you like fairy visits ?"
"Oh, think they are jolly" said
George.
"And I think they're ever so nice" said
Fannie. ~ would rather 90 with YOU
again than to 60 and see Rosa, believe"
and that was saying great deal, for Rosa
was her dearest friend, and they had had
such pleasant times when they visited
each other.
They walked on in silence q moment,
then Fannie said, 81 wonder why we feel
so happy this mornings"
Is 1t not because it is more blessed to
give than to receiver" said Aunt Lucy,
softly Christian Union.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-13

lathes and machines, by the aid of sui
phuric acid.
A little practice with these different
plans will enable the operator to cut and
work glass as easily as brass or iron.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-13

A GERMAN waiter at Bingen on the
Rhine has displayed talent for fraud
worthy Of Saratoga A lady found
chicken in her egg, and called his atten-
lion to the circumstance. He charged hex
| for boiled chicken.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-13

DISPATCHES from various points in
Colorado are delayed by the jnconvbnient
habit the settlers have of hanging horse
thieves to the telegraph wires.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-13

FAT men do not seek greatness-it u
thrust upon them.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-18

ADRoTTLY IIIT.-A correspond
ent of the Herald and Presbyter,
writing from Minnesota, tells the
following: 81 have picked. up a
little story which | think too good
a reproof for disturbers of the peace
lin churches to be lost. A presiding
elder ofthe United Brethren Church
was preaching i'll this same neigh
borhood, and was much annoyed by
persons talking loud and laughing.
He paused, looked at the disturbers,
and said, Il am always afraid to re-
prove those who lnisbehave in
church, In the early part of my
ministry / made great mistake.
As l was preaching, a. young man
who sat just before me was con-
stantly laughing and making un-
couth grilnaces. | paused and adj
ministered severe rebuke. After
the close Of the service, one Of the
official members came and said to
me, Brother -, You made a
great mistake. That young man
whom you reproyed is AN IDIOT
Since then l have always been
afraid to reprove those who misbe-
have III church, lest | should repeat
that mistake, and reprove another
IDIOT During the rest of that sery-
ice, at least, there was good orIer."
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-18
Gent.-ssWaiter, how came this
lead tiy i'm nv sOup 90

Gent.-s Waiter, how came this
dead fly in my soup?"
Waiter-"ln fact, sir, l have no
positive idea how the poor thing
came to its death. Perhaps it had
not taken any food for q long time,
dashed upon the soup, ate too much
of it, contracted an inflammation of
the stomach that brought Oh death.
The fly must have a very weak
constitution, for when | served the
soup it was dancing merrily upon
the surface. Perhapsand the idea
presents itself only at this moment
it endeayored to swallow too large
a piece Of vegetable, this remaining
fast in his throat, caused a choking
in the windpipe. These are the
only reasons can give for the death
of this insect. .
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-18

WHAT Is THINE AGE ?-"Fath-
err" said Persian monarch to an
old man, who, according to Orien-
tai usage, bowed before the sover-
eign's throne, ''pray be seated |
cannot receive homage from one
bent with years, whose head is
white with the frosts of age"
"And now, father,' said the
monarch, when the old man had
taken the protfered seat, ''tell me
thy age; how many of thesun's
revolutions hast thou counted ?"
ssSire," answered the old man,
81 am but four years."
s'What ?' interrupted the king,
''fearest thou not to answer me
falsely, or dost thou jest on the very
brink Of the tomb 20
81 speak not falsely, Sire" re-
piled the aged man, "leither would
offer foolish jest OH Il subject SO
solemn. Eighty long years have |
wasted in folly and sinful pleasures
and in amassing wealth, none OF
which / can take with me when
leave this world. -Four years only
have l spent in doing good to my
fellow-men and shall count those
years that have been utterly vast
ed? Are they not worse than a
blank, and is not that portion only
worthy to be reckoned as a part OF
my life, which has answered life's
best end ?''
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-18

Mr.. Orrin Kempton, conductor up
on the Boston. Lowell and Nashua
railroad, was somewhat taken aback
on the week of the Fair at Lowell,
when the fat girl. nine years old.
weighing 32O pounds, presented . half
fare ticket. -
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-18
Anti Woman suffrage.


Some ladies in Washington. headed
by Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren and Mrs.
General Sherman, who are taking an
active part in opposing woman's s,lf-
frage, have started movement the
object of which is to completely out
flank the ..sutfiagists of the Tilton-
Woodruff school
These ladies do not believe that the
Constitution Is it now stands gives the
women the right to vote, and they
are determined to deprive the others
of their so-tsilled Sixteenth Amend
ment by occupying the ground them
selves with an amendment providing
fora uniform system of divorce. Their
principal argument in fayar OF this
new measure is that; it the Courts in
other States are obliged to recognize
Indiana divorces as valid, though they
are generally obtained by fraud, the
tribunals OF that State virtually absorb
the whole divorce business of this co,ln-
try and imperil the property and mar
ltal rights Of every woman from Maine
to California. This, they think, makes
the question one of such national inn
portance rs to require the interference
OF Congress. under constitutional safe
guards and they desire the constitu-
tionai provision they are seeking to be
called the Sixteenth Amendment. -
They are going TO work like real high
born ladies to encompass their ends.
and design having the measure first
introduced into the Senate rather than
the House, since the former is'.a body
of much more decorum and dignity
than the latter. What is more. Mr..
Trumbu.l is to be asked to take charge
of the amendment, both as Chairman
of the Judiciary Committee and as the
pure>t and best OF the Senators OF the
United States. 1t is believed that this
measure will secure for American
women all the right they care to ex-
ercise i'll public affairs, and save them
from the wrongs OF such pernieio,l-
legislation as is the disgrace of Indi-
ana. The flank movement of the sui
frslgists by appropriating their f;lvorite
amendment Is regarded as Il good
stroke and one that will put ut rest the
agitation of Il question which Il few
ambitious women. by driving its best
friends into obscilritv. have made dis
reputable. 1t is not intended to make
! the amendment too radical, and it il
| only feared that it may be defeated by
the promoters Of so-called reform over
! loading it and killing it. \ lively
scrimage among the female politicians
! is'expected, and the movement cam
not fail to add new features to that re-
markable lobby in which women play
such varied and important parts.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-18

A little terrier In Iowa ate yeast
cake. Next morning his master did mt
know him he WAS as big as a bull
dog.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-18
" Dead Open and Shut, 2,
THOMAS J. Stafford.
Having purchased the
Right for Linn Co., Oregon,

Has now on hand, and will manufacture
the above described gate. Whercvcri it l,:,.
been used ii has received the highest en-
conIttsns, as the large number of certiii-
Gates from prominent farmers In all parts
of the country, now i'll my hands, will
testify.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-08

Testimony of a wellknown aud highly esteemed
citizen of New Boston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-08
an TAR

The active medicinal
qualities of Poke Root
are combined with ghe
best Tonic preparation
of Iron in