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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-31
Youths Department.
BABY NEIL.

SoUI-LrT eyes of heavens blue,
Cheeks the Gamask roses hue;
Lips the cherries ripest red,
Golden suubeanls crown her head.
Fitting like happy bird.
Baby prattle now is heard;
I" Mamma, do 90 love me lots,
Cause me love 90 velly nuts"
Uneasy feet re on my chair.
Rounded dimple arms so fair,
Are pressed about my neck so tight,
And am kissed with baby might.
Rosy cheeks the pillows press,
Dolly near Is laid to rest;
- Dess my dolly hab zee troup,
For she losed her fodder boot;
She tared her dress and losed her hat
When me ride her on re cat;
sides leabed her on zee stair,
While 90 fiizzled up my hair"
Well, well, my darling, say your prayer,
Then go to sleep with dolly there.
81 Nov IA IT e down to seep,
pray zee Ord my soul to teep,
If | sood die before waite
pay zee ord my soul TO tate,
and Kiss ! ask for Jesus safe;
bod hess mamma anc papa too,
My dolly and my fifty too "
Boston CultiJator
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-31
[Ow Diamond was Lost and Found.

A few years since, gentleman engaged
the lumber business in Maine, having
appreciative eye for fine diamond,
Pd being CONVINCED that a real gem
ould, if properly bought, be safe in
Gstment, accordingly commissioned Mr..
harles w. Kennard, the well known
weller on fremont street, to purchase for
pa stone, about q thousand dollars in
Rlue, which was mounted as q spiral
)cked stud.
As months rolled on the owner was Of
FED by connoisseurs constant advances
his purchase, which temptation only
ede him value his gem the more. and he
ID to himself, "If it is worth that to
EN- it is to me, and l will keep it till
iced by necessity to sell"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-31

The editor OF the Elmira Adoertistr
has poor luck buying medicine. He says:
IL went to a drug store early one morning
for dose of morphine for q sick friend.
The night clerk objected to giving it to me
without prescription, evidently fearing
that I might destroy myself. 'Pshawg
said !, "do look like man that would
kill myself Gazing a. me steadily for
half moment, he replied Il don't know:
Seems TO me, If l looked like you, should
be greatly tempted to kill myself
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-31

A GENTLEMAN Of Dubuque sent up q
little red balloon labeled 80 that II should
be known who sent it and where from.
In less than q week he received letter
from Akron, Ohio, that 1t had arrived
there, five hundred miles from where It
started.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-31

How pleasant q surprise 1t Ia TO SEQ
the miracle OF novel motion In objects
that are usually inanmate! We have seen
q rope walk, a note run, watch spring, .
horse fy, and Saratoga hop, and next
summer we shall 20 over the ROckys TO
zee the Big Trees leave and the Pacinc
slope.-O1ioa0s Pod.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-31

THE Governor of Ohio has received .
letter from Dundee, Scotland, making IN
quiries as TO the suitableness OF that State
for q Scotch colony, which L. about 70
emigrate bodily to this country.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-31

FLORIDA Furnishes her criminals by a
prison diet Of ham and eggs. They have
to turn out the military three or four times
a week to keep the outsiders from breaking
into the penitcntiary.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-31

THE circulation Of American papers is
rapidly increasing in Germany, and it is
proposed To establish German-American
news agency at Hamburg.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-31

How 10 Il Mount Vesuvius never
slsepsi II h always yawning.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-31

A ROOTED soRRow-Ths toothache.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12
More Census Studies.

The sources whence the Territories
and new States OF the Union draw theil
population, form one OF the interest
ing studies of the Census returns.
Taking Nebraska as an illustration il
appears that the West has contributed
most largely to the building up Of that
State-natiyes of Ohio numbering TO-.
7O9; of Illinois 9,63S OF Indiana 6,0OOi
of Iowa 1000; ten Western States hay
ing sent more than 10000 OF their people
to settle in Nebraska. All the Southern
States contributed less than 10000. The
New England States have sent less than
5000. But New York and Pennsylvania
count largely among the 'feeders" OF
the new State-natives OF New York be-
ing reported at 9.241, and of Pennsyl-
vania at 1864; making total from these
two States of 16, ,205. The total popnla-
ton of Nevada is 5000. OF this num-
Der, one.third are immigrants from the
Western States. OF all the present resi-
dents only IS, ,425 are natives OF Nebraska,
or about one-sixth. Every State in the
Union has contributed to make up the
population, and out OF this composite
aggregate new and fourishinS COM
monwealth has been born.
The neS State Of West Virginia counts
a total population of 406,951, but OF this
number no less than 364, ,S03 were born
in Virginia or West Virginia. Ohio has
contributed u, 900; Pennsylvania, l5, 600;
New York, 1859 and there has been
large immigration from Maryland,
amounting to 7,10O. 1t is an interest
ing point in the statistics Of the foreign
element that the numbers of the Germans
and Irish in West Virginia are nearly
equal-Germans 6, ,232, Irish 6,S32-and
2,557 are natives of England and Scot
land.
The advantages OF West Virginia seem
to have been appreciated BY immigrants,
but very few OF this class have yet found
their way to the newer centre Of civiliza-
ton in far-away Nebraska.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12
Caught by the Flames.

Great fires have been raging lately in
the forests in Sullivan, Ulster and Dela-
ware counties in New York. The wood
lands in the remote sections OF the Shan
daken Mountains were discovered in
flames on May IS. The underbrush,
dry as tinder, was like train OF gun
powder, and the flames spread with ex-
traordinary rapidity. The following
homespun description is from the lips OF
IN eyewitness
"You see, we were huntin' for bars,
which you know get off to Just such
places, whar there aint nobody nor nuth-
in to be botherin' on 'em. When we
found track, and were follerin' ont up,
Jim says to me, Bob, something's a
burnin'!' We hadn't tramped much
further, before the smoke came around
pretty thick-in puffs, like. There
wasn't breath of air. All at once there
came cloud Of smoke, like blanket
1t came right down and made the woods
almost as dark as sunset, although it
was only about o'clock. Then came a
shower OF cinders. We got choked and
blinded. Some of the cinders came on
our necks like so many needles stickin'
into us. Wewere nigh to the top of the
hills, and minute or so the wind shifted
another way, so we could see bit.
There never was such sight! All about
us, except one little streak to east'rd was
in blaze. We were. both as black as
Congo niggers. 1t was like the Atlantic
Ocean chock full OF kerosene and pine
wood all ablaze at once. Well, on top
of this mountain, bit off below US,
was hollow, with steep rocks all around
it. There was q spring and brook
there, and green grass. In that hollow,
say about ten rods long and FIVE wide,
there were more than million Of snakes
-adders, moccasins, racers, and black
snakes-and woodchucks, squirrels, fox
es, and one bar. They had all come
there to get to the water away from the
fire, but now the water was nearly all
dried up, the ground baked, and the
rocks around as hot as an oven. They
were all walled in by the fire. There
was no gittin' out. The bar laid down
on his back and growled. His hair was
most burnt off and his hide was scorched.
The foxes were burnt almost as bad, and
looked awful curious with their tails all
roasted. The most amusing thing Of all
was the snakes. Some Of them were
dead in heaps, all twisted up and burst
open; others were burnt crisp and the
rest squirmed and twisted like a heap Of
tangled ropes. All this happened in less
than half an hour. While We stood q
gawking at the sight, gust Of wind and
hot cinders came on us. We choked, and
turned around to get ont. There was no
time to lose. Only narrow, dry ravine
was unburnt. Down that we went, about
two yards at each straddle, until we got
to the bottom. Well never forgit that.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12
Social Instincts Of Animals.

Some recent contributions to animal
psychology, which are both new and in.
teresting, have been made by Mr.. Fran
els Galton, on the half-wild cattle Of
western South Africa, which he thus de-
scribes 1.-The oxen OF which l speak
had belonged to the Damaras, and none
of the ancestry OF these cattle had ever
been broken to harness. They were
watched from q distance during the day,
as they roamed about over the country,
and at night they were driven with cries
to enclosures, into which they rushed
much like body Of terrified wild-ani.
uals driven by huntsmen into trap.
Their scared temper was such as to make
it impossible to lay hold of them by 9TH
er means than by driving the whole herd
into clump and lassoing the leg OF the
animal it was desired to seize"
Yet these wild creatures are available
for service, and Mr.. Galton had nearly
a hundred OF them broken in for the
wagon, for packs, and for the saddle.
He had an extensive experience with the
beasts, and beguiled the munotony OF day:
by observing their mental habits, sspe.
cially the working of the gregarious and
self-reliant instincts. He represents the
animals as being stolid and socially un'
amiable, even spiteful toward each other.
"Yet, although the OK has SO little affec,
ton for or individual interest in his fel-
lows, he cannot endure even moments
severance from his herd. II he be sepa-
rated from stratagem or force, he e1-
hibits every sign Of mental agony. He
strives with all his might to get back
again, and when he succeeds he plunges
into its middle, as if to bathe his whole
body with the comfort of the closest
companionship." This terror at being
separated, evincing total want OF self
reliance, had its practical inconvenience,
as "the traveller finds great difficulty
in procuring oxen for his team, ordinary
cattle being totally untitled by nature to
move in so prominent and isolated po-
sition. A good fore-oI is an animal OF
exceptional disposition /; he is in reality
a born leader OF oxen. Men who break
in wild cattle for harness watch assidu-
ously for those who show self-reliant
nature by grazing apart or ahead OF the
rest
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12

And you are obliged to confess that you
have had all your trouble for nothing
Poor children, always relying upon color
instead of form, and never finding out the
true state Of things! Yes, the habit oil
your companions appearing in public asso.
GATED with certain suitable and useful
objects, has contributed not a little towards
getting them husbands. But do you know
the reason2 1t is because the red petticoat
was woven and made up by the epersereriDg
young girl who wore it; such an example
of her skill and activity in using her needle
furnishing admirable proof of her knowing
what TO do in the situation in which she is
placed. The distaif likewise proved as
profitable to Biebe because she was fear
less spinner, and did not rest satisfied, as
you did, with carrying the implement
around with her motionless at her belt ;
she kept the spindle below it and her fin
gers always busy, SO that the flock Of wool
or flax had to be renewed ten times day.
II the lamb did not prove unserviceable to
Llxandrine, it was because it was the lead
er Of a fine drove of fifty which that careful
little shepherdess led out daily to pasture,
early in the morning in summer, and dur
ing the afternoon in winter, avoiding wet
grass and fields, always getting back before
it rained, and ever keeping clear of changes
in the weather, Of so much harm to those
delicate little creatures. Your three COM
panions worked so faithfully in their re-
spectiye eallings that they are known far
and wide for their intelligence and activity
tho best possible dowry young girl can
have, and the most reliable charm for a
husband. Put aside the red petticoat
which you bought and did not spin, the
distaif of no avail to you, and the equally
useless lamb. You have fields and mea-
dows that are lying fallow; resume your
rake and hoe, stir up the ground, and pull
up the weeds; be as industrious as your
companions, and you will not have to wait
long for husband"
Cairette listened to Aunt Migueline's
discourse with all the attention which ad-
vice deserves when one is disposed to follow
it because it seems good. No longer quit
ting her little plot Of ground, she dug,
hoed, and made hay SO successfully that,
at the end of the year, the son of rich old
Thomas came and put to her the following
question:
"Cliarette, will you be my wife 90
"Why should refuse, Monsieur Thomas,
if such is your wish Z" responded Clairette,
with downcast eyes, and a modest teint
which the least bashful Of country girls
can so well assume.
"You are agreed, Clnirette?"
II am" and they joined hands.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12
Being Drugged, He Didn't Go to Europe.

The Boston Journal says: Last week
Mr.. Leander Hamilton, of Ware, took
passage on steamer for Europe. He
did not sail on her, and tells the follow
ing singular story.
"Haying paid at the shipping office OF
the steamer for the round trip, l went on
board, having previously stepped intoan
exchange Office to purchase s3lO In gold
soyereigns. At the dinner table on the
steamer took my seat with Others, each
having his name on card near his plate.
l noticed nothing particular, except that
a waiter brought me q tumbler and filled
it with water, said tumbler being some
what different from others on the table.
Drinking from the glass before me l
noticed that the water was brachsh, but
suspected nothing. During the meal L
drank about half the contents, and as
soon as I had finished 1 felt rather queer
and started for my state-room. On my
way I passed two men, one OF whom
asked me if I was going to Glasgow,
which rather surprised me, because that
was my destination One Of them passed
along and the other made some remark
about the state.rooms not being ready,
saving that he, his mother, and two Sis
ters were going to Glasgow, too; | then
became quito unconscious, and after q
while found myself out in the shipyard
returning to consciousness. Thinking
OF my sovereigns, and putting my hand
into my pocket found them gone: lhad
Just time to go on board, get my luggage
and return to Boston, for the ship was
upon the point Of starting from the
wharf. I am firmly convinced in my
mind that that waiter drugged the water,
that the men whom I passed were his
confederates, and they robbed me Of
every dollar I was then possessed OF,
while in an unconscious state"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12
Humane Act Punished.

The Liberal Christian has the follow
ing anecdote from gentleman who was
an eyewitness of the circumstance mar
rated:
The thermometer often stands for days
at from 1O9 to III degrees in the Red
Sea, and when the vessel is with the
wind, and travelling about with the speed
of the air, the lack of any breeze or
ventilation makes life on the steamer
almost insupportable. On this occasion
four men and two women among the
Messengers were SO overcome with the
heat that the ships doctor reported that
thew must die if the ships course were
moi changed and breeze created by
travelling against the wind. The cap,
tain M yery reluctantly, and in dire fear OF
company's com orders, yielded to the cry OF
humanity and steamed one hundred
miles back on his course. He thus re-
duced the oppressive temperature twen,
ty degrees, ventilated his ship, and saved
he lives iprobably) of six passengers.
The Government fined the company
who excused the captain, although not
without warning not to do it againl a
tbonsond pounds for going out OF the
nrescribed route with Her Maiesty's
mails.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12

The Palace OF the Tuileries, destroyed
by fire, lay east Of the Place du Con-
corde, between the Seine and the Rue
Rivoli. It's name is derived from the
fact that it was built on the site of a
manufactory OF tiles. Philibert Delone
and Jean Badant were the architects who
prepared the original plan in obedience
to the dictates OF Catherine de Medicis,
Queen of Henry II. They built the
central pavilion, the Pavilion de Hor-
Jorge, the two adjoining wings, and the
payilions with which they terminated.
4 range Of buildings ornamented with
large composite pilasters and pavilion
at each end Of the structure, the whole
presenting a facade of 326 yards in
length by SO in depth, was the work of
Henry ". He also began the gallery
which fronted on the Seine and connect
ed with the Louvre. This was after
wards completed by Louis XIV, who
harmonized the architecture Of the build
ing by substituting a quadrangular dome
for the spherical one which surmounted
the Pavilion del Horloge. In 1908 Ma
poleon commenced another gallery along
the Rue Rivoli parallel to that already
constructed. Napoleon III. completed
this. Napoleon III. also rebuilt the Pa
yilion de Flore. The Tuileries and the
Louvre formed one pile, enclosing the
Place du Carrousel. The gardens OF the
Tuileries west of the Palace and extend
inc to the Place de Ia Concorde embrace
an area OF fifty acres.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12

MEN AS CooKs.-Mrs. Jane Swishelm,
is in favor of men as cooks, and by way OF
illustration, relates the following: 81
never knew the significance OF the i'm
pulse which leads oil boys to want to
bake griddle-cakes, until saw 0 French
half.breed from Selkirk, beside his iron
less cart, on the open prairie, preparing
his evening meal. He had a large fish
broiling on the Goals without any inter
vention OF gridiron. His batter and
his 'hapjacks' were in bucket. He
heated and creased a long-handled sheet
iron frying-pan, poured in enough bat
ter to cover the bottom, set it over the
fire, kept on serenely attending to other
matters, as though no f1apiacks' were
in danger of being burned, as it would
have been if any woman had set it to
bake; but Just at the right moment he
came up, looked into the pan, took hold
OF the handle, shook it gently, then with
a sudden jerk sent the cake spinning in
the air, caught itas it came down square
in the center, with the other side up:
The cake was turned as no woman could
have turned it, and with an ease which
showed that the man was in his proper
sphere"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12

JEALOUSY DID r.-Jealousy is a dis
agreeable quality to get along with, but
it produces good deal Of the excite.
ment which keeps people alive, and not
unfrequently gives rise to some rather
ludicrous scenes. A lady in Virginia who
was subject to this unpleasant malady
lately returned home, after short
absence, and took the precaution to re-
connoiter through the key-hole before
entering her room, when she saw her
husband tenderly adjusting shawl up
on the shoulders OF a woman. Here
was confirmation strong as proofs OF
hold writ" that all had not been right
in her absence. She procured q shot
gun from an adjoining room, suddenly
opening the door, and lodged the dead,
" charge in the back ola dummy
which her husband, who dealt in dry
goods, had brought home in order to put
t in repair during the lonely hours Of
his wife's absence. After this incident
it was still more in need Of repair, but
the woman's mind was in more healthy
condition than before.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12
Asleep.

Sound sleep-no sigh eau reach
Hin who dreams the heavenly dream
Not to-morrow's silver speech
Wake him with an earthly theme.
Summer rains relentlessly
Patter where his head doth lie;
There the wild fern and the brake
All their summer leisure take
Violets, blinded with the dew,
Perfume lend to the sad rue
ill the day breaks fair and clear,
And no shadow doth appear.
-Ndry Y. Prescott.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12

Prison PUNISHMENT. The punishment
now in use in Sing Sing prison, n, W
90 81 n citizen, who seems to know, writes
~ - tbe noners-is this The authoritiei
"a tOEe S small cord and sHp-noose it around
tbe thumbs OF a prisoner, and then draw
him M by the cord one foot from the
[,rl anor, and let him hang there till he
foints They have q convict now under
,Y,, nnn;sbment whose keeper has hung him
m in this way three times, and he the
Keeper kr says the convict begs that he M
H TviIl not kill him. He let him hang al
hour and ton minutes.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12

FAST BoYs.-A New York boy visiting
Troy of course had to carry pistol with
him. He pointed it at little girl and
snapped the hammer. There was re-
port, a scream, and a little girl lying Oh
the floor bathed in blood. The boy was
so frightened that he ran away and has
not been seen since.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12
At the MOrgue.

nv tAS AAot + ut.
K Z. H, oBIrr MArl.
Deal gently, Preacher,
With this poor creature,
So fair OF feature,
So mute and coldl
One beth yOnder,
The city's wonder,
Who sconed to proffer
Her charms for gold.
Come nigh and study
Her winsome body:
Those lips, once rudy,
Now dAnk and pale;
The hair, whose sable
Bestrews the table,
Would We were able
To guess her talel
The Norgue hath paid her
Its last grim duty;
That sacred beauty
Lies all confessed.
What impress fingers
OF baby fingers
WAS there no ring hers7)
On yon white breastl
For this she yielded
LIES strong endearment.
Think what her fear meant,
What her despairl
Was there no morrow
From which to borrow
Other than sorrow
=. For one 80 fair?
Father above US,
Save those who love usl
Read what her hand wrote,
Just ere she died:
"No friend, no dear one,
Hath helped or hiDdered
Ihave no kindred,
IN the world wide."
G0stay was given
or earth or heayen,l
How she had striyen
Unto this last
Honor was left her:
Ere man bereft her
OF this one jewel
Her spirit passed.
spotless and pure,
She doth endure
The slab, the sewer,
The body's shame;
Her all defending,
To the storm bending,
She made this ending,
Hiding her name.
Poor soul, and lonely,
Thy Father only
Saw thee in mortal
Anguish that night:
Saw, and forgaye thee
Men could not save thee),
When from thy portal
Thy breath took fight.
With no derision
or thy misprison
Our plying vision
On thee doth fall.
Would We might aid thee,
Or could have stayed thee,
e Want had laid thee
Here in Deaths halll
Edmund G. Stedma'
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12

THE last census shows the population
Of London to be little over three and a
quarter millions
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12

Each man, woman and child in Massa.
chusetts is worth s1,560-or would be il
the property was equally divided.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12
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