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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-23
Tight Shoes.

Poor little, pinched, tired feet How
nv heart ached for them, as / saw them
encased in snug, trim, buttoned boots
They were on the feet of little girl of
four or five years of age. The night
train" had just reached its destination,
and early morning found us very tired and
sleepy, as we stepped TO the platform and
hurried on our way.
The child had evidently worn those new,
tight boots all night, and was now so stiff
and lame that each step was Il distortion
of her dear little feet and ankles. How
the poor child must have suffered during
the long, long hours of that night Of travi
ell | could but contrast her appearance
with that of little boy by my side, whose
shoes were old, and easy, and comfortable.
| knew that he had enjoyed nice night 8
sleep, with day clothing laid aside, and
robed in his night-dress a. al home. Now,
he was bright and fresh, and well fitted
for the day of travel before him, while the
other little one was llst the reverse.
thought, when will parents learn com
mon sense, and dress their children Tor
comfort !"
All day long. as ! journed on, and many
times since have | seen, in Imagination,
the poor, little, pinched feet, as saw them
on that morning.
Tight shoes-what misery they give /!
Who of US has not worn them, and sui
fercd in them, and felt az though we could
not endure them another moment
How our tempers have been turned, and
peevish or angry retorts given, all on ac-
count of tight shoes Away with tight
shoes. both for ourselves and all under our
care They are Il deadly foe to comfort
and happiness.
Let Us also be charitable to the faiilngs
and faults Of others for if not caused by
tight shoes on the feet, they may be
pinched somewhere, either in body or
mind. There are aches and pains, secret
trials and dsappointments, that my, be
called the tight shoes of the soul. Yes
and how often we wear them perversely,
suffering anguish when we have only to
throw off the bondage, the desire for con
ventional trimness Of effect, and, sbod APP
propriately and sensibly, step forth cheerl-
" on our way = Hearth and Home.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-23
Hard Tack.
BY JOSH BILLINGS

IA ooSEi biLl4i~NGE.
1t is better tew kno nothing than few
kno Just enuff tew doubt and tew differ
Selflshness liz the alter which every man
sets up in hiz soul and asks hiz conscience
to be high priest ov the ceremony.
Cunning, at best, only duz the dirty
work oy wisdum, and therefore | dis
pie it.
| Hartes and diamonds are the two strong
suits Tor woman to hold-klubs and
spades for man.
L Kant see what woman wants emmy
more rights for she beat the first man
born into the world out ov a ded sure
| thing, and she can beat the last one with
the same kards.
The man who can stand abuse can gen
orally stand prosperity.
The only way tew beat the devil is few
fite him with the Bible in one hand and a
sword in the other.
II could only praktiss az well az can
preach, wouldn't thank a man tew war
rant me in this world nor in the world
tew come
The kream of a joke don't never lay on
the top, but alwus at the bottom.
About all there IL in mans natur that
IL natral IL hiz sins, ..and about all thare il
in hiz natur that liz cultivated il hiz way
ov hiding those sins.
Econeme IL simply the art ov Citing
if the woodchuck don't dig hole he
won't have one it IL true, he may steal
one, but then some other woodchuck will
have to dig.
Human happiness IL dredful hard
thing tew define | hav seen man, per
fektly happy without emmy shirt few hiz
back, bekum suddenly furious because
sumboddy had given him one, the collar
of which want starched stiff enuff.
One ov the very best things a man kan
say when he haZ reasonable doubts what he
ought tew say, IL tew say NOTHING.
1t IL disgrace tew emmy man tew be
feared
Sychophants are alwuZ the fuSt ones
tew be sacrificed when disasters KUN.
In a world like this, WHARF thare liz at
least five false things few one that IL true,
guessing il poor bizzness.
The best kind ov advice tew follow IL that
which agrees with Jour own opinyun. Il n
Y. Weekly.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-23
A Chicago Romance.

nc Chicago correspondent of the New
d Herald writes: "Now that the
&c Incidents of the fire have been near
toid, the romantic is creeping in, and
ts are being related which require a
y amount of credibility to swallow.
'he risk OF repeating what you may
already heard, l will narrate one told
curing the course of my rambles.
ie weeks ago clerk inc of our city
* was returning one night later than
a. from his business, and in passing
vacant space ON Michigan avenue
fUihg on the lake, he was startled by
appearance of woman in white, on
axe shore, who seemed in imminent
stI OF drowning. Our friend gallantly
'ea 10 the rescue, and on nearing the
spectre he saw he had case OF SOM
ouiism to deal with. The danger was
\, y, as the lady was making directly for
axe but being attired only in her night
the gentleman was at loss what
70 pursue. He, however, had final
nsos cast delicacy aside, and she was
NY ifom her dangerous sleep. The
goh OF the two was most embarrassing,
me ilrst impulse OF the lady was to
hcrself into the lake she had just been
esa from. The gentleman proved
sel equal to the occasion. Offering
ani' as matter of course, he offered
yyauact her to her residence, which Of
ae accepted, and the pair left for the
paternal residence, which proved
: one of the finest mansions on Michi-
venue: They met several times since
ar given by mutual friends, with
ay recognition on the lady's part,
81 81 she was well known to our hero as
,ail somnambulist. An acquaintance
m NY, which soon ripened into intima-
fom nv as the nOvelists say, promised to
an N somewhat warmer, when one night,
ShIr aniucky moment, the gentleman
recalled to her remembrance the
..gnt and revealed himself as her
|yed :. The intelligence was coldly re-
nTss she not being at all pleased at the
ssD eiy y: and the intimacy was suddenly
Menu On the morning of the fire, a
VIII sn perceived woman battling for
Eog IN the smoke and flames, and on
,Sa = ner rescue, he found the LADY
|Aop p aAe, he, himself, being the real
ue. OF course marriage must
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-23
Plants in Bedrooms.

III. j. II Hanaford in The Household,
says una tile idea that plants throw off nj
.toeeh III me night to an extent TO prove
+ Injurious, IN any material degree NAV
nave mao It's origin in the vagaries and
spIcuiatlohs OF some medical theorists, ut
terly forgetful of an oyefrulinr provi.
dence who makes no plumbers of this
kind. These plants have their labor ia
/ perform, so to speak, and we need not
trouble ourselves about that, bu, simply
regard all as right
While the breathing of every. living
creature, the combustion of fuel, etc, are
constantly destroying the oxygen of the
AIR, leaving an excess of nitrogen. the
other element of air, (the two gases.
oxygen and nitrogen, making pure air.
some means of restoring these relations
would seem necessary. This is done by
! the vegetable creation, the leaves of plants.
like lungs, absorbing this gas, and throw
ing oil the oxygen or restoring the purity
of the air.
The animal creation and combustion
thus furnish carbon in the form of carbonic
acid gas 10 the vegetable, while the vece.
table creation kindly returns To us the oxv-
gen in gaseous form, and the carbon ina
solid, in the form Of food; an arrange
ment with which we need not quarrel.
This work is constantly going on, illustra-
tive of the wisdom and the goodness of
the Great Father Ii is a matter of little
mportanceswhether this is in vast crea-
ton, on a grand SCALE or in our sleeping
rooms. Ii may be remarked that il would
be possible to fill our rooms with various
articles to an extent to leave too little
room for air, and thus deprive ourselves of
this necessity of life. We can scarcely
have too much Of il, as it is our life to a
greater extent than many suppose. But
even if there might be some OF the evils
referred to, il does not follow that these
rooms should be SO closed at night as to
exclude ali of the outward air or prevent
the escape of Il large amount of carbonic
gas, or supposed excess of nitrogen from
the plants The breathing will leave such
an excess, even with no plants in the
room, which should be allowed to escape.
Such sleepers have more occasion to
fear this deadly gas, constantly produced
| by breathing, than the might air, so
foelishly dreaded.
In short, while our sleeping rooms are
SO often too small, it may be advisable to
have our plants in some other room, with
open doors, that they may aid in purify
ing the air. We may rest assured that
they will do us far more good than harm !;
that this law of compensation is in active
operation all around us, and is merely an
other term for the goodness of the Gre
I 1tnr
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-23
eresting Vaccination Statistics.

there is, on the part of some persons,
nclination to permit themselves or
lies to be vaccinated, just because of
ssibility or liability of having some
disease communicated by the opera
or, secondly, because of a disbelief in
Icacy as preventive, the following
bearing upon the second objection,
rem, with the hope that they will
to remove this dangerous prejudice :
ring the prevalence of smallpox as
tidemic in London, in 1868, observa-
were made by two distinguished ply
,Ds, Drs. Buchanan and Seaton, as to
fleets of vaccination on $4,000 chill
belonging to national and parochial
|ols, rk-hOuses, etc. Some of the
(lren had never been vaccinated ; the
ke majority had been, in various man
kand degrees. OF every /, 600 children
bout any marks of vaccination, no less
900 had marks of smallpox. While Of
|y 600 children who had evidence of
ination, only 17S, on an average, had
= such traces.
regard to the quality and amount of
vaccination, it was found that of chill
having four or more cicatrices only
per thousand had any trace of small
while of those who had a single bad
d, 10 per thousand were SCARED by
lpox. Hence the best vaccination was
Ethan thirty times as protective as the
and the worst was more than twenty
|1times better than none at all.
Marson, who has also given the sub
most careful attention, reports that
he study of $4,000 cases at the Lon
Nnall-pox hospital, the unvaccinated
at the rate of 81 per cent, and the
mated at the rate OF only 61a per cent;
nOrtality of those with four or more
being only 0.55, while that among
ewith only single scar was 1877 per
Thus the average risk which vacci-
persons run if they do catch small
isabout one-sixth of the risk run by
unvaccinated, while well vaccinated
lns run less than one-seventieth part
he risk. .
heauthority from which we CLEAN these
further says that, while few unvacci-
persons do not at some period OF life
4ln an attack of smallpox, the cases
comparatively rare in which well
finated person takes the disorder. The
(ective power of vaccination is shown
Foways Din shielding the constitu-
IN the great majority Of cases from
Kind OF an attack of smallpox; and
the exceptional cases Of so modify
lhe disease as almost invariably to de-
eH ofdanger to life, or of those terrible
gnrements which the unmoditied dis
80 frequently leaves behind it.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-23
Well Broken.

Customer 10 Horsedealer's Boy)--"Sent
this horse to show me, ell = Where did
your master get him }"
Boy" Don't know, sir. -,
Customer Is he quiet in harness
Boy" Don't know, sir.
Customer Will your master Warrant
him sound 2"
Boy" Don't know, sir. -
Customer" Confound it, boy what
did your master tell you to say to me about
the horse y ).
Boy-"Hc telled me TO say, Don
know, sir to everything as you asked
me !"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-23
WEIR AND aGVE.


The Wonderful Remedy Cancer, Srro:ula Icerous
aud other Blood Diseases.
DR.. p. r. KEEkE having Just returned from Ecuador
and brought win him quantity o. the genuine cnndn'
range bark, secured through The olgul rccOtncn da.
ton and assistance of H. FNtleney. the President Of
Ecuador and the Government OF t4' Republic we arc
prepared 10 MI orders for II. 10 limited cacnt, and NJ
price about quarter Of that which the cosof The
first very small supply compelled us 10 charge,
spurious articles are nos advertised and sold as Cum
durango. We have, AZ considerable expegFe, and with
the cooperation Of the authorities of Lola Ecuador, the
province where tle plant grows. odireced the chan mel
Of our supply 10 insure That none bn the genuine sal
We sold BY Us, and we particularly call the attention Of
the public for their protection to the fact that no Gun.
durango Las been imported except by this House.
BLISS, kFESE a. CO., No. 10 CesiAr ST., Sew York.
D. ". BLISS, NJ. D.. Washington, ID. o.; q. r.. BLISS,
NJ. D.. New YORK r. 7. KEENF. N. d.. New York.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-23
selected Miscellany.
IN AUTrlM.

,a.s saded long ago,
~ - grapes to plumpness grow;
snotless gowns of snow,
Taberoses are here!
r.rers whose sweet and dreamy bloom
.,h.. the gardens leaf-strown gloom
,ss5ens at the summers tomb,
n the falling of the year.
no cricket's dreamy cry;
s.n.is leaves around me lie;
/ h yorr fate they prophesy,
blossoms ever dear.
49,. ~ gold the valley crown,
~ ~ rom bursting husks of brown
,n.,ed chestnuts patter down,
m the falling of the year.
NV sumac plumes the hill,
4 he tree-toad's treble shrill
F,te. moment, then is still
Boding cry of fear!
kr.belv sounding on the gale,
4 White" calls the speckled quail
an the rough-hewn, zigzag rail,
In the falling of the year.
-aa+ Il is TO lie anu uTedIi,
Se-e the overlapping stream
Erirkles in the MONDAY CLEAN,
Under skies so clear;
Kan ripe autumn's gorgeous reign
r. Rs spell on heart and brain,
ffb vague and nameiess pain,
In the falling of the year.
\ the voices of farewell
Fan each rainbowed nook and dell.
I'M TO my heart they tell
summers bide not here.
kne their pleasures, long or brief,
| nd your life of JOY or grief
/. The life of flower and leaf,
In the falling of the year,
r,et to know the hidden seed
sses to life at Natures need.
| "A her lesson fair ] heed;
softly, now, hear:
! 81 will come to hearts that sighl
Si.gr days will soon go by!
afes will grow again, that die
IN the falling of the year,
-App'eton's Jo~ywal.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-23

Queen Victoria is to send inc En- ,.
neror of Russia six sheep as Christmas
gift.
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follow such strange coincidence, and We
VIII leave the matter, adding that YOU are
at liberty TO believe the story or reject il
at your pleasure.
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UNIVERSALISM.

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Enerayings and the Chicago Fire

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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-10
FROM NEW ENGLAND.
How Mr.. Snmne,'s Removal Is Reaat ded In
R0st0Q.

Bostoa.
Boston, March 10.-Tbe Advertiser, CON-
men'ing on the removal of Senator Sumner,
says Whatever loss of sympathy he may have
sustained by his course on the San Domingo
inquiry would be doubly restored to him by all
who believe in fair and open warfare, even if an
enemy. Nor do we believe the country would
sustain the attempt to prejudice the San Do
mingo question or any other seriously affecting
our relations with foreign countries by packing
committees in advance solely or mainly with
reference to them. Much as we have
differed from Mr.. Sumuer, and unjust
as he is in his intolerance of dissent,
we believe the country is with him on the
question of annexing any of the tropical islands
while their governments cannot maintain them
selves, except under the shadow of our war
ships, and the people have no means of express
ing their free choice; and though there may be
some qualification in fastening personal slight
upon Mr.. Summer, we do not think that when
the issue is fairly made up, the fact that Mr..
Cameron speaks for the Foreign Committee and
Mr.. Sumner simply as the Senator from Massa-
chusetts will materially alter the result.
Freedmen's Aid Society.
BosToN, March 10.-At the annual meeting of
the Freedmen's Aid Society, the secretary, Mrs.
Cheny read a report giving q review of the
tahsdStioho VI tuO oOSlcty lOr bHS past year.
The total number of pupils at present is upwards
5000; total number of schools 43; aud teachers,
H. Maryland has 16 schools, 16 teachers; Vir-
ginia, IA schools, % teachers; North Crolina,
l school, 8 teachers; South Carolina, IL schools.
25 teachers; Georgia, school, 5 teachers.
The condition of things is more favorable in
South Carolina than other State, that State hay
ing adopted public school system recognizing
whites and blacks on equal terms. North Caro-
lima and Virginia have also taken action, aud in
part initiated public school system.
The situation il Maryland and Georgia is not
altogether encouraging, owing to the opposition
of portion of the whites and the apathy of the
blacks.
Normal schools are regarded as very success
full and useful. The gradual REIMBURSEMENT of
the ordinary schools to the support of the
people of the States is contemplated, but it is
hoped that the normal schools will be sustained
by the society for the assured benefits which
will thereby ensue to the general educational
system of the South. The graduates of schools
have ia many instances been taken into en-
ployment as teachers under the auspices of the
State. The receipts of the society for the year
exceed $4,000. Governor Clafin was re-
elected President.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-10
FHOM DEL.A WIRE.

The WilmInEton M. e. Conference- THIRD Day
Stecial Despatch TO The BUe1siJlg Telegraph.
DOVER, Del, March 10.-The conference was
called to order by Bishop Jones at nine o'clock.
DIR. Colclazer conducted the opening exercises.
The fourth question of the general minutes was
taken up, and the character of the following
passed:-A. L. Hood f. NJ. Chatham, james
Conner, j. G. Fosnocht, G. Prettyman, G. D.
Watson, William r. Mcfarland, w. II. Hutchin,
and c. w. Buoy.
The following were elected:-Elders John D.
Rigg and Amos A. Ewing. Both are broken down
in health and received supernumerary relation
The list Of supernumerary preachers was then
called.
T. Scott and r. w. Todd were given effective
relation and Leonidas Dobsen marked with
drawn. The Secretary made his report, after
which the effective Elders were called.