Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06


WORKMEN GENERALLY ON STRIKE
,Blacksmiths. sI IL td
A. PLEDGE OF LoyEAPawninxlt the en-
gagement ring. eiigti o5r1 ~ .Sog, y
WALL street, IL is said, gives $4,000
600 annually in charity. 7sgt '13Sa
WHAT is the proper age, for parson p
The parsonage, Of course. ia
Who ever saw anybody near a fire who
didn't want TO play poker
An EARLY SPBNG-Jumping out of
bed at four o'clock in the morning.
THAT woman was q PHILOSOPHERS who
when she lost-heF hasband, said she had
one great consolation abe knew where he
was o nights ,,...-,y.
A PERSON, hearing that time is mon
ey," became DESTROYS OF learning how
many years it would take /" to pay little
debt of hundred dollarsl' ~ :. go
A NEW clerk in a Chicago, dry goods
store recently assured q lady, to whom he
was endeavoring to sell q set Of fun, that
they were the best furs that ever grewon
a fur's back" 20
NORTH CALIFORNIA claims the cham
pion voter. At the last election he walked
to the polls followed by seventeen sons,
and they collectively. deposited eighteen
ballots. ~ s.,
THE Boston Post apologies for saying,
in speaking Of . young American "poet,n'
something about the "sputterings of his
insatiate pen,"s and says it really meant TO
say the writings of his Industrious pen"
THE Japanese have but one newspaper,
which comes out once month, In the
shape of q stitched pamphlet of about
100 pages. 1t has been established little
more than a year. u 41l Aittft iI.' u
A DowN.EAsT editor dplaintively says
that he has original poetry n enough to-
single q meeting house, but, as he has no
meeting house to single, the Original
poetry is useless. - I'D .331 p ~
A BIaAMIsT's lawyer, in response to q
question from the Judge, IS to how many
wives his client had, said eve have thus
far counted up only thirteen, but there are
yet twenty-nine States to hear from, your
honor" ,,a .ftf.., ..s.s.t
Two notable crimes are reported from
Australia In one case, an Irishmai
killed his father, mother and wife, and, in
the other, woman Of German extraction
cut the throats of six children, and then
her own.
Forty years ago Simon Cameron pur.
chased for 500 spur of the Broad Noun
tain, in Pennsylvania. 1t is now worth
81 100000. Coal has been mined out of it
for thirty-five years, and he has realized
i the shape of royalty about 500 day.
A FIRE companyiin Auburn, N. Y, has
instituted very sensible innovation in
conducting funerals. Instead of hiring a
band Of music to attend the funeral when
a comrade dies give the amount which a
turnout would cost to the family of the
deceased
BIsMARK Is said to have kept COM
plete diary of all public events and his
personal relations thereto for the last
thirty years, and he intends to prepare, as
soon as the continental troubles are over, a
history of his own time. @fe
THE London Saturday Review antici-
pates legislation on children's parties, on
the ground that If it is injurious to the
health of boy to send him up chimney,
it is obviously equally SO to expose him
to the consequences OF late hours and hot
rooms" Ht
MISS, will you take my arm?' asked an
old bachelor. :" La! yes, and you, too"
said the young lady. "Can only spare
the arm, Miss, /" hastily replied the bachelor.
" Then" said Miss, II can't take it, as my
motto is to 60 the whole hog, or none at
all"
THE New York Globe is responsible for
the following. /" Mr.. Greeley writes to
Hon. Will Cumback, Lieutenant Governor
of Indiana, that rust in wheat Is caused by
the oxidation Of the surface Of the grains.
Ii wiped perfectly dry and inclosed in
buckskin sacks, well oiled, wheat will
never rust"
KING WILLIAMS exhaustive demands
for men visibly enlarged women's sphere
in Prussia. By,a recent order Of the
Minister Of Education, women who prove
qualified are to be accepted as
teachers Of modern languages in public
schools---a profession hitherto monopolized
by the masculine gender.
THERE is citizen of Jacksonville,
Ind, who, some years ago, bought piece
Of ground in Chicago, for which he paid
. mule and IS in money. He sold the
property short time afterward, and 1t is
to day worth 1000, 900, and the aforesaid
gentleman amt worth cent GesI
OWNER of Brook Ito trespassing sport)---i
/" IN have you to know, sir, that / own
this property, and have ,fished this stream
for sc. years" Sport (sympathizingly)-i
" Well, / should think you'd pretty well
used it up in that time. Why don't you
try some new spot, say?"
" AN artist, showing his pictures to Gus.
toner, received the following short retort
" Well, Idontithink much of this hold
ing up the, picture before him. Don't
think much OF 1t? Why, that's very
rare print IA very rare print, indeed, sir!"
" Rare? I've no doubt it is r0ys-it GER
tainly is not tylLtlone"
3 a LITERARY man, in answer to cor
who had solicited his auto
graph, is said to have answered thus mod.
estly: 81 gladly comply with your re-
quest, as it always gives me pleasure to
render favors to those who appreciate
true genius. The time is not far distant
when to possess my autograph will be 4
deemed rare piece of good fortune. Still
l send 10 willingly, for I believe you can
not fail to be impressed by 80 great a kind !
ness" III Wia GF .g @fN
A PHrLADELPHIAN has Invented clock
that will measure the one .ten-thousandth
part Of a second. The clock ia described
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