Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-02-02
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

/ THE Love THAT Pulmonary
affection t@ @tE
SOMETHING ALWAYS ON HASD-Youl
| thumb.
SEvENrY-THREE hundred Chicagoans
died during the past year.
Why is the figure nine like q peacock
Because it's nothing without its tail.
LAST year 16, $50 Philadelphians died
In 1869 the number was 14,786.
LAST year 80, 739 immigrants arrived al
Boston. In 1869 the number was S4,7S4
The population of the United States
according to the census just taken, is 49,.
674,46
A PORTLAND man has carefully covered
his thermometer with glass, to protect it
| from the cold.
TEETH extracted with great palms." is
the advertisement of Washington den
| tist
CHICAGO has more wooden houses, and
Philadelphia less Of them, than any other
large cities of the country.
Pound parties are becoming quite fash
ionable-every one that goes takes pound
of something.
PROFESSOR EATON has discovered that
this globe will support human life only
twenty-six million years longer.
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Pa, boasts of being
out of debt, and, what is more encourag-
ing, there is not single prisoner in the
THE water used in Cincinnati last year,
works, averaged fifty gallons q day for
each inhabitant.
"MrsTUR tomus brown, president of
nashurnul bank, fellerdelfy," was the SUI
prescription on letter that passed through
the Boston Post Office, recently.
THE Boston Post thinks it is good
thing for Horace Greeley's heirs that that
gentleman's will is not in his own hand
writing.
THERE are 5, 405 street lamps in the city
of Boston-nearly thousand more than
in 186S-and it cost 1924 ,5S0.47 for light
last year. So.
CAPTAIN Lott, of the Cunard line, has
sailed more than 100000 miles-or near
ly fifty times the distance of the circum-
ference of the globe.
INFORMATION for whom it may concern
What is the best method Of popping the
question:" 1t ISL good deal like cham
pagne-if it don't pop itself there is some
thing wrong about it. 4.
NEXT to Massachusetts, Connecticut,
and Rhode Island, New Jersey is the most
densely populated of the states She has
one hundred and seven to the square
mile u
"WoMEN," remarked the contemplating
man, ARE as deep as the. blue waters OF
yon bay" cay, sir!" rejoined the disap-
pointed man, and as full Of craft
AT wedding, recently, when the Off
ciating priest asked the lady, wilt thou
have this man to be thy welded husband ?"
she dropped the prettiest courtesy, and
with modesty which leant her beauty an
additional grace, replied. If you please"
During the year 1870, 1853 persons were
killed, and 4S4 wounded, on the railroads
of the United States. Kansas is at the
head of the slain, with 81 killed; and New
York comes first on the wounded list,
with GO.
A wIRY old gentleman at New Cornwall,
N. s., who was famous as walker In his
early days, recently, for the purpose of
testing the effects of age upon himself,
walked twelve miles, and, dong his best,
made the distance in two and half hours.
He is rather proud Of his feat. His age is
80 years.
"CLARA, love but thee alone" thus
sighed the tender youth. cob! hear me
then, my passion own with trembling lips
and earnest tone. Indeed, l speak the
truth!' He paused-the blush o'erspread
her cheeks, she let him draw her near;
scarce for emotion could she speak, yet
she asked in accents meek: "How much
have you year,"
AN attorney, in Mr.. Beecher's company,
once asked him: "Supposing that the
parsons and the devil should litigate
cause, which party do you think would
gain it?" THE devil, no doubt replied
Mr.. Beecher; AS he would have all the
lawyers on his side"
THAT was generous poor man in San
Jose, Cal, who hearing accidentally that
family in San Francisco was destitute, sent
them two bits, saying in note he intended
should be private "This is all l can
spare. l am poor, working man, when l
can get work"
THE new savings bank at Lafayette,
Ind, was outflanked by little colored boy,
who had deposit in that institution. He
presented his check for seventy five cents.
The cashier told the little fellow that he
could not draw less than 81. The boy at
once changed his check to 81, and depos-
tied $1.25. es
fHEY tell queer story about man in
New Haven, who lives 'son the hill, }" who
carried home some ice cream in paper
the other day. He took it into crowded
car, and held it up so that, as it melted, a
gently meandering stream of it coursed
down a $50 velvet cloak on lady pas
senger. 1t ruined the cloak, and the man
said he was sorry
/ A WESTERN clergyman, in recommend
ing a friend for situation, says; I" He is
perfectly human, and has made some OF
the ablest mistakes that ever were made,
showing in their happening and in their
correcting q hopeful consciousness and
| growing manhood"
A BAvAnIAN officer in France found one
Of his men cleaning chicken. Halo p
cried he, "fellow, where, did you get that
chickeng Don't you know that stealing
has been forbidden on pain of death -
GA peasant woman gave it to me-" was
the answer. "And what did she say?''
well, she didn't say much. She only