Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-10-12
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Sun FLowERs-A writerin the Prairie
Farmer thinks ait more profitable to raise
the mammoth sun flower thsn the common
kinds, but they are all good The seed is
valuable Tor many imposes, especially for
feeding hens. The stalks are very useful
for kindl ng fires"
REMEDY FOR EAR ACHE Generally,
heat Is the best remedy Apply a warm
poutice or warm oil 20 the ear. Rub the
back of the ear with warm laudanum. In
case of fetid discharge, carefully syringe
the ear with warm milk and water. In all
cases keep the ear thoroughly cleansed.
Relief is often gwen by rubbing the back
OF the ear with Little hartshOIn and wa.
ter.
WE are generally losers in the end, if
We stop to reiute all the backbitings and
gossipping we may hear by the way.
They are annoying, it is true, but not dan
gerous, so long as we do not stop to ex-
postulate and scold Our characters are
formed and sustained by ourselves, by our
own actions and purposes, and not by
Others. Always bear this in mind, that
calumniators may usually be trusted to
time and the slow, but steady, justice of
puOnC opinion.
DRILLING WHEAT-In drilling in fall
wheat some advantage may be gained by
the direction in which the drills are run.
The prevailing winds in winter are from
northerly direction. If the drills are ar
ranged to run similarly, when the ground
is frozen and the VII DIS are violent much
cath is blown from about the roots, and
they become sometimes dangerously ox-
posed If the drills run in an easteTly di-
rection the winds will blow acr IS them,
and all loose earth, dust and floating mat.
tiers, and, most important of all, the snow,
will be drifted against the rows OF wheat
plants on the side where they need protec-
ton. The roo will thus gain covering
which is useful not only during the cod
weathe-, but also during the growing sea-
son.-Hearth and Home.
How TO SEE UNDER WATER-Says a
writer in the Scientific american: "The
indians of North America do this by cut
ting hole through the ice, and then COW
eriDg or hanging blanket, in such man.
ner as to darken or exclude the direct rays
of the sun, when they are enabled to see
into the water, and discover fish at any
reasonable depth. Let any one who is
anx Gus TO prove this, place himself under
the blanket, and he will be astonished
when he beholds with what brilliancy
everything in the fluid world is lighted
up. | once had occasion to examine the
bottom of mill pond, for which con.
structed float out finch plank, sufficient
to buoy me up; through the center of this
float cut 9 hole, and placed blanket
over it, when | was enabled to clearly dis
cover objects on the bottom, and several
lost tools were discovered and pi, ked up
| am satisfied that, where water is suffici-
emily clear, this latter plan could be sue
cessfullv used for lost bodies and articles"
Look most to your spending. No mat
ter what comes in, if more goes out you
will always be poor. The art is not in
making money, but in keeping it; little
expenses, ike mice in a barn, when they
hair, heads get bsld; straw by straw, tho
thatch goes off the cottage; and drop by
drop, the rain comes ia the chamber. A
barrel is soon empty, if the tap leaks but a
drop minu G. When you mean TO save,
begin with your mouth; there are many
thieves down the red lane. The ale jug is
a great waste In al other things keep
within compass. Never stretch your legs
farther than the blankets will reach, or
you will soon be cold In clothes choose
suitable and lasting stuff, aud not tawdry
tineries. To be warm is the main thing;
never mind the looks. A fool may make
money, but it needs wise man to spend
it. Remember it is easier to build two
chimneys than to keep one going. Ii you
give all to back and board there is moth.
ing left for the saving bank. Fare hard
and work hard while you are young, and
you will have chance TO rest when you
are old.
THE HEAT OF THE BLOOD How many
OF us know the real temperature OF cur
own bodies? All the thermometers are
marked wrongly; they generally. mark
blood heat at ninety eight degrees
Fahrenheit. Now, the real temperature
of the blood, in healthy person, varies
surprisingly little from one hundred de-
grees. But the temperature of the axilla
or arm pit, which is the part of the body
whose heat is most frequently and con-
and six-tenths degrees. This is the usual
healthy temperature OF the body; little
variation from this temperature occurs
whatever be the heat or cold of the sur.
rounding air. 1t is well known that we
retain an inward warmth while exposed
to the cold But the same vital power Al.
so keeps us cool when exposed to de-
gree of heat far higher than that OF the
blood--as in the case of the experiment
tiers who entered an oven heated above
the boiling point Of water. And this
power TO retain an even temperature is
one Of The strongest proofs of sound con.
stitutioD in the Individual. ANY range OF
the axilary temperature below ninety
seven degrees or above ninety nine and
half Is always very suspicious.--HeaTM
and Home.