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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-16
Galvanized Iron Water Pipes.

DIR. JACKSON, Of Boston, in answer to
an inquiry as to the merits Of galvanized
iron as material for water-pipes says
1.-THE iron is protected by the more ready
oxidation of the zinc, and the oxide oil
zinc is largely dissolved by water, render.
ing it unwholesome. In several instances
have detected large proportions Of oxide
Of zinc ia water that has remained over
night in galvanized iron pipes; and, in
one instance, gentleman who brought
me such water said it produced In him
much nausea. The water analysed was
found to be highly charged with oxide of
zinc. 1t is well known that when zinc
covered roofs were first introduced in Bos-
ton, and rain-water from them was used
for washing, that the washerwomen com
planned that the water made the skin of
their hands crack, and the rain-water from
zinc roofs was hard, and decomposed the
soap. 1t is also known that the French
Government has recently forbidden the use
of galvanized iron water-t tanks in their
ships, on account of the injurious effects
of the dissolved zinc on the health of the
men"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-16

In the active struggle for competence
and wealth, men of affairs are very apt to
underrate the real value of those attain
ments which are styled accomplishments.
Accustomed to rate men according to their
working power and pursuits, according to
the money-return they bring, these per-
sons look down upon those things which
seem TO have little practical value, because
their office is to throw light upon many Of
the dark places in life's journey, and to
make the overburdened forget for time
their depressing cares A life that Is all
labor or one continued round of pleasure,
becomes monotonous; the true mean is
heathful labor for good part of each
day, with sensible relaxation and harmless
amusements when the days work is done,
and we gather with the dear ones who
nestle about the family hearth. A labor
ing man may be proud Of his capability to
accom- plish great tasks day after day for
a long period, but his working force
would be in no way lessened had he ac-
complishment with which to beguile his
ever, we find that the workers each day
make use of all their powers until they are
compelled to seek rest in sleep from sheer
CAu8uStlou, WuiAC LuC UuttCTulcs oIlu CIiCh-
cts fit and cbirp in the sunshine without
many serious thoughts about anything
save how they may best enjoy themselves.
It is no easy matter TO know exactly
how to combine work and play, labor and
recreation, and we Americans have not
yet solved the problem. Our German
brethren seem to understand the matter
better. They are frugal and industrious.
and yet seem never TO lose an opportunity
of enjoying themselves, always including
their families with them In their merry
making. We would not, however, advo-
cate an increased number of lager beer So
looms, and other German institutions, but
we would zee more music in the family
circle, and more Of On effort on the part of
each member 70 contribute to the hsppi-
ness Of every other ons. We may be a.
sured chat those homes TO which grown.
up children look back with the fondest re-
membranes, are those where music and
mirth mose abounded, and not those where
the Old Puritanic spirit held sway, and
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-16

sic which were performed in the area, the
effect being precisely the same IS if the
musicians had been playing in their pres
ence This, briefly, Is the explanation of
this curious Partisan concert.
There is however, one thing we should
like to know, viz: Was the ingenious host
present at any of the lectures "On Sound"
delivered in 1865, at the Royal Institute,
by Professor Tyndall!
Can the following paragraphs from the
concluding portion of Professor TyndalPs
second lecture have suggested TO the
French philosopher the first idea of his
Magic Concert.
I'm room underneath this, and sepa.
rated from it by two floors, is a piano
Through the two floors passes a tin tube,
az inches in diameter, and along the axis
of this tube passes rod of deal, the end OF
which emerges from the floor in front OF
the lecture table. The rod is clasped by
India-rubber bands, which entirely close
the tin tube. The lower end of the rod
rests upon the sound board of the piano,
its upper end being exposed before you.
An artist is at this moment engaged at the
instrument, but you hear no sound
place this violin upon the end of the rod
the violin becomes instantly musical-not,
however, with the vibrations of its own
strings, but with those of the piano. l re-
move the violin, the sound ceases. put
in its place a guitar, and the music re-
wives. For the violin and guitar substi.
tute this plain wooden tray it is also rem.
dered musical. Here, finally, is harp
against the sound-board of which cause
the end of the deal rod to press every
note of the piano is reproduced before you
lift the harp so as to break its connec
ton with the piano; the sound ceases
but the moment cause the sound board
to press upon the rod, the music is restored
The sound of the piano SO far resembles
that of the harp that it is hard to resist the
impression that the music you hear is thai
of the latter instrument.
"What curious transference of action
is here presented to the mind! At the
command of the musician will, his fingers
strike the keys; the hammers strike the
strings, by which the rude mechanical
shock is shivered into tremors; the vibra
tions are communicated to the sound
board of the piano. upon that body rests
the end of the deal rod, thinned off to a
sharp edge, to make it fit more easily be.
tween the wires Through the edge, and
afterwards along the rod, are poured, with
unfailing precision, the entangled pulsa
tons produced by the shocks of those ten
agile fingers. To the sound-board of the
harp before you the rod faithfully delivers
up the vibrations of which it is the vehicle
This second sound board transfers the
motion to the air. carving it and chasing il
into forms so transcendently complicated
that confusion alone could be anticipated
from the shock and jostle of the sonorous
waves. But the marvellous human ear &C
cepts every feature of the motion; and al
the strife, and struggle, and confusion
melt finally into music upon the Brain
Once Week.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-16
TO Young Men.

LET the business of every one alone and
attend TO your own. Don't buy what you
don't want. Use every hour TO advantage,
and study to make leisure hour useful.
Look over your books regularly. If a
stroke of misfortune comes upon your
business, retrench, work harder, but never
fly the track. Confront difficulties with
unfiinching perseverance, and you viii be
honored; but shirk, and you will be de-
spised. Seek to acquire the power Of con-
tfnuous application, without which you
cannot expect success. If you do this,
you will be able TO perceive the difference
which II creates between you and those
who have not such habits. You will not
count yourself, nor will they count You, a.
one 81 them. Thus you viii find yourself
emerging into the higher regions Of intel
lectual and earnest men-men who are ca
pablo Of making . place for themselves,
Instead Of nly gaping, desiring place
AbeAaaHA
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-16
A SagaciOus Dog.

Mr.. SNAPP, a blacksmith, owns two
dogs, one terrier, four or five years old,
the other halt shepherd and half cur,
about twelve or fifteen years old, and con
sequently very feeble
In the winter, between the hours for
breakfast and dinner, and dinner and sup
per, these two dogs may always be seen
perched up just far enough from Mr.
Snaps forge to escape the sparks, but
still near enough to keep warm. AS
soon as the hour for dinner comes-which
they know even better than the appren-
tees in the shop-they are both off at a
full run, each aiming to secure place be-
hind the warm kitchen stove, which is
only large enough for one dog at time.
Now, the terrier being the most active, al
most always gains the coveted place,
leaving the poor old dog out in the cold,
Now comes the curious part of my
story.
The old dog being thus left out in the
cold one bitter day, put himself in a
thinking attitude, and set his wits to work
to devise some means by which he could
get the terrier out of the coveted place
All at once an idea seemed to strike him
Taking advantage of the good watch
feint toward the garden, barking furiously,
as if some one was intuding at that
point, when, true to bis nature, out popped
the terrier, not to make a feint, but to
make pell-mell rush to the extreme end
Of the garden, pushing the old schemer
just outside the kitchen door, who no
sooner saw the terrier enter the garden
than he popped too, not into the garden, but
behindrhe warm kitchen stove, curled
himself up, and waited, with cunning
twinkle in his eye, for his young friend,
who no sooner made his appearance, and
seeing the situation, then he tried exactly
the same strategem with the old dog with
as little success as if he had tried to fly.
Finding that to fail so signally, he in turn
put his wits to work.
After disappearing in the garden for a
few moments, he made his appearance
right in front Of the kitchen door with a
large bone in his mouth, and set to work
on it as if he was enjoying it hugely.
Now, what dog could resist such a
tempting sights At least the old fellow
behind the stove could not, it is plain, for,
sneaking cautiously out Of his snug re-
treat, he made sudden dash for the COW
eted bone, which he secured very easily
to the surprise of all, for few moments
only, as the mystery was soon cleared up;
for no sooner had he possessed himself Of
what he soon found TO be nothing but an
old dry bone they had both gnawed hun
dred times, than the young rascal had Sc
cured the good warm retreat behind the
stove-which he certainly deserved after
displaying so much cunning-leaving the
poor old fellow out again in the cold,
there to contemplate the old proverb,
it takes thief to catch thief.
chnn1e
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-16

.vcuches. There lived in Philadelphia two
brothers, one of whom adhered to the faith
Of his fathers and was prominent Quaker,
while the other went among the worlds
people and became connected with q
church that employed salaried preachers.
The brothers occasionally had good natured
discussions on religious matters, in the
course Of which the Quaker BROTHER did
not fail to harp upon the subject of hire
ling preachers. One day the "hireling
advocate showed his brother list of mis-.
sionaries belonging to his denomination,
With their stipends set against their names,
from $50 up, but none exceeding IS 10 per
annum, and few reaching two fifth of that
amount. There, BROTHER" he said, "you
are always talking Of hireling ministry
what do you think of that list! Do these
men serve for hires" "Tll tell thee what
/ think" said the other, handing back the
paper "if pretended to pay preachers at
all, would pay them better than that"
The Boston Post says GA piece OF
human hair may be seen at II Essex street,
with which is connected most romantic
story. 1t weighs ounces, is "a inches in
length, of dark brown hue, and as soft as
silk. This is, probably, one of the fines,
specimens that has ever been publicly ex,
hibited in America. It is from the head OF
Swabian peasant girl, of whom it is said
she had two suitors. One was rich, the
other poor. The rich one Ga miller who
owned the cottage in which the fair one
and her mother lived) threatened to drive
his tenants from the roof unless he was
accepted. They had already paid por
ton of the price demanded, and only de
sired time to meet the remainder. A hair
merchant, at this juncture, appeared in tn,
village, and, being offered an uncommon
price, she determined to part with hel
flowing locks. These were taken to Leip
sic, and sold at the annual fair for $175 tc
an American dealer: and from thence the
magnificent specimen found its way 10 this
country. 1t is valued at $500.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-16

where good hearty laugh was unknown.
Whittier, in Snow Bound" draws a de-
lightful picture Of New England family,
fine characters all, yet, if we were com
PEELED to choose one as companion for q
solitary journey, would it not surely be
the schOolmaster, with his many sided
character and varied accomplishments !
AT this winter season the possessors of ac-
complishments are most welcome visitors.
The strains of the homely fiddle, indiffer-
emily played, sound all the more Charming
when the wind outside is moaning wierd
accompaniment.
A home without some musical instru.
ment, and somebody to play on it, is dull
place indeed. Even though the performer
be no great artist, and the tunes none OF
the liveliest, the music is still acceptable.
II the instrument be mute all the week, and
only is heard or Sunday evening, as an &C
compartment to well-known psalms and
hymns, 1t is of great value. The children
may not thoroughly appreciate 1t at the
time, but many sad moment in after life
will be cheered by the humming of some
of these familiar airs, and even in old age
we may take pleasure in croning over the
tunes learned in childhood.
uuslC 10 ouc Vi the UOSt common accom-
pllshments, and what has been said of it will
serve to illustrate the whole class. Whatever
Will make those about us happier and bet
ter, is worth cultivating, if only for the
sake OF the pleasure it gives. In any ordi-
nary gathering of educated men, it is an
easy matter to select number of persons
who can and will make speeches on large
variety OF subjects, but the number who
can entertain the rest by narrating some
humorous incident, or by vocal or instru
mental music, is comparatively small
Yet these are just the men who ought to
be able to contribute somewhat to the
pleasure of the others, and would be able
to do so were it not for false idea about
the worthlessness of mere accomplish
ments, imbibed in early youth. 1t is de
sirable that men should be workers, but
not dull, heavy plodders-mere cart-horses
Martial music and warlike sports make
soldiers fight better; and a due regard fol
pleasing accomplishments, will not detrac
in the least from the working force or ul
innate success of the most eager aspirant
after wealth, honor or intiuence.-Hea,tl
and Home.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-16
Youths Department.
THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO.

Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,
GOOD graci0usi how you hop,
Over the fields and the water, too,
As II you never would stOpi
My life 10 . bore in this nasty pond,
And long to 60 out in the world beyond.
l wish could leap like your
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
"Please give me ride ON your back"
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo;
II would a,. sit quite still, and say nothing sae
IT The s Whole lie Of tn, the long day thrcuEhi
Over the land and over the sea-
Please take me q ride, oh DOR
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
Said the Kangaroo to the Duck,
This requires some little reflection;
Perhaps, on the whole, 1t might bring me luck,
And there seems but one objection,
Which Is, II you'll let me speak SO bold,
Your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold.
And would probably give me the roo
Matiz" said the Kangaroo.
Said the Duck: AS sat on the rocks.
have thought over that completely,
And bought four pairs of worsted socks,
Which ut my web feet neatly;
And to keep out the cold I've bought q cloak,
And every day cigar I'll smoke,
All to follow my own dear true
Love Of Kangaroo"
Said the Kangaroo: I'm ready,
All In the moonlight pale,
But to balance me we'll, Dear Duck, sit steady,
:, And quite at the end Of my tail!"
And they hoped the whole world three tin0
And who so happy, oh Who'll
AS the Duck and the Kangaroo?
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-16

A RECENT medical writer thus accounts
for sick headache, from which 20 many
persons suffer. He attributes it to weak
stomach and imperfect digestion, and that
the attacks are usually preceded BY .
greater than ordinary appetite. The
stomach is naturally weak, and 90 long -
it Is not crowded 1t works kindly. By
and by more food IL put into ter more
irritating kinds-than 1t can digest It
ferments, an acid state IL produced, the
acid acts as an irritant upon the coats ol
the stomach, and this irritation is taken 70
be call for food, to satisfy which moro y
taken. and all to no purpose; the POOR
stomach revolts, but with the rest during
the headache, and the relief from the vom-
ting, 1t RECEIVERS it, wonted tone.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-16

A WASHINGTON school-boy has griev-
ancs, and writes about it to the 6tsr thus
" When boy goes to School In the morn
ing an Forgets to 6harpin his Pencil Why
then of Corse he Hast to do 1t In School
An II he dos his Teacher Takes His knife
away from him. Then be goes home IN
tells his FAthor On b Makes Q fas. But he
rever gets his knife"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-16

to the end. In her last Illness, when sur.
rounded by her family, her physician be-
ing present, she said, in suppliant tone
to the latter: "Dear doctor, try to do
something for me-" Madame, what can
l do! can't make you young again. :"
I" No, doctor, / don't want to be young
again, but want to continue to grow old"
A PORTLAND paper is publishing what
purports to be extracts from q diary kept
by Hawthorne, when boy Of ten years,
while he was spending some time in Maine.
This is paragraph: This morning the
bucket got off the chain, and dropped back
into the well. I wanted to 60 down on the
stones and get it. Mother would not con-
sent, for fear the we'll might cave In, but
hired Samuel Shane to 20 down. In The
goodness Of heart, she thought the son Of
old Mrs. Shane not quite 90 valuable q
the son of ths Widow Hawthorne. God
bless her for al her love for me, though 1t
may be some selfish"
AT certain college the senior class was
under examination for degrees. The Pro-
lessor Of Natural Philosophy was badger
ing In optics. The point under illustra.
ton was that, strictly and scientifically
speaking, we see no object, but their i'm.
ages depicted on the retinA The worthy
Professor, in order to make the matter
palmer, said TO the wag Of the class: Mr..
Jackson, did you ever actually see your
fatherY Bill promptly replied, " No, sir. !"
Please to explain Why you never saw
your father" Because" replied Mr..
Jackson, gravely, "he died before ! was
born, cir.
TIE Philadelphia Lsdqsr, in IN article
on the support Of clerymen. tells very
good story, for the truth Of which L
The Shasta courier., 1871-11-04
LOCAL ADVERTISERS.

D. WE'LL BROTHER, Dealers in Dry Goods
Clothing, Main Street
JOSEPH ISAACS. Dealer in Dry Goods &
Clothing, Main Street.
C. c. BUSH y co, Dealer in Groceries &
Provisions, Main Street.
DANIEL LYNCH, Dealer in Groceries i
Provisions, Main Street.
THOMAS GREENE, Shasta, proprietor Patent
Clothes W asher.
SCAMMoN 4 TIFFIN, Wagon making &
Backsmithing. Main Street.
SAMUEL ISAACKS, Blacksmithing Main
street.
SAMUEL RICHARDS, Blacksmithiug and
Wagon-makiug. Main street.
JOHN V. SCOTT, Empire Hotel, Main Steet.
ID. ii. DUNN. Boarding House.
MRS. ii L. GREENE, Hotel. Main Street.
A. COLEMAN, Dealer in hardware, Fuse, &C.,
j. NJ. MANASSE. Books and Stationery, ETC.,
Main Street.
VIM. HARTMANN. Bathing Shaving Saloon,
Main Street. Shasta.
L. WELLENDORFF. Dealer in Drugs, Med
icnes, Etc, Main street
WIN Ii. DUNN. Lively Stable and Coral,
Main Street.
.. q c. STAGE CO.. Jno. Craddock, Agent.
Office Empire Hotel
GRANT TAGGART, Shasta and Weaverville
Express Line, Office Empire Hotel Also, Livery
and Feed Stable, Main Street.
JOHN FLEMING, Proprietor Of the Brandy
Greek Saw Mill.
CHARLES MCDONALD, Saloon and Reading
Room. opposite the Court House. Main Street.
HENRY F. JOHNSON, Commission Mer-
chant, Red Bluff.
RANTZAU & SHAW, Commission Merchants.
Red Bluff.
SAM JAYNES, Agent California Steam Nsviga-
ton Company. Red Bluff.
G. G. SCHROTER, Saddle Harness Maker,
Charter Oak, Main Street.
PETER HOFF. City Meat Market, Main
Street
J. E. PELHAM, Physician. Office up stairs in
Wells Fargo & Co. building. Main Street.
JOHN S. FOLLANSBEE Attorney at Law,
Shasta.
SAMUEL COOPER, Agent fer PhGnix and
Home Insurance Companies, Office Main street.
Shasta.
HENRY lIABICH, Dealer in Books Station
cry. Main Street.
Z. LEVIN & Co., Matchmaker 4 Jewellers,
Main Street.
E. DORROWSKY, Gunsmith & Machinist,
Main Street.
A. DOBROWSKY, Matchmaker and Jeweler,
Main Street.
W. A. SCOTT, Bootmaker. Main treet.
S. GILBERT. Expressman.
q. r. KNOX, Saloon. Greene's Hotel building.
The Shasta courier., 1871-11-04

Pre- Historic WORKMANSHIP Among
the prospectors who have returned from
the Final expedition is Mr.. Dunno, of Ne
vada. This gentleman called at our office
on Saturday last aud showed as specimen
which he had picked up at an ancient
mound among the Sierra Ancha-certain-
ly the most astonishing relic of pre- historic
civilization ever discovered in Arizona.
1t consists of block of petriGed wood,
about two inches square, containing two
stone screws about auinch and half in
length, and one eighth of an inch in diane
ter-not mere shadowy representations. but
screws as peri, ct in form ard as regular
in workmanship as tho now used to fasten
the locks ard hinges of our doors. The
ancient me- hanic evidently splintered the
block of wood while in the act of inserting
the screws, and subsequently it was divid-
ed at the line of pertoration. This is
evident from the position of the screws
which are embedded longltudinalIy in the
surface of the block, to the depth of about
enc half their diameter Thus it is evil
ent tina. even the most complex of the
mechanical powers were known and appli-
ed by a race of men that inhabited this
region, perhaps thousands of years before
the birth of modern civilization. At all
events we have, in this, pro of high
standard of mechanical skill attained by a
people. the chronology of whose extermina-
tion-judsing from the shapeless mounds,
once their stately edifces-must be calcula-
ted by thousands, intead Of hundreds
of years. Arizona Miner.
The Shasta courier., 1871-11-04

QUIET ELoPEMENr-Gilm Illinois,
is pleasantly agitated by late elopement
The lover went after his girl in light vehi-
Gle, with muffled wheels, while an accomplice
drove heavier machine adapted to making
a great deal of noise. The lady being du-
" deposited in the muffled vehicle, the
heavy one dashed off at furious rate,
with papa in hot pursuit, while the lovers
were noiselessly driving in an opposite di-
rection, and shortly after became man a. d
wife.
The Shasta courier., 1871-11-04
EMPIRE HOTEL !
s5%i MAIN STREET, SHASTA, IH;I
JOHN v. SCOTT, Proprietor.

VlHE PROPRIETOR OF THIS FAVORITE
i Hotel takes pleasure in announcing to his
friends and the public generally that he has re-
fitted and re-turnished the establishment through
ont. and is now prepared to entertain guests in
style equal TO any other house in Northern CAL
ifornia. The PaRL0R and ROOMS are large
and commodinus. and the BEDS nd sleeping ac-
comodations unsurpassed.
THE TABL
will always be supplied with everything the mar
kets of this locality afford. and every possible at
tention will be paid to the of guests, and
pains spared to render them comfortable.
At the BAR none but tn. best brands of Wine,
Liquor and Cigars will he dispensed to customers.
The Oregon & Cal. Stages arrive at and leave
this Hotel daily.
The Shasta courier., 1871-11-04

One of art erd's characters is a man
W.. throws dice with himself whenever he
wants to drink, to decide whether OF not
he shall Indulge He has had run of
poor luck lately, and is unpleasantly affect
ed by the consequent drouth.
The Shasta courier., 1871-11-04

The approaching death of King Archi-
bong H., of Old Calabar. is likely to cause
grievious mou ming throughout his domin-
ious-not altogether, however, on account
OF His Majcsty's demise, but because a
large number of his faithful subjects are to
be sacrificed on the funeral pile