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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20
Miscellaneous.

Small tanneries-primary schools.
The best way to secure legacy is to
90 at it with will.
The Mutual Life, of Chicago, issues
policies upon all approved plans.
Why are the Germans like quinine
and gentians Because they are two ton
les.
A chap In Bosom advertises for a
"self.supggorting" wife, pretty and well
Every member of the Washington
Life Insurance Company Is interested In
its success.
Stars are the best astronomers, because
they have studded the heavens since the
creation. @ #l'
The new fashioned spring bonnets do
not exhibit any material change IN size,
shape, or form.
in Portland, Oregon, in two small
rooms, there lives family of q man, wife,
eight children, and two bears.
The whole length of all the railways
in the world is about 10000 miles The
cost Of the same was in round numbers
ten billions of dollars. Those of Great
Britain are the most costly, and those Of
the United States the least 90.
1T has been calculated that the five
milliards war indemnity, which France
has to pay to Germany, would, In 100
franc (42O) notes. placed one upon the
other, form q column Of 5000 meters high,
surprising by 200 meters the height Of
Mont Blanc.
The latest dodge in counterfeiting is
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20

THE SCHOOL FESTIVAL for April is re.
ceived. 1t is beautiful original, quarterly maya
zine, devoted exclusively to Sunday School and
Day School exhibitions, concerts, ETC. 1t k just
the thing for every teacher and every pupil. Price
fifty cents year; Is cts. for single copy Write
for it. Published by ALFRED L. SEwELL & Co.,
Chicago, Ill.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20

VETERINARY Surgeons all over the country
are recommending &teridan's Cavalry ConG.
ton Potcders for the following trouble n
horses Loss of appetite, roughness of the
hair, stoppage of bowels or water, thick
water, coughs and colds, swelling of the
glands, worms, horse all, thick wind, and
hao
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20
PRUssIEs's White Wine Vinegar Is mos,
superb article for table use. Warranted pure

A FRIEND Of ours, who is chief clerk in the
Governmental Dispensary, says that no medi.
cine chest is now complete without Johnsons
Anodyne Lininaent. We always supposed it
was prescribed by law; if it is not, it ought
to be, for certainly there is nothing in the
whole nsateria naedica of SO much importance
to the soldier and the sailor as Johnson's Ano
DIME Lininemt
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20

HEALTH HAS BEAUTY OF ITS OWN. No
eruptions, sores or discolorations disfigure Or
annoy the man or woman whose stomach
liver and bowels do their duty thoroughly
To compel them to their work, to render i
impossible for them to do it in a slovenly, i'm.
doses of DR. WALKERS VINEGAR B1TTERs
This potent vegetable specific renovates every
weakened organ and controls every disorderes
function
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20

MOTHERS WHO HAVE DAUGHTERS THAT HAvR
WEAK LUNGS should arrest the disease when it u
in the incipient stages 1t is indicated by hacking
cough pains in the chest, difficulty Of breathing,
or oppression Of the lungs. II this be permitted
to run on, tubercles will form, and Consumption
will be the result most valuable remedy VIII
be found In Aliens Lung Basam, to cure and CHEEK
this disease in its first stages
For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20

Steven Beckett, printer, aged 70
years, died recently in Troy, N. Y. For
fifteen years he has had "sit" in the Troy
Wing Office. His father was printer BE-
fore him in London.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20
Financial Affairs Of the Dominican
Republic.

The following are the corrected figures
of the statement Of the debt and income OF
the San Domingo Government, as given
in the late report of the Commissioners:
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20

fighting among themselves, and that >
number of leaders had been shot Theirs
believed they would destroy themselves Il
left alone, but it was feared they would
sack the city. The Commune was get
ting very desperate, and committed great
excuses. Archbishop Durboy was strip
ped naked, bound to pillar, and scourged
and Knocked for hours by band Of 200
Reds. The Cathedral of Notre Dame had
been sacked and plundered Of nearly AL
its valuables.
A dispatch from Paris at H. 30 on the
evening of the 18th says: A loud ana
uninterrupted cannonade has been kept up
since last evening, between Chatillon and
the southern forts. Infantry are also en-
gagged, and the noise Of mitrailleuses and
musketry has been incesssant since 4
O'Clock this morning. Cannonading around
Neuilly, Porte Maillot, and Porte des
Ternes has been resumed, and is violent as
that on the south. Fighting is now going
on in the Bots de Boulogne, and at
Asnieres. The Communes are forwarding
reinforcements to the troops engaged.
The wounded are coming in in large num-
beers. The losses are heavy"
The Berlin official journal Of the 18th
says Germany will only interfere in the
domestic affairs of France when it shall
become necessary for the collection OF
money due herself
A Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch OF the
10th says: "The President of Hayti, since
the departure Of the San Domingo Com
missioners, has received addresses, hume
rously signed, from every town and vii
lage in the republic, protesting the at
tachment of the Haytiens TO their nation.
atty, and their determination to maintain
independence against intrusion, from
whatever quarter, and in whatever man
ner it may show itself The addresses
breathe the same sentiments against an
nexation."
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20

SUN total Of debts and claims. 81, $50, 1871 80
The following statement Of receipts for 1870 b
here presented In order to give far az possible,
q complete view OF the financial condition OF the
Dominican Republic:
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20
The west.

Tho official majority for Captain
Brown, elected Mayor of st. Louis, is
Aos4. The lowest majority Il for Doyle,
Harbor Naster-1, 55o-And the highest
for w. G. Carr. Auditor-e,7Ss. The ma
;oritv for r. w. Matthias, Democrat, for
County Treasurer, is 6,096.
Major Warner, Republican, has been
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20

proposition to treat for peace has inspired
the Commune with fresh hopes, and it is
believed they have 5000 men who will
boldly fight. The government troops
retain their conquered positions, and make
no advance for peace. To-day battle ia
raging in the fields between Chatillon and
Vanves. From the latter place the In
surgents maintain the forts. Crowds of
women and children, frantic with grief,
are searching each ambulance as it arrives
for bodies of their husbands and fathers.
The slaughter on both sides yesterday and
to-day was fearful Terror reigns and
prisons are crowded. The churches and
houses of aristocrats are pillaged, and all
the priests imprisoned. A great many
murders have taken place. On this Good
Friday there were no religious services in
Paris. German Intervention Is the only
hope"
Cable dispatches Of the 9th make men
ton of desperate fighting around Paris the
dayl before. Fort Valerien and the sd-
vanced batteries of the Army of Versailles
steadily bombarded Porte Maillot their
shells falling in the Champs Elyseea An
engagement took place at Villejuif, and
there was skirmishes at Bagneux and
Bellancourt. The government forces were
gaining ground slowly. A fotilla OF gun
boats had been sent from Havre up the
Seine to assist In operations against Paris.
Contradictory statements were received
on the 10th concerning events in Paris.
London dispatches reported the insurgents
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-30
WOODSTOCK, w., THURSDAY, MAR. 80, 1871.

8eAp A decent regard for truth compcls
us to admit that reverence for exalted
position is not characteristic Of the politi
cal society Of Washington. And if eyeI
there was a man who regarded with entire
indifterepce the mere formal convention
aIities of society," it is the late acting Vice
President, ex-senator Wade, of Ohio. -
During the impeachment trial, the follow
ing is reported to have occurred between
himself and Chief Justice Chase, who
presided. The session was to open at
twelve o'clock NJ, and it was within 20
minutes Of that time, and the Chief JUS
ticc had not made his appearance in the
ViCe-President's room, which, for the
time, was used by Mr.. Chase as a robing
room. The hands of the clock crcpt
slowly but surely nearer the figure MI.
when suddenly the door was thrown
open, and in staIkcd the Chief Justice. -
He walked hurrcdly to the wardrobe :
but his robe of Office was not upon its
accustomed peg, nor on any peg. What
was to be done Pages were summon
ed this, that, and the other room, desk,
and drawer were examined, but no robe
was discovered. In the midst OF this cx-
citcment the grim, honest old hero, Ben
Wade, made his appearance, with nod
and a grunt to the Hurried occupants Of
the room. He walled to the hat-rack
and after depositing his hat went to a
sofa on the other side of the room to
leave his umbrella in safe place. The
excitement was still going on when
Wade, after learning the cause of the
trouble, withou. entering into the furry
OF the hunt, leaned over the sofa and with
his umbrella hooked up an uncertain
looking black bundle, Seeing it was the
long-looked-lor robe he held it toward
Mr.. Chase with, "Here, Chase-here's
ger dorned old .froch yo~'ve been 0oah,
ing such q co'tomded fuss about =
The pages smiled a smile. The Chief
Justice was too oyerjoyed to do anything
but speedily get inside orhis robe and
if on that morning the heated, crowded
saw the Chief Justice look red
der than usual they now know the cause
Of it. 1t was all about that "frock. -
DRAWER, in EIarper's Mag for April.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-30

ANECDoTE OF BEECHER AND CHAPIN.
Speaking of churches reminds me of
an aunccdote Of Henry Ward Beccher
and Dr. Chaplin. During their vacation
they were travelling short stage route
together; and according to their won't
and | must say the wont Of all good
men on such occasions-rodc upon the
outside, passing the time most agreea-
bly, in genial conversation and admiring
the scenery, AT one of the stopping
places on the route. a countryman
asked them "could they make room for
him up there" which they cheerfulIy
did. Soon after taking his seat, Mr..
Beecher entered into conversation with
him, and finding that he had recently
returned from visit to New York, and
to use his own expression, chad seen
enough of it, asked him if he ever
went to meeting there. He sail he did,
aud went over to Brooklyn to hear a
fellow preach-he did not remember his
name.
"IIenry Ward Beecher?" suggested
Dr. Chaplin.
eyes that was his name
"How did you like him. asked Dr.,
Chaplin, slying winking to Mr.. B.
80, very well" answered the coun-
ry man.
"Did you go to hear him in the after
noon?' said Mr.. B.
"No, | went up town to hear another
big fellow
CDR. Chapin?' suggested Mr., B.
''Ges that was the name"
"Aud which did you like best? said
Mr., B. winking at DR.. G.
80, thunder !" said the countryman,
"Dr. Chaplin can preach Beecher right
out Of his bootsw
You had better believe that there was
a pretty loud shout went up from that
coach for little while-a shout that as
tonished The countrymau, who failed to
recognize his jovial travelcrs.-- Bel
lows Falls Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-30

The Temperature Of the Air.

Aeronauts, who now form an import
ant section ofthc travelling public, will
be glad to learn, the Pail Mall Gazette
thinks, from 50 high an aunority as Mr.
GIashicr, that it is a popular alIacy to
suppose that the temperature Of the air
always decreases by an uniform law with
increase Of elevation. Were it 50, the
"JalloH monte would become an i'm
possibility during the present season, for
a haII-starvcd Parisipn would be Of all
persons the most incapable Of withstand
ing the rigor Of an Arctic climate AIr.
Glashcrs experiments, however, have
brought to light the unexpected results
that the mean monthly temperature Of
the air at fifty fee, high is during the
evening and night hours invariably
higher than at a distance of four feet
from the ground, and in winter the same
rule holds good both by dayand night
In fact the general conclusions al which
he has arrived are. that at sunset the
temperature of,hc air is scns.bly the same
up TO 1000 feet, but that at night. and
during the winter season, il increases
lr,,,, tl,.. a,,..I, ,.-..,.,..I. I. .....I d.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-30
From the Home journal.
NY CAT AND I.
BY FRANCIS BEHRYNGE.

Just at dusk, at my study door,
Four little white feet stand on the floor.
-Four little white feet leap to my knee,
And beaming face looks up at me.
Oh ! full many a love I've known,
But never heart 80 much my own,
Never a grateful soul like that
And this is the way love my cat
Every day, through storm or shine,
This raptmous greeting still is mine
Every night on my knee she lies,
Watching my face with her crystal eyes
Through fame well gained, or a lost renown
If stocks go up, or if stocks go down,
Faithful forever, as faith can be
That is the way my cat loves me
All, my Pussy, the world is round,
And in it full many friend I've found
When l was poor they frowned on me,
And when was rich, they bent the knee
But rich or poor, you haved loved me still
You share the good, as you shared the ill
So while we live and when we die.
May we be together-my cat and [
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-30

INDIAN LEGEND CF TIE MosQUTo. -
The Red River Indians have a curiou!
legend respecting the origin of the mos.
quito. They say that once upon time
there was famine, and the Indians
could get no game; hundreds had died
from hunger, and dcsolation had filled
their country All kinds Of offering;
were made to the Great Spirit without
avail, until one day two hunters came
upon a white wolvcrine-a very rare
animal. Upon shooting the white VOL
VERNE an old woman sprang up out oI
the skin, and, saying that she was a
"Manito,' promised to 90 and live with
the Indians, promising them plenty of
game as long as they treated her well
and gave her the first choice of all the
game that was brought in. The two
Indians consented to this and took the
old woman home with them, which
event was Immediately aucceeded by an
abundance of game. When the famine
had passed the Indians became dainty
in their appetites, and complained of the
manner in which the old woman took
to herself all the choice bits; and this
feeling became so intense that if they
violated their promise a terrible calami-
ty would come upon the Indians, they
one day killed her as she was seizing
her share of a fat deer which the hunt
cr, had brought in.
Great CONSERVATION Immediately
struck the Witnesses Of the deed and
the Indians, to escape the predicted ca
amity, bodily struck their tents and
moved away to a great distance. Time
passed on without any catastrophe oc
curing, aud the game even more plenti-
fu the indians again began to laugh at
their being deceived by the old woman.
Finally Il hunting party on a long chase
after a deer, which had led them back
to the spot where the old woman was
killed, came upon the skeleton, and one
of them in derisou kicked the skull
with his foot In an instant small
spiral vapor,likc body arose from the
skull, which proved to be Insects, that
attacked the hunters with great fury,
and drove them to the river for protec-
ton. The skull continued to pour forth
its little stream and the air became full
of the avengers Of the old woman's
death. The hunters, upon returning to
camp, found all the Indians suffering
from the plague, and ever since that
time the Indians have been punished by
the mosquitoes for their wickedness to
the manio.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-30

&@5" The praiseworth hankncss and
entire absence Of seIl-pridc that charac-
terizes the honest old farmer" Of Maine
is illustrated by another homes. farmer OF
the same State, who desiring to pur-
chase a yoke Of ozcn and being inform
ed that certain wealthy farmer in Cum
berland County had superior cattle for
sale, went down th;thcr to purchase ---
Meeting a man driving an oX-team, he
inquired :
Can YOU inform me where Nh. West
lives;
There's a number of Vests living
around here. Which one do YOU wish
10 find ? returned the stranger, who was
stout-buit, kccneycd man, habited in
homcspun, but bearing in general ap-
pearance unmistakabIe tokens ofease and
comfort, 50 Mras fances were concerned.
I don't know what his Christian name
is, pursued our friend but he is the
owner Of some very fine oxen.
We'll, responded the stranger, 'they
all own pretty fair oxen.
But the one | wish 10 find has oxen
E.. al,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-30
Rules for Living.

Ono rnIc ror livinr bonniIv WYNN otbcr
is 70 avoid bovina s'ocL snhioc,s of dis
nu,otion # nost,v bonnons whom noo
Mo 1.-Two ,orcb tooctbor ,b,, ,bov com.
70 have certain sel tonics around which
from, rroonont d;snrlo tboro is srcb .
Growth oronorv words mortified vonitv
and the like, that the original subject o.
difference becomes stapdipo subject fo,
ou,rrd and thoro iso tonIonc,, IN al
minor disputcs to drift down to if
Aooin if neonIc wish to live woII to.
oo,bo. l,o,. r,,,t ,,ot 1,o,J to I,,io o,d
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-30
More Money Wanted.

1t is stated that President Grant will
call for an appropriation Of million and
five hundred thousand dollars, to be used
at his own discretion in forwarding his
project for the annexation of San Do
miugo. He desires to secure the coun.
try named, by treaty; and the ratifica-
ton of the treaty is desired before the
end Of the coming summer, through an
extra session Of the Senate. The $150,-
900 in gold already given by Grant to
Baez and this million and half, if ap-
propriatcd, will probably be but the first
ratlering drops Of the coming shower of
gold which is to be emptied out of the
u. 5. Treasury in the accomplishment
Of this Presidential scheme of San Do
mingo annexation. This acquisition
of half an island is to be very eXpen-
siye business. 1t will absorb the peo-
ple's taxes as a sandy desert SUCKS mp
a shower of rain. Nobody yet knows
what it will cost. If it takes twenty
millions OF dollars to secure possession
of the island, its warning mongrel
tribes Gad its fatal climate, that will be
only the beginning of the expense.
Harbors must at au enormous cost be
created or improved & great Navy
Yard, costing many millions, must be
built; and when we have done all, we
have but an outpost which in case of
VIZ will be only weakness d point re
quiring the concentration of our navy
there to protect our flag against all for
eign attack, and it would be the first
point attacked. A war with IIayti,
which would probably follow, might
not be regarded as threatening occur
ance, but it would be found TO be long
and costly war, in which the Haytieus
would have the aid of a climate which
slew 10000 of the G0,0O0 soldiers sent
there by the first Napoleon. Aud all
for the advantage of individual specula-
tors,-BoSton Post
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-30

SUNNY Rooms, Every woman is
wise enough and careful enough to Sc.
cure for her hcuSe-plants every bit of
available sunshine during the cold win
ter months. Great care is taken to get
a southern exposure for them. Indeed,
if one can secure no other than u north
window for her plants, she has too
much love for these unconscious, inani-
mate things to keep them at all. She
would leave them in the cold to die
outright, rather than linger out mar
tyr existence in the shade. Folks need
sunshine quite as much as plants do.
Men and women who have u fair degree
Of strength and the use Of their legs
can get out into the world and get a
glimpse Of the sunshine now and then,
and if they choose to do so let them
live in rooms with only a northern ex
posure; but if it is possible, let us Sc
cure rooms into which every ray Of sun
shine that falls in winter may enter, for
the little babies who are shut up in the
house, invalds who cannot leave their
rooms, and aged people who are too in
firm to get out doors. Let us reflect
for moment that these classes of per-
sons, if kept in rooms with only north
windows, will suffer just as much from
the absence of sunshine as green, grow
ing plants would do in the same rooms,
and their suffering is of account in pro-
portion as q human being is better than
n geranium or a fuchsia. Everybody
knows how a bright, sunny day in win
ter gladdens every one who is situated
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-30

LEGAL ANECDOTES. They arc polite
people at Lynchburg. The other day a
distinguished member of the bar, appeal
ing to the court for the discharge of his
client, wound up with the statement
that, if the court seut him on further
trial, a stain would be left on his charac-
ter which could not be washed off by
all the waters of the blue ocean, and all
the soap which could be manufactured
from the ponderous carcass Of the COM
monwealth's attorney. TO this the pom
derous attorney .eplied that, "while he
deemed it foreign TO the case at bar, he
desired to advise the court, if they
thought it advisable to hoi his body in.
to soap, they should look to the opposite
counsel for the concentrated lyo out Of
which to make it,"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-30

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette says that he has used sulphur
for more than twenty years, with bene-
fit, to prevent rot in grapes Rot is
not caused by a fungus, as some sup.
pose, but by an insect, which punctures
the grapes probably for the purpose of
depositing its eggs. Upon this discov.
cry is based the sulphur remedy for the
rot, as sulphur is distastefu to all the
insect tribe. Fumigation with sulphur
in the evening is better than dust, as
the insects work at night
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-30

Blessed are they to whom people &C
when people are in distress! Blessed
are they around whom little children
flock Blessed are they that are sent fol
by men when they are in extremities
and emergencies Blessed are they up
on whom grateful eyes look saying,
"Come again; | am better for youl
coming Blessed are they whose eye
is serene; whose voice is gentle whose
heart is sweet; whose life makes happi-
ness ii Beecher