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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Darwinian RetrOgresSiOn.

A New ZEALAND correspondent OF the
San Francisco Alta is responsible for the
following story
"However strange Mr. Darwin's theory
that man is descended from monkey
NAV seem to be to many, the following
particulars in the early history of one of
the present members of Parliament for
New Zealand are related in all sober earn
estness in Southern papers. Mr.. b. g early
life was spent in the wilds OF Southern
Africa. When mere infant ne was one
day laid peacefully at rest at the door OF
his woodland home. His worthy parent,
near the cabin, shot the offspring OF
large monkey, at which the feelings OF the
afFectionate mamma were of course much
wounded. She was. however, driven
away by the approaching hunter, and, IN
passine the cabin door, noticed and stole
the future New Zealand legislator. The
loss was not discovered for nearly an hour
afterward, and then all efforts to flnd me
robber proved unavailing Three months
after this period hunting party came
across family of monkeys in the wilder
ness. and there, in the arms OF the careful,
although untutored, wet-nurse, was the
Iong-lost child, who chatted and llbDercd
in the most approved monkey fashion;
apparcntly fully equal to the eXigencies OF
the situation. Could there be any more
convincing evidence than this, OF the al
finity of our race and those hairy dcni-
zens of the woods Y
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
New Story about Dean Richmond.

SOME one was telling me, the other day
a new story about the late Dean Rich
mond. who was known far and wide for
his profanity and gruifness of manner.
Richmond was here at the time, and my
informant, who was then boy working
in a printing office wished to get pass
over the Central Railroad. With this
purpose in view he entered the office
where the magnatc was, fearing that he
would be rudcly rebulicd when he made
his mission known After moments
hesitation he said, falteringly:
"Mr. Richmond, believe"
eyes; what do You W ant OF mcF'
81 should like, sir, to get pass from
Albany to Buffalo, as ] can go up on the
boat for nothing.
son what grounds do you ask for a
pass?" CThis with rising and very
rough voice.
"On the grounds, sir, that don't want
to pay my fare
Richmond, without another word,
wrote out a pass and handed it to the APP
plicant.
The boy took it, saying, "Thank you;
thank YOU, Mr. Richmond"
"You needn't thank me, youngstcr. I'm
Glad to accommodate you. You are the
first person I've ever known To ask for a
pass on the right grounds"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Poor Persia.

THE accounts of the famine in Persia,
which continue to arrive in greater detail,
bid fair to treat the world to the spectacle
of a calamity the like of which has not
been witnessed in historic times AT least
the sudden extinction of nation by
want of food. This has really been the
fate of the great states which once filled
the valley of the Euphrates, and it is
fate which has for centuries been threat
ening some modern states-Spain, for in
stance. Man has stripped the soil of
trees; the absence Of trees has brought
droughts; droughts have slowly dimin-
ished the productive powers of the ground,
and finally destroyed them, the popula-
ton, in the meantime, dwindling in num-
bers and vitality. Spain had forty mill
ions of people in the time of the Ro-
mans, and flowed with milk and honey;
it is now an arid region, only half of it
under cultivation with only sixteen mill
ions of inhabitants, and if modern sci
ence had not come To its aid, would prob
ably 90 the way of Babylon. Persia was
one of the most powerful states of an
tiquity, and even in the fourteenth cen
fury was able to support the army Of
Tamerlane, who marched without com
lllSSdl lat VI DslSSds-t, hul iig bip'dg
contest 1t is now almost a wilderness,
with population of two millions--about
half of them Nomads, which is rapidly
perishing from famine, brought on by
three years drought, The worst of it is,
that, owing to the absence Of either com
mon roads or railroads, it seems to be i'm
possible for the charity Of the rest of tAe
world to reach the sufferers, so that there
is strong prospect of the total depopula.
ton of the country The moral OF this
horrible story is-Iook after your trees. 1t
is TO be hoped that we shall witness, be
fore long, some organized attempt in this
country to deal with this momentouS
question of forest preservation, which is
daily becoming more pressing. Zoroaster,
the great Persian legislator, was wiser
than he knew when he put planting
tree among the most meritorious of acts.
Tile Natt0H
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14

THE Richtield Springs correspondent OF
the Utica HeraH tells the following as hay
ing occurred recently:
Four freight cars, heavily laden with
lumber and merchandise, had been
brought up to the junction near Cassvilie
by a coal train. They were carelessly I'M
coupled on a grade Of eighty-fve feet TO
the mile, and Immediately began backing
toward Utica. They gained momentum
at a fearful rate. and all efforts to stop
them by throwing rails and other obstruc-
tions upon the track were ineffective. A
train had left for Utica but eight minutes
before, and every one was well aware that
the heavy freight cars would, in a few
moments, 90 crashing into its rear. For.
tunately the engine Of the coal train stood
on a switch, and Engineer Ferrill at once
determined to give the flying cars chase
All hands mount TO the post Of duty the
signal is given, and fearful race IS be.
gun. There is awful danger ahead, for II
the workmen should have the rails up, or
the fiving cars themselves should leave the
track. every man would be in eternity in
an instant Mile after mile the chase Is
kent up, and the locomotive gains inch by
inch
At last the fugitives are overtaken the
critical moment has come. A mistake, and
all is over the flying cars will only be
fastened in their flight by the collision.
Rut the fireman and brakeman are reach
ing down from the rear of the tender, one
with the draw-bar and one with tho coup
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Fall Manuring.

A YEAR ago | had ten acres of wheat
seeded down with clover, but on which
the clover failed. | wished very much to
get it into clover, and could hardly make
up my mind to pillow it up thought the
clover might still come in And SO, i'm
mediatcly after harvest, | top-dressed it
with barnyard manure, thinking that, ii
the clover came in, the manure would
help it, and if ii did not, that it would at
any rate help any crop might put on the
land in the spring.
The clover did not come in And So,
with great reluctance, | plowed it up, and
drilled in three bushels of peas, and one
hushel Of cats per acre. The manure put
on the previous September was of good
quality, pretty well rotted, and we put on
liberal dressing, say fifteen tons per
acre. 1t was spread as fast as drawn.
The weather was hot and dry, and some
of my ncighbors thought the manure
would all be burnt up, or at any rate all
the virtue in it would evaporate and be
lost never had any fears on this score.
We narrowed il once or twice last fall,
and respread any portion that the harrows
pulled together; and there the manure
lay, exposed on this bare ground, through
the fall and winter, until it was plowed
uHucT III the spring
The result fully came up to my expecta-
tons. We had on the ten acres eighty
loads of produce. The crop was pretty
hard to thresh, as the straw and haulm
was very long, and we raised the concave
of the machine pretty high and probably
did not thresh very clean. Still we had
$50 bushels from the ten acres, weighing
40 pounds per bushel. Estimating the
crop as oats, ut 32 pounds per bushel tho
yield was equal to ssla bushels per acre
] was fortunate enough to get in the crop
without a drop of rain falling on it, and
the straw will be fully as good rs over
ripe or badly cured hay.
OF course cannot say that there would
not have been jus: as good IA crop if the
manure had not been applied until spring,
but am inclined to doubt ii. And at
any rate, and this was one of my objects,
ii gave an opportunity for the weed seeds
in the manure to terminate last fall and
the spring blowing destroyed the plants
The field is the one | "fall fallowed
three years ago, and, for n rundown,
weedy farm, the land is now encouragingly
clean, and expect good crop of wheat
on il next year and n big crop of clover
hay, with the chance of II good crop OF
clover seed the year following. u. q.
Wdrrh, tn imeJ7c0H igi7cUhart@.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Fall Feeding or Poultry.

As cold weather comes on, fowls that
have been running at large find their sup
plies Of insect food partially cut oil.
Grasshoppers are minus, and crickets be-
coming scarce, and the chronological book
is being closed up for the winter. Now,
when chickens are not yet grown, and
adult fowls not recovered from melting,
il the time when "A little animal food will
pay, if ever. Valuable chickens will
grow much larger and stronger by
moderate allowance nj this time OF year
of sleeps lights and livers boiled and
minced, or any similar cheap fresh-meat
bits.
Nearly all birds when young live prin-
cipally on animal food, though some
change their diet at maturity to herbs or
seeds. Therefore, partly grown chickens,
turkeys, ducklings etc, that find their ac-
customed supplies of insects stopped by
the frost, must be artiiicialy provided for,
or they will be stuntcd more or less nc
cording to their age, those latest hatched
suffering most II il often said that the
cold weather Of late autumn and early
winter dwarfs fall Matched chickens, and
prevents their attaining full size, and i'm
rearing bantams, whose value is rated in
inverse ratio to their size, eggs are pur-
poscly set late. Undoubtedly the stunt
ing is partly owing TO the cold, but
lack Of insect forage is the chief him
drance.
We do not mean that animal food should
be provided in such quantity as to form
any considerable portion Of the nutriment
consumed. But a little only seems TO fill
very pressing need Of the system. just
AS in winter the feeding of few bects or
turnips will affect the thrift Of cattle kept
on hay to degree out Of proportion to
the actual nutritious properties OF the
roots, as compared with the dry fodder,
SO chickens will he benefited by animal
food. AS for hens, they need it in the
scarcity Of insects, because exhausted by
the process Of melting. Upon the sue
cessful weathcring Of the feathering crisis
depends in great measure the amount OF
laying in winter and spring. Nearly
everybody who keeps fowls gives consid-
cradle attention to them in March, for
then the cackling and stir in the poultry
yard, and the eggs yielded, are reminders
Of duty, but it is full az important To
feed well in November and December.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Hotel Accommodation i'm Texas.

One of the exhibitors at the recent
Texas State Fair, at Houston, gave an
amusing account Of his experience at the
hotel, which illustrates the crowded con
dition of the taverns at that time. when
got there just said, Captain, | wrote
you about six weeks ago to save me
room; | hope you have done So Ger
tainly, | have; waiter, show the gentle
man to No. 81. I'm blessed if there
wasn't forty others besides myself in that
same apartment; and when they went to
undress at night the room looked like an
arsenal, for every man had knife and
six-shooter or two My partner had an
immense pistol, which he coolly took off
and placed in bed between us Say,
stranger says /; if had to carry a
thing like that, blamed if wouldn't put
it on wheels Guess if | choose to wear
it it's nobody's business he replied
Well, says |, lis all of this artillery com
pany in this room = About half the oc-
cupants were changed every day. and
could tell every new arrival the number
of his room as soon as | set eyes on him
'Hollo, Colonel just got in?' would say.
'Ies-just in, and lucky enough to get a
room What's your NUMBER | would
ask. 'Ninety-one, was sure to be the re-
pIy."
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Writing for Newspapers.

SOME people estimate the ability OF a
newspaper and the talent OF its editor by
the quantity of original matter winch IL
contains. The MISUNDERSTANDING
says: - 90 81 for .
frotby writer to pour out, daily, columns
of ,rorlls--,oords upon any and all subjects
His ideas may flow in 'one weak, washy,
everlas sting flood and his command OF
language may enable him to. string them
taretI,ar like lunches of onions-and yet
his iI pape. may be meagre and poor con,
corn Indeed, the mere writing part OF
. lifting a paper is but small portion OF
The work. The care, the time employed
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14

In selecting is far more important, and
the tact of good editor is better shown
by his selections than anything else; and
that, we all know, is half the battle. But,
as we have said, an editor ought to be es-
timated, and his labors understood and
appreciated, by the general conduct of
his paper-its tone--its temper-its uni
form, consistent course-its aims-its
manliness-its dignity-its propriety. To
preserve these as they should be preserved,
is enough to occupy fully the time and at
tention of any man. If to this be added
the general supervision of the newspaper
establishment, which most editors have to
encounter, the wonder is how they find
time to write at all
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14

him that he might amuse himself by
watching his dying agonies. He consid-
cred the Slave an inferior being, whom he
had, therefore, right to treat as he pleased.
And, no doubt, those boys consider the
birds, frogs, cats, and hedgehogs, inferior
beings that they have right to treat AZ
they please.
But what is it to be an inferior being
Is it to be one that lives in its proper place,
makes its own house, provides for its
family, Injuries no one, and lives all its life
as nature meant it to liveg Or is it to be
one who robs others of home, offspring,
and life, and who does them all the harm
he possibly can for no useful purpose
whatever Mrs Chas. Bray, an An Ant
mai WorM
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
A CHICAGO lover went to visit his girl

A CHICAGO lover went to visit his girl
one evening recently, but for some reason,
possibly that the fire had materially
changed his condition in life, she received
and treated him coolly He remained
standing in the parlor few moments,
but finally made movement toward the
door, remarking that she guessed he'd
go.' Oh p said she, starting from .
beautiful condition Of semi-unconsciOus-
ness, won't you take chair z" Well,
/ don't care if do" was his reply and
he took the chair, thanking her kindly,
and carried it home. He says it is good
chair, made of walnut, with stuifing, and
green cover-just what he wanted But
wouldn't marry her--not if her father
owned brewery.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14

lingpin The cars touch the draw-bar,
skillfully guided, enters the socket, and
the pin drops to its place The danger is
over, the speed gradually checked, and in
few minutes the engine and the rescued
cars are again climbing the grade to Cass-
vile. The deed of the engineer and his
faithful assistant was one of true herolsm,
and will long be remembered by those in
the crowded passenger train, which was
but few hundred feet in advance of
them, and whose lives they saved at the
imminent risk of their own.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Poetry.
INVENTORY OF A DRUNKARD.

rr n logs without door,
Minus roof, and ditto floor;
iaisnhoard cupboard without crooks,
i1e r,s children without shoes or frocks;
'I;fa that has not any bonnet
= AN, ". ,;hbon bows and strings upon it,
s.nidinp and wishing to be dead,
paconse she has not any bread
,eakette without spout,
> neat cask with the bottom out,
q = :. comfort - with the cotton gone.
And not bed to put it on;
handle without an axe,
batchel without wool or flax;
. NOT lid and a wagon hub,
= IA al two ears Of a washing-tub:
Three ahr broken plates Of different kinds,
lome mackerel- tails and bacon-rinds;
table without leaves or legs,
az = chair and half dozen pegs:
One One oaken keg with hoops Of brass,
0ne tumbler of dark-green glass:
. addle without any strings,
!, gun- stock and two turkey wings.
q leaders Of this inventory,
Take warning by its graphic story;
FOR little any man expects,
Who wears good shirts with buttons in 'em,
rver TO put on cotton checks
And only have brass pins to pin EN-!
;Ts. remember, little stitches
Keep the rent from growing great:
When Won can't tell beds from bitches,
warning words will be too late.
Alice Carr.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Youths Department.
BE KIND.

LITTLE children. bright and fair,
Blessed with every needful care,
Always bear this thing in mind:
God commands us to be kind:
Kind not only to our friends.
They on whom our care depends;
Kind not only to the poor,
They who poverty endure:
But, in spite Of form or feature,
Kind to every living creature,
Never pain or anguish bring,
Even TO the smallest thing;
For, remember that the fly,
just as much as you or /,
Is the work of that great Hand
That hath made the sea and land:
Therefore, children. bear in mind,
Ever, ever, to "be kind.
- The Morning star.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14

for a grander coming then the noun
tains shall be made low, and the crooked
straight, and rough places plain, and the
glory OF the Lord shall be revealed and
all flesh shall see as together.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14

A STRANGER recently entered store in
Belfast, Maine. and asked the proprietor
if he had any demand against certain
person. The merchant, after some time,
recollectcd some old notes for small
amounts which he had laid aside as worth
less. Upon hunting them mp the stranger
counted out the money, principal and in
terest for fifteen years He had con-
tracted the debts when a young man, and
being unable to pay them, he went to
California, where he remained till few
weeks ago, and had been successful in
business: and on his return his first care
had been to look up his old creditors.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14

THE vine was planted in California
nearly one hundred years ago, by the first
missionaries But now the grape region
consists of vast area Of mountain
lands, too high and dry for other crops.
On this soil the grape ilourishes and pro
duces better wine than in the moist val
lsys. IT is estimated that there are thirty
million vines growing in California, while
the number is increasing every year. Los
Angeles is the oldest vine growing coun.
ty, and leads in the production of wine.
As the vines grow older the productive
ness becomes greater. The wine interest
Is destined 80 assume magnificentprop0r-
tions in California.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14

The body Of Mrs. Wilson, at Lock
port. n. Y, who was buried forty years
ago, has been recently exhumed and found
turned tn stone, weighing about 800
pounds. 1t has been reinterred in Green
wood Cemetery, New York.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-23
The Largest Crane Vine.

On the mountain side, a few
miles from the old, beautiful village
Of Santa Barbara, is the largest
grape vine in the world. The main
trunk has been permitted to grow
about eight feet high and fifteen
feet in diameter. The branches are
conducted of literally more than
eighty feet in one direction, and
thirty in another, and are support
eel by poles, which lie on .forked
sticks set in the earth, giving the
whole the appearance Of q Banyan
tree, and afording delightful shade
while he who enjoys it is astonished
by the fact that a single vine sup
plies it all. The only year that 1
have known the product Of this vine
to be accurately ascertained, it was
some what more than six tons of
grapes, of the ordinary California,
or mission variety, and from the
wealth Of clusters which I saw
hanging above me when [ visited
the place, I should not think there
was any error in the amount. Be
tween seventy and eighty years ago
q Spanish girl, whose mustang was
refractory, and who was in haste to
reach her home, broke q switch from
a vine by the roadside with which
to assert her mastery Of the animal;
and having accomplished her OH
ject, and used it with such yigor as
Spanish girls on horseback are
won't to display, till she arrived at
her home, she carelessly stuck it
down into the moist ground near a
spring by the door, and forgot it.
That little switch has grown
TO become this largest and in some
respects, most wonderful vine In
the world. Could there be n more
positive illustration of the truth,
that often strange and unexpected
results come forth from beginnings
the most unpvomising5
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His great theory was, that almost all dis
eases, especially those incidental 20 our Sou
thorn cline. originated IN a disordered Liv-
CT, or unhealthy condition Of the Bile; ab-
iBrirr, IN nine-tenths Of the diseases most
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