Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-14
The following curious advertisement is

Two sisters, very distinguished, of the
first nobility, retired from the world, aged
nineteen and twenty-three respectively,
with a fortune of four millions each, de-
sire to be united to two young gentlemen,
not older than fifty, possessing titles and
fortunes. Address for particulars. ETC."
A YOUNG man who had become smitten
with a Southwestern beauty, who was the
daughter of blooming widow, after a
protracted courtship plucked up sufficient
courage to propose, when the damsel re-
piled, Il should be glad to accommodate
you were not already engaged but ma
wishes to marry, and think she is just
now without an engagement" The
young man left for his childhood's home.
A MAN at Turner, Me-, has a contract
for the manufacture of $50, 900 wooden
boot-heels for Boston firm These heels
are attached to the boot or shoe in this
wise: A piece of leather about quarter
of an inch thick is fitted TO the bottom
of the wooden heel, and screw passes
through the wood and leather into metal
lie plate, which is nailed TO the outer
sole. In this way man can change his
boot-heels in moment.
A PRETTY RAG CARPET Prepare your
rags as every woman knows how, by cut
ting and sewing neatly Then il you
want it TO look extra nice have few
bright colors to stripe in, but have one
color for the foundation or wide stripe.
In this stripe you can form a variety of
figures by cutting some bright colored
pieces about an inch in length, and put
ting them or the top of the rags. The
warp keeps them in place.
THE following are the leap-year ball
room regulations established by the ladies
of ST. Louis: Gentlemen are expected
to be as lady like as possible, therefore no
gentleman will be allowed to enter the
ballroom except on the arm OF his escort
or one of the managers; no gentleman can
dance unless invited to do so by a lady
no gentleman can enter the supperroom
unless escorted by a lady, the lady man
ayers will see that no gentleman is neg
lected l."
IT is generally thought that American
orators can make longer speeches than
anybody else; but ii would seem that our
English cousins can do something in this
way, when they take a notion to- Sir
John Duke Colcridge, Attorneys General,
who defends the Tichborne suit, occupied
four and a half hours day for thirteen
days in presenting the case to the jury,
and had not concluded then. Sir Johns
speech is said to have been as good as it
is Tonga tribute that cannot be paid to
all lengthy orations
A FRENCH letter says: There is one
thing men do in Europe which an Am"ri.
can gentleman never does. When riding
in a carriage with wife, sister, or lady
love, they will allow her to climb over
their feet, and ret out with the aid of a
footman, not getting out themselves to
assist her. When this first attracted my
attention, thought it was lll-breeding,
but found it was only custom, growing
.,erhaps, out of there generally being
footman in attendance, whose place it is
to assist the lady | still think it very
bad taste, but see American girls, who
would be utterly indignant at such rude.
ness at home, bear it patiently and
mcckiy here, all but Miss c.. She
quietly waited, and then ordered the
Duke b TO get out and assist her, and
he obeyed willingly, as man obcys the
within of Spartan beauty
DuRrNG the progress of trial in the
Municipal Criminal Court, physician
was placed upon the stand to explain the
nature of wound inflicted by the de-
PENDANT upon the complainant. In giving
his testimony he described a novel mode
Of extracting bullets. He said: "Ihe
bullet entered the right side, a little above
the hip, and in probing the wound ! dis
covered where tae bullet lay. was com
PEELED to enlarge the orifice of the wound
in order to introduce the forceps, and had
Just got that instrument on the bullet
when the wounded man, who was con
sderably under the influence of liquor,
struck me a powerful blow on the side OF
the head. which caused me to fall to the
floor. lie then ran away; and when re-
covered myself | found my iorceps in
one corner Of the room, and near the in
strument was the bullet, which had been
extracted by the force Of the blow" The
doctor also stated that as surgical OPP
Grafton il was complete success; but he
did not wish to perform one in the man
ner described every day in the week--Sam
FrdacSSco CAL.
CURE FOR WARTs.-It is not matter
entirely within the limits which you pre-
scribe. and yet one of public interest
and hence | am led To say TO those ailllct-
ed with warts for il is sometimes source
of great ANNOYANCE, and often of pain, to
have them on the hands or exposed parts
Of the body that have been entirely re-
licycd by the use Of kerosene. After try
ing all the recognized cures in the medi-
cal works within reach--chromic, nitric,
sulphuric acid, nitrate of silver, caustlc,
potash, etc, etc, | was advised by
Acorn doctor" to try kerosene oil. when
began it's use, three months since, had
thirty-seven on my hands, some very
large and painful. Where they were GOV.
cred with hard cuticle, | carefully pared
it off and saturated them daily, using a
camel's-hair pencil and common coal OIL.
They began to disappear by absorption,
in about two weeks, and are now entirely
removed, leaving no scar or mark, as was
the result in the three places in winch
succeeded in eating them out by caustlc.
! do not suggest it as specific, but as
means of cure 10 me, that others may try
it. The remedy is always at hand, ana,
if persistenly used, may do others the
good service have had from it.-A. T..
Observer.
TIE Detroit Free Press thus records the
deeds of generous lady: Yesterday
morning lady from the East, who crossed
from the Great Western depot to the
Detroit & Milwaukee Road to go West
dropped her pocket. book in the depot at