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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13
Fertilizers.

Speaking of the patent fertilizers and
phosphates in the market at the present
time reminds me of little experience
had few years ago. | never had much
faith in patent fertilizers, but seeing par
ticular make advertised, | bought barrel
and put it to IA severe test. Having n
three acre lot of underbrush that the tim
Der had been cut off the year before, took
fifty pounds and sowed it broadcast over the
lot, and in one week had as fine piece of
timber as any man could wish to look at.
Wanting to draw some of the timber to
market, and having no cattle except a
pair Of four weeks old calves, | took Il
tablespoonful and plastered il between
their horns, and the next morning ! had
as fine "a yoke of siX-ycar olds as you ever
saw at any county fair. had three hens
setting on thirteen eggs each. | took Il
thimbleful and scattered it over each nest,
and in fifteen minutes had forty-two half
grown chickens just right for broilers.
had "A brother that was "a railroad con
tractor. Having a job on hand with about
two miles Of track built when his men
struck, he could not get any help, so
sent him ten pounds. He applied il to
the end of the road and in ten days, seven
hours and fifty-three minutes the road had
grown to be 1913 miles long. Help was
very scarce, and wanting a man to help me
do job of work, could get none. ! had
a boy three and "A halfyears old; rubbed
on his head one teaspoonful of the patent,
and in two hours he was a Elan grown.
After trying all the experiments, | had
some left which intended to keep for
another year, but, in reaching up to find
it on the shelf, | split some on my own
head. In ten minutes had grown from
IA man thirty-fvc years to gray-headcd
man Of eighty The balance | sent
to a friend that was an editor. He had
just started paper with n circulation of
three thousand copies daily. He applied
it TO the thirty seventh number, and at the
forteth number the circulation had in
creased seventeen thousand daily. ! think
it surpasscs anything | ever saw in the
shape of fcrtiizers-Agfculturai Cor.
DanbuJy Ne,os.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13
Care OF Cows in Autumn.

An cnterprising farmer Of Western New
York communicated to us recently his
practice I'm the management Of his cows
during the season when grass begins to
fail He says the great secret Of rearing
and feeding stock successfully is, to keep
what you get--tO save every pound OF
flesh and fat that is produced The qucs
ton lying still back of that is, how shall
the flesh and fat be retained? What TO do
and how TO do it is the question. Hith-
erto / have always commenced feeding
my cows meal in October, and continued
the regular extra feed through November;
and we made more butter in one of these
autumn months than in any other month
Of the grazing season. l have pint cup,
with flaring sides, that holds when dipped
in deep and heaped up full, about two
quarts Of good Indian corn and oats, OF
equal parts, made of the pure grain.
never ''cob" my animals. ! am down on
that cob system of management. With
every fifteen bushels of corn and oats l
mingle, before it is ground, about one
bushel of faxseed. This improves the
quality Of the feed for animals of any
kind, as ground faxseed, when mingled
with grain, is far better for mich cows,
tor horses, Tor fattening esheep, or for
young stock of any kind than oil meal. l
SOW little fiaxseed every year for the ex-
press purpose of having the seed to min
gle with the grain that is ground into
meal for my COWS and other stock. l
think this is the true way to make
money-to save all that is made without
losing any portion. The little losses alb
stract the profits.-New York Herald
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13
An Arabian Fable.

An Arabian fable narrates that an evil
genius became enamored of the beautiful
daughter of a bashaw of Bagdad. Finding
her affections engaged, ami that she
| would not listen TO another wooer, the
genius resolved to revenge himself upon
the maiden by mastering the soul OF her
lover. Having done so, he told her he
would remove the malignant possession
only on condition that she would give
him her heart. She promised. The low
er was restored, and the wicked spirit
demanded the fufillment of her word.
She answered, 81 would yield you my
heart if had it, but ] have it not One
cannot give what one does not have. 1t
is another's keeping; it belongs TO the
man ] adore. Ask him for it, If he will
surrender it, my compact shall be pre-
served. If he refuse, you have no redress,
for you cannot twice possess the same soul
and your allegiance 10 Amamon com
pels you to abide by any convenant you
may make with mortals."
The genius saw that he was foiled, and
roaring with impotent rage, disappeared.
The daughter of the bashaw was very
woman. She was a tactician. Woman
by her tact, has always been able 10 con
troll her brother, and exercise the spirit OF
evil. The eastern tale is as true to-day
as when it was written. Give woman
half a chance with the devil, say the
Spaniards and the devil will be outwtted.
The Argument of Eden does not disprovc
the aphorism 1t was Ewes curiosity, not
Satan's cunning, which undid her. Her
most dangerous foe was within. Re-
leved of that, she would have caioled the
Prince of Darkness out Of his gloom, and
turned his mockery and sarcasm 10 the
tune Of tenderness Henri
Bronze, in GaIary for November.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13
Habits OF the Oyster.

In conversation with a prominent
oyster packer, says the Baltimore Ameri-
can, some curious and interesting features
of the oyster trade were related. As is
well known, the habits of this bivalve are
an entire mystery; what it eats and how
it lives are questions not yet understood
The spawn of the oyster floats around
with the action of the waves and tide,
and adheres to whatever it may come into
contact with. Oysters taken from a rocky
bed are of superior quality; those taken
from soft bottom are..cOmparatively poor
in quality. Thousands of poor innocent"
oysters die annually from resting on a soft
bottom, fact which should arouse the
sympathies of all tender.hearted people.
The weight of the oyster, as it gradually
natures, sinks it beneath the surface; and
as soon as it is covered with sediment, or
mud, it dies. Many people suppose that
the oyster really eats, and kind-hearted
people, buying oysters in the shell, some
times throw corn meal over them, think
ing to feed them. The peculiar noise en-
anating from them has been supposed to
be produced by feeding. All shell-fish at
times have their shells open and when
touched will instantly close them The
noise thus produced has been mistaken
for mastication, when, in reality, it is
from fright.
Most of the dealers in raw oysters dur.
ing the summer months transact their
business at Fair Haven, Conn whittier
large beds of Baltimore oysters have been
transplanted The beds are so arranged
that, on the receding of the salt water
tide, fresh water from a small stream GOV.
ers the oysters; it is said that this tattens
oysters better than any other method. Or
ders are received for the article in ques-
ton during the summer months, and they
are taken from the beds and shipped with
the greatest possible dispatch, and many
eat them with apparent relish, notwith
standing the warmth of the season. Alto
gether the oyster. packing trade of Balti-
more is an enormous one, and, in connec-
ton with fruit and vegetable packing
business, employs a capital of about $25,
100000, fact which sufficiently expresses
the great importance of this interest to
Batimore.-iSctentJfc american.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13
About Mosquitoes.

The largest kind of mosquito found
about the Mississippi River is called the
"Gallinippcr." The boatmcn say that it
is as large as a goose, and that it carries a
brickbat under its wing, on which TO
sharpen its bill
Cattle are not troubled by mosquitoes,
but horses suffer terribly. The lumber
men drive them away from their camps
by making low fires of chips and damp
grass. In the GOODNESS of the evening,
the smoke from these "smudgc" fires hangs
heavily over the ground, and affords con
siderable protection, which even animals
seek.
On still night such a camp is very pic
turcsque. The log hut by the river: the
tall, somber pines, towering above dense
masses of NAPLES, and ragged outlines Of
oaks; the struggling fires, that thrust out
tongues Of fitful fame, and reck with
thick smoke, which spreads upon the
ground, or lazily rolls over the roof; the
long, level lines of blue haze which the
smoke finally draws against the foliage:
the solemn stiffness resting over all
broken only by the boot of the owl, the
wall Of the whip-poor-will, or the tinkle
of the ripping stream, while the bright
eyed, climbing stars replace the waning
wilight-compose a scene too lovely TO
be spoiled by millions Of myriads OF
swarming, bowling, raving, hungry mos
quitoes.
The mosquito is an insect of the water.
Early on summer morning, even before
sunrise, the mother may be found laying
her eggs. They must be placed where
there is warmth enough to hatch them,
and where the young creatures which
pop out may go at once into the water.
Sd the careful insect, like the mother OF
Moses, puts her children into a little ark,
which she leaves on the surface OF the
pool. The ark she makes OF the eggs
themselves. She rests on bit Of grass,
or leaf, at the top Of the water, holding
TO it by the first and second pair Of legs.
The third pair she crosses behind her like
the letter K The first egg Is caught and
held between the legs. Then another and
another are fastened to the first by the
gum which covers them, until fifteen OF
twenty have been set up side by side, as
one might set up a number OF ears OF
corn, or like the seeds in the head Of 8
sunflower.
When the mass becomes too heavy SOl
her support, she lowers it upon the
water, but still holds i by putting hel
feet on either side, until two hundred ant
fifty or three hundred eggs have been laid
Those at the sides are higher than those
in the middle, while those at the ends ar,
raised somewhat more. Thus the whole
mass is shaped much like a canoe. Thes'
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13

crowd had already gathered on the pave
ment, drawn together by that keen fore
sight of coming excitement characteristic
| of the human species. "Friend of the
| bridegroom" l whispered to the verger
and was forthwith shown into the vestry
The clergyman was there already, and
shook hands with me in a vague kind of
| way.
Not the bridegroom?" he said in a
mild interrogative manner. l told him
that was only one of his friends, and we
stood looking at each other in comatose
kind of way, till little confusion at the
vestry door broke the spell. "Here he
cOmesw whispered some one; and next
moment there appeared in the vestry, look
ing pale and agitated, but very handsome,
Mr.. Charles Thrapstow.
l had caught him by the arm and led
him into corner, before he recognized
| who l was. When he saw me, thought
he would have tainted. Don't betray
me-" he whispered.
l held out my hand with significant
gesture.
give thousand" l whispered in his
ear.
"You shall have it in five minutes"
"Your minutes are long ones, Master
Charles" l said
With trembling fingers, he took out a
pocket-book, and handed me roll of
notes.
II meant it for you, Tom," he said
Perhaps he did, but we know the fate of
good intentions.
II didn't take me long to count over
| those notes; there were exactly five thou
sand pounds.
Now" said l, master Charlie, take
yourself off ~
you promised" he urged, mot to be-
tray me-"
mo more will, if you go"
"She's got ten thousand of her own,"
he whispered
"Be off; or else"-
mo I won't" said Charlie, making
| up his mind with desperate effort; "I'll
make clean breast of it,"
AT that moment there was a bit of a
| STIR and general call for the bride
groom. The bride had just arrived, peo-
| Pile said. He pushed his way out to the
carriage and whispered few words to
Isabel, who fell back in faint There
was great fuss and hustle, and then
some one came and said that there was
an informality in the license, and that the
didn't wait to see anything further,
but posted off to the bank and got there
| just as the board were assembling.
suppose some of the directors had got
wind of Thrapstow's failure, for the first
| thing l heard when | got into the board
room was old Senables grumbling out;
| How about those Damascus bonds, Mr..
Manager" | rode rough. shod over old
Venables, and tyrannized considerably
over the board in general that day, but
couldn't help thinking how close a thing
it was, ard how very ne.." 9hipwrcck l
had been.
AS for Thrapstow, presently heard that,
after all. he had arranged with his credi.
tors, and made it up with Miss Maidmont.
| He had tongue that would wind round
anything, if you only gave him time, and
| wasn't much surprised at hearing that
his wedding-day was fixed. He hasn't
sent me an invitation, and | don't sup
pose he will, and | certainly shall not
| thrust myself forward IA second time as
an unlimited guest. -Chambers's JOurndt.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13

Love- d0st thou wait for me in some rich land
Where the gold orange hangs in odorous cain!-
Where the clear waters kiss the lowery strand,
Rordered with shining sand and groves OF palm
And while This bitter morning break for me,
Draws to its close thy warm, d lieiDu- day;
Lights colors perfumes, music. JOY for lhc.,
For me the cold, wild sea, the cloudy grey!
FLASHES the fountain with its silver talk,
And a. the evening wind begins to sigh,
Thy sweet girls shape steals down the garden
walk.
white robe glimmering through the scented
dusk,
lingering beneath the starry jasmine sprays,
Where thy thick clustered roses breathe of musk,
A sudden gush of song thy light steps stays.
That was the nightingale! 0 love Of mine,
Hearst thou my voice IN that Pathenc song,
Sinking in passionate cadences divine,
Painting and failing with its rapture strong?
stretch nv arms to thee through all the cold,
Through all the dark, across the weary space
Between US. and thy slender form fold,
And gaze into the wonder OF thy face.
Pure brow the moonbeam touches, tender eyes,
Splendid with feeling, delicate smiling mouth,
And heavy siken hair that darky lies
Soft as the twilight clouds in thy sweet South.
O beautiful my love, in vain | seek
To hold the heavenly dream that fades from me
Ineeds must wake. with salt spray on my cheek
Flung from the fury of this northern sea.
iScribaers for November.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13

In Louisiana the plant cane is very
large and juicy, and will yield heavily
Worms made a clean sweep OF the cotton
district (Ascension PARISH and not more
than one-fifth of a crop will be realized.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13

-Elderberry nk.-Take one-half gale
lon of elderberry juice, an ouhce Of cop'
peras,, two drachms Of alum, and twenty
drops Of creosote dissolved in small
quantity of alcohol This makes very !,
good violet ink.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13

Some Cinnamon last winter rented
1850 acres Of land short distance from
the city of New Orleans, and now they are
gathering splendid rice crop. They
used syphon to flood their fields from
the river
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13
Success with Sheep.

THERE have been indications for some
time, and from various quarters, that wool
Is going to advance in price. The de-
mand appears to be heavy in England,
and this affects our own market. We
have watched the sheep and wool business
for twenty years, during which time there
were several panics, sheep being butch
cred for their pelts and tallow; but i'm
mcdately after prices rose, and then every
sheep was saved. Meanwhile, those who
kept on steadily, and sold at the going
prices, have done well; while those who
held wool over a year or so thereafter
were well paid. The truth is, there is no
better business, year after year, than that
of sheep husbandry, and for the reason
that the increase of our population is so
constant and great as to keep up steady
demand for all kinds of wooden fabrics
AS it has been in the past, so is it quite
certain to be in the future, and those who
have sheep may safely get more. But let
not inexperienced men rush in, for COM
plete knowledge is required and constant
attention. The best way to get good
flock of sheep is to raise them, because
there are but few chances to buy such
sheep as will pay to keep, unless at a high
price. lie who has good sheep knows it
as well as anybody else, and, as general
thing, if he offers to sell sheep, they Will
be culls. A beginner should buyla few
good American Merinos, say from twenty
to fifty, and if they are really good-that
is, young and free from disease--there 10
more increase and money in them than in
flock of five hundred culls, old, scabby,
and otherwise unsound. In fact, such
sheep are not worth the feed required to
winter them, and the best use to make OF
them is to send them to the butcher, II
that is allowable. BY commencing with
few sheep, painstaking man can learn
how To manage them as fast as they
grow, being like some school-teachers,
who learn as fast as their scholars do 1t
will take from three to five years to learn
the sheep business, and by that time the
flock should be of respectable size. We
hardly know of an instance Of young men
going blindly into the business with five
hundred head who have not lost their
whole invcstment-N. Y. Tribune.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13

GROWTH OF MONTREAL TRADE--Ten
years ago, the receipts and exports at
Montreal amounted for three years to
$S2. 100000. For the three years ending
1879 they amounted to $15O,OOOOOO.
There is an increase of eighty-fiye per
cent, and nearly all trade diverted from
New York. Cause, the insufficiency OF
the Erie Canal to carry the grain brought
to it. There is yet time to alter all this,
but New York must look sharp.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13

TEE Warsaw Ipdianian says Mr.. Sam
Hemphill, while trimming his grape vines
last spring, slipped small potato over
the end of onoto keep it from "bleeding,"'
as it is termed. The potato sprouted and
and grew all summer, and the shoots 1t
sent forth can scarcely be- called either
grape or potato, but have a peculiar look
and formation Of their own.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13
NOVEMBER MORNING.


ROARING the wild Southwestern
Fills the wide heavens with its clamor,
plouching the ocean and shifting
The land like a pondrous hammer.
10. how the vast grey spaces
Wrestle and roll and thunder,
Buow piled upon billow,
Closing and tearing asunder.
As II the deep ragged with the anger
or hosts Of the fabulous kraken!
And the firm house shoulders and trembes,
Beaten, buffeted, shaken!
Battles the gull with the tempest.
struggling and wavering and faltering,
Daring and striving and sinking,
Turning, its high course altering
Down through the cloudy heaven
Notes from the wild geese are falling,
Cries like harsh bell-tones are ringing,
Echoing, changing, and calling.
Plunges the schooner land-ward,
Swiftly the long seas crossing,
Closc-reefed seeking the harbor,
Half lost in the spray she Is tossing.
A rift in the roof Of vapor!
And stormy sunshine is streaming
To color the grey, wild water
Like chrysoprase, green and cleaning.
Cold and tempestuous ocean,
Ragged rock, brine swept and lonely,
Grasp Of the long, bitter winter
These things to gladden. me only!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-24
Gramb!ers at Newspapers.

Horace Greeley, in speaking of grum-
blers at newspapers, thus hit the nail on
the head: at is strange how close men
read the papers. We never say any
thing that anybody don't like, but we
soon hear of it and everybody tells us
of it. If however, once in while we
happen to say good thing, we never
hear of that; nobody seems to notice
that. We pay some man hundred
compliments, and give him g dozen
puts, and he takes it all as q tribute to
hissgreatncss and he never think it
does him any good. But if we happen
to say things this man don't like, OF
something he iinagines is a reflection
on him or his character, see how quick
he flares up and gets mad about it All
our evils are duly charged to us, but
we never apparently get any credit for
what good we do.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-24
Eow Married Nan sewa On G guttea.

1t is always in the morning, and
from FIVE to twenty minutes after this
he is expected to be down street. He
lays the button exactly on the site Of its
predecessor, and pushes the needle
through one eye, and carefully draws
the thread after leaving about three
inches Of it sticking up for lee way.
He says to himself. swell if women
don't have the easiest time I ever
seen" ..s .........
Then lie comes beck the other way
and gets the needle through the cloth
easy enough, and lays himself out to
find the eye, bat in spite of a great deal
of patient jabbing the needle point per
sists in bucking against the solid parts
OF the button, and finally, when he 10
ses patience, his fingers catch the thread
and three inches he has left to hold the
button slips through the eye in twink
ling and the button rolls leisurely across
the floor. He picks it up without
single remark, out of respect for his
children, and makes another attempt to
fasten it.
This time, when coming back with
the needle, he keeps both the thread
and button from slipping by covering
them with his thumb, and it is out of
regard for that part that he feels around
for the eye in very careful and judi
cious manner, but eventually losing
his philosophy as the search becomes
more and moro hopeless, he falls to
jabbing about in a loose and savage
manner, and just then the needle finds
the opening, and comes up through the
button and part way through his thumb
with celebrity that no human ingenuity
can guard against. ye 81.
Then he lays down the things, with
few familiar quotations, and presses
the injured hand between his knees
and then holds it under the other arm,
and finally jams it into his mouth, and ali
the while he prances and calls upon
heaven and earth to witness that there
has never been anything like it since
the world was created, and howls and
whistles, and means and sobs. After
a while he cools down; and pits on
his pants and fasiens together with 8
stick, and goes to his business q
changed man -Daabasry Neaos.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-24

Philadelphia trade This makes three
competing rail lines to Philadelphia,
with the early probability ola fourth
-Garett's-, and two to Baltimore,
with early prospects for two more
|-Garrett's and Goulds-.
ARE RAILROADS TO sUPERCEDE COAST
STEAMERS? e,.f.s
1t is demonstrated by experience
that a railroad running out of New
York to another large city is sure to
pay handsomely if we'll managed.
Hence there is no probability of ou1
getting more railroads to southern cit
les than we can support. The question
whether the railroads will divert the
trade Of the coast steamers is a diff
cult one. As to passenger travel the
man who has time to make it, and
wants to take the sea trip, will go that
way always. AS. to freight, valuable
goods will generally go by rail and the
insurance by steamer averages as much
as the freight by rail. The insurance
on q package valued at $500 and
weighing 100 pounds is aboutS5 from
New York to New Orleans. The
freight by rail for the same package to
and from the same points is 81. Less
valuable freight, costs less insurance,
but cost less, too, for railroad freight,
and the railroad people think they will
make enough on dry goods and light
packages to compete with the steamers
in heavy freights. But the steamships
folks seem to be doing well yet, and
say their business increases steadily and
rapidly. A a-ts-.t 20 s.. .
The mere fact that children are born
with their fists doubled up, is strong
proof that nature intended that our sic
cess In this world should depend on
the courage with which we fight our
way" through it. -...I.-