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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

his return, supposing he passes Paris from
| the east and stops at Pontoise, town
| some 10 miles to the northwest OF that
CITY. he will be answered Friday"
| Where does the transition happeng Or
when, If our traveller is good Catholic,
should he consider Fridays abstinence
from meat to beging at is evident" con-
| tinues the questioner, that the transition
must be sudden, and may be considered
to take place at sea or in country where
the names of week days are unknown;
but" he continues, suppose the parallel
at which il happens should fall on
continent habited by civilized people
speaking the same language, and that
there should be two neighbors separated,
say by fence, on this very parallel.
Then would not one say it was Thursday,
at noon while at the same moment the
other would assert it to be Friday, at the
like hours'
M. Verne answers as follows: 1t is true
that, whenever person makes the tour OF
the globe to the east, he gains day, and
similarly when travelling to the west he
loses like period, that is to say, the
twenty-four hours which the sun in his
apparent motion occupies in describing
circle around the earth. This is so real
ton of the French navy gives supple
mentary DAYS ration to vessels which,
leaving Europe, double the Cape of Good
Hope, while it retains on the contrary
similar provision from ships rounding the
Horn. 1t is also true that, if parallel
existed, such as above described, across
an inhabited region, there would be CON-
plete disagreement between the people
adjacent thereto; but this parallel does not
exist, for Nature has placed oceans and
deserts in our path where transition is
made and day gained or lost uncon-
sciously Through an international con-
vention, the point for making the days
agree has been fixed at the meridian OF
Manila. Captains of vessels, under the
same rule, change the dates OF their log
books when they pass the 18th meridian.
Edgar A. Poe, if we are not mistaken,
avails himself of this apparent puzzle, in
one Of his desultory sketches, to point the
story of an individual whose would-be
father-in-law refuses him the hand of his
adored, withsher concomitant of an agreea-
bly, large dowry, until that time shall hap
pen when "two Sundays fall in week"
The luckless lover in despair goes to sea,
sails round the world, and returns to re-
new his suit exactly one year from his de-
parture. In the course of events discus
sion takes place between himself and the
stern parent relative to the present day of
the week, in which he insists that it is
Monday, and the old gentleman is equally
positive that it is Sunday. The one pro-
duces his diary, kept since his departure;
the other falls back upon the calendar.
Finally it transpires that the traveller in
sailing round the globe to the east has
gained a day in his reckoning; hence
both disputants are right, two Sundays
have come together, and the happy de-
no,tenaeRt follows.-.Sctenttfc american.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

tractive programme. But the horse
railroad is under the control OF sturdy
old Presbyterian. named Colwell, who
stoutly refuses 10 sanction what he deems
this Dissertation of the day, replying to
formal request to this effect on the part
of the Common Council: The Common
Council desire me TO do what God, the
statutes Of the State, and my own con.
science command me not to do, which
regard as sufficient reason why should
decline to comply with its wish" Near
ly all the clergy Of the city have come to
Mr.. Colwells defense, either in special
sermons, or communications to the
papers; but Mr.. Beccher's friends refuse
to be put down, and rival street railway
is projected to run seven days in the
week.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
Personal and Literary.

In sixteen yeas of practical joking
Sothern has made $7G5,000.
Miss Edmonia Lewis has completed a
bust Of Horace Greeley which has been
much admired.
--Islay Walden, colored student of
Howard University, Washington, and re-
siding at New Brunswick, proposes to is
sue volume Of poems
1t is rumored that Miss Nellie Grant,
daughter Of the President, is at work on
summer book to be called Sketches
from Life at Long Branch"
Mr.. j. w. Forney has accepted the in.
vitation of the State Agricultural Society
Of Texas to deliver their annual address
at Marshall, in that State, on the Both of
September.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, In little
speech made the other day at Boston
school festival, advised the young people
to read SCOTS novels, Miss Edgeworth's
stories, Plutarch and the Life of Sir Philip
Sidney.
Amanda Smith, the wonderful colOred
exhorter from Philadelphia, who is now
preaching at the Round Lake camp.meet-
ing, Is described ms tall woodworking
colored woman, with white, superb teeth,
and great, clear black eyes-a figure that
arrests one without knowing who she is,
in that strangest costume for her race, the
Quaker bonnet and dress.
The wealth of Aston is now computed
at two hundred millions. The property
of old John Jacob Astor, the father of
William b. Aston, was left by him in trust
for the benefit of his heirs. After the cx-
piration Of the trustceship, which will oc.
cur at the end of the third generation
that is, after the grandchildren have pass
ed await will then be divided among
all the descendants Of the old man, the
law not allowing trusteeship of that
kind to extend for a longer period of
time.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
Religious and Educational.

The valcdictorian of the recent grad
uating class of the Taunton, Mass, High
School, was colored girl.
The theatcrs are now used in London
for special religious services for the mass.
es, which, during the past season, were
attended by 100000 people.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion of Boston cleared over $4,000 from
their recent Grand Bazaar, which goes
toward extinguishing their building debt
of $4,000.
The demand for ready made sermons
has become 50 great in England that they
are to be had, even neatly Autographed,
for the small price Of two shillings per
dozen.
The church statistics show that In
1850 there was one church for every COZ
persons in the United States; in 1870, one
church for every 532 persons, u decided
gain In the number of churches relative
to population.
"A jealous Christian lady of Boston
went to the wharves of that city, on a
recent Sunday afternoon, and, by her per.
sOnal invitation, secured the attendance
Of one hundred sailors ut the Mission
services that evening.
Bishop Armitage, of Wisconsin, in a
recent address to his diocese, said that as
there was great call for laborers in the
spiritual field, where the pay was too
small for the support of a family, young
unmarried ministers ought to be content
to give few years to the Church without
undertaking the responsibilities and in.
cumbrances of family. LET them wait,
he said, for the connubial felicities until
they are properly established"
Orthodox circles at Elmira, N. Y,
are profoundly agitatcd, just now, by q
singular phase of the Sunday question.
Rev. I. X. Beecher. having announced
that he would preach, Sunday afternoons,
at Eldridge Park, beautiful resort, two
miles from the city, and that the choir
would consist Of 3 popular brass band
engaged for the special purpose of play.
Ing psalm tunes on the occasion, efforts
were made to secure the running of the
street cars for the accommodation Of the
large numbers Of people drawn by so at.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
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ulcers, voice altered, nasal twang, ofIensira
breath, impaired smell and taste, dizziness
mental depression, tickling cough, etc. Only,
few Of the above symptoms are likely to bss
present in any case at one time. No disease.;s
more common or less understood by physi,
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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
Industrial.

The venerable General Patterson, Of
Philadelphia, is owner Of thirteen cotton
mills, and employs over 1000 people.
Because the little girls employed in a
Cohoes On. ~ mill stopped work to see a
procession pass the other day, they were
all discharged, and locked the two weeks
usually worked after notice. The chill
dren being orphans, the matter has been
taken up by several prominent men, who
intend to test the legality Of taking. by a
matter Of form, that which rightfully be-
longs to the poor.
I'm his annual report Of common
schools, Professor Wickersham, State Su-
perintendent Of Public Instruction in
Pennsylvania, says: "Tbere are multitudes
idly waiting for vacant clerkships and
untitled offices, while mechanical work,
more honorable and more remunerative,
invites on all sides the efforts Of willing
hands. 1t Is fact as startling as IL is sig
nificant that Of 1900 criminals in the
United States in 1868, 81 per cent. of them
had never learned trade. Out Of 240
convicts received at the Eastern Peniten-
tiary last year only twelve had been APP
prenticed and served their time"
The last report Of the Artisans and
Laborers' Dwelling Company, Of London,
shows that the progress of the organiza-
ton has been rapid and in some respects
remarkable. In 1857 its share capitai was
only f502, and the deposits amounted to
eS18. Last year the capital had increased
to no less than G52,07S and the deposits to
G13,G89, making total of G65,767. The
number Of shares issued up to the end of
last year was 1927, held by LII persons,
embracing members Of all ranks of socie-
ty, and the dcpositors are $50 in number
The dividend on last years working was
6 per cent, and a balance Of G670 was car
ricd forward. Last year, an estate of
forty acres, situated in the Wardsworth
Road, was bought for the purpose of form
ing "a workman's city," and the founda-
ton stone was laid in August last. The
estate has since been called the "Shaftes-
bury Park estate" and it is proposed to
erect upon it 1900 houses, suited respect
lively for clerks, artisans and laborers, in
addition to a lecture hall, cooperative
store, school-rooms, baths and wash
houses. A reservation of three acres is
allotted for recreation and pleasure.
grounds.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

An editor discussing colleges, :"
mentions an instance where "a far-seeinr
parent proposed to make great interna,
tional lawyer of his son, and at Harvard
and Heidelberg his whole attention was
turned in that direction. He studied law
in the best schools iu Europe and Amer.
lea, graduated with the highest honors
and is now wealthy and successful ma.
chinist, and plays the organ in church
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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

JOHN RowLEY, of Henderson County.
H., had been feeding his hogs arsenic TO
prevent them taking cholera. The heavy
rains washed 1t out of the trough into the
pasture, where the cattle were eating.
They licked 1t up, and thirteen died from
the effects Of the poison.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

The ex-Empress Eugene is about to
visit Vienna.
Manchester, England, has got the
free-public-libraries-o pen-on-S Sunday agita-
ton, and the innovation will probably
carry.
AT the present time there are over
$4,000 Americans in Paris, who spend on
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
July Coupons and Dividends

these bonds.
Az the bonds Of this issue are made receivable IN
payment OF the Companys land It LILO, they are ~
cOnesant ano increasing demand for this purpose anu
~ an Investment,
The Company has more than 500 miles Of it, Eosd
p9iM ana ~ opeIauon. including the entire Eastern
Nv ~ lh Sctng Lake Superior and the nayig.
n as1. tSo. Are. Of s Land Grant and sales
AL marketable securities are rrceiyed In exchange
for Northern Paciacs. 's'S~ -
JAY COOKE 4 co.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

Mr.. Sail, who has lately conducted
series of experiments with view to has
tening the ripening of fruits, announces
that this result may be obtained by lessen
ing the depth of the earth about the roots
OF the fruit bearing trees. As an instance,
it is stated that the ripening of pears upon
an early tree was FASTENED by simply re-
moving the earth for a circuit of fifteen
feet about the roots, the soil being left the
depth of but two or two and one-half
inches above the roots. The theory is,
that, by thus almost exposing the roots,
they receive more warmth from the sun,
and these, by the frequent application of
water, are more active in supplying the
life-giving sap to the fruit above. Inter.
esting as these results appear, we confess
that we are hardly prepared to indorse
them, and yet the repetition of the expert
ment may so readily be accomplished
that any interested reader might with lit
tie difficulty aid toward the establishment.
or, if need be, the demolition of this new
theory of growth.-Appletons' Journal.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
TO INVESTORS.

The Northern Pacihc Railroad Company having OF.
s &c 70 close its 80 First Mortgage Gold Loan
aud to pay higher rate OF interest than
per cent on further issues OF Its bonds. As Dns%
o. through the usual agencies.
The attention Of thOse vvtshin1 IN renvesf
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
A Cool Swindler.

A few days ago a hook nosed, bad-eyed
young man called at a house on Chestnut
street and purchased two suits of old
clothes from a lady whose husband was
absent. Next day another man called at
the house, and, handing the lady a ten
dollar bill, said: "My partner, ma'am,
found this bill in the pocket of the west
he bought of ye" The lady was greatly
pleased, and was about to give the man a
half dollar Tor his honesty, when he, WHIP
ing his eyes, commenced story of want
and misery, which was concluded by ask
ing the loan of two dollars for a few days.
The lady, feeling that he was as honest
man, gave him the amount and he left. In
the evening she showed her husband the
ten-dollar bill she had saved by the hon.
esty Of the old-clothes dealer, when he as
tonished the good woman by declaring
the bill counterfeit. The fraud was
then plain, and the lady's disgust COM
plete.
The conclusion Of the story is very re-
markable. The next day the honest fell
low returned, and called for the lady. She
recognized him at once, and charged him
with passing the counterfeit bill. He
frankly admitted the act, and began to
cry, saying that he was suffering for
money at the time; he had come to pay
the two dollars, and wanted to destroy the
bad bill that had caused him to commit
crime. He pleaded for pardon, and
pulled outa nice two-dollar bill in pay
ment of the original loan. The lady re-
fused to take it, and said she believed it
was another counterfeit. The honest
man, with tears in his eyes, then drew out
some currency and nickels, and begged
her to take two dollars out Of the amount.
She then relented, and counted out the
amount due her, granted full pardon to
the repentant man, and gave him the
counterfeit ten-dollar bill. He went off,
showering blessings on her head. The
husband came home, and hearing the con-
tinuation of the story from his wife, said:
"rll bet he's beat you again let's see the
scrip" 1t was produced, and every piece
was counterfeit. The lady wants to see
the honest chap once more. But she
won't. He's got his ten-dollar bill, and
he's probably attempting his mysterious
swindle on other unsuspecting people
Louisville Courier.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
SCHENCK'S MANDRAKE PILLS,

Seetestimonials in local column. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1873-08-02
L'Agriculture aux Etats-Unis

(Du Messenger Franeo-An,ericain du 8 Mai J
La question des terres publiques Sc rat
tache intimement aux progress de la colo.
nisation ct de l'agriculture aux f. .Unis.
Nous nous proposons de consacrer lie pre-
sent article au systeme de repartition des
terres domaniales, qui tant contribute au
developpemeut de rOuest.
Lors de la reconnaissance de rindepen-
dance americaine par la Grande Breta-
gue, par ie traite de paix defnitive con-
clu le 3 3septembre 1883, les colonies, de.
venues Etats souverains, Sc virent en- pos
session de $4,000 miles cares de terri
toire. Ce waste domaine s'etendait de
l'Atlantique au Mississipps, ct des grands
laos du Nord jusqu'a Ia 3lme parallele,
frontiere meridionale de la Republique
Les treize Etats primitifs du littoral, qui
avaient fonde PUnion americana, ayec le
Maine, lie Vermont, le Kentucky ct le
Tennessee, Wi y furent admis peu de
temps apres, eDabrassaient 100000 mil.
les cares. Tout le reste etait un desert
OH les blancs avaient peine penetre, ct
don't plusieurs des Etats primitifs recla.
maient 10 possession en- vertu des conces.
sions faites par la couronne britannique
sous le regime colonial. Comme ces pre-
tensions contradictoires menaeaient de
troubler l'harmonie entire les ktats, tous
les droits d la possession de ce territoire,
furent cedes au gouvernement general,
CONNIE IN tutenr. qui devait employer
ces terres dams Pinteret de la nation en-
there. LIE territoire ainsi cede embras-
salt 357 ,752 miles cares; on les designa
par le nom de domaine public. Les Etats
situes entrs les Alleghanys ct le Missis-
slppl scot tailles dams ce territoire, OH Ia
propricte du sol a etc graduellement ee-
dee aux colons par le gouvernement fe-
deral Dc sorte qu'on ny trouve plus au-
jourd'hu de terres domaniales lie do
maine public actuel provient des acquisi.
tions successi7es de territoire faite par les
Etats- Unis. Par le traite du 80 avril'
1903, le premier consul Bonaparte ce.
DAFT le waste territoire, aux frontieres NAL
defines, qu'on appelait Ia province de la
Louisiana, ct don't Ia limite septentriona-
le, entire les sources du Mississippi ct 10.
cean Pacifque fut fixee par des traites ul-.
terieurs avec pAngleterre. Le % fevri-
er 1919, lEspagne acquiescait d la deli
imitation de la frontiere meridionale de Ia
Louisiana, ct ellie cedait aussi la Florlde,
c'est.a-dire le territoise qu'elle possedait
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1873-08-02
Manufacture de V0itures,

LNLATTE de Encouragement qui lui s,s
Il accordt jusqu'a present par lie public d
crtte Paroisse, l- soussigne remercie sincere
mclt ceux qni Font ajnsi encourage, ct solEcts
en- meme temps Ia continuation de leur n.
tronage. II sera toujours pref maBufactnrer
des buggies, hacks ct aut'es vehicles sur CON.
mamde ct de main de maitre Les reparatioD,
aux voitnres, tant charronnage que forge, peR.
ture on garniture, seront executes prompp.
ment ct aux prix It's plus mod6res, pour d
compliant settlement. Dorenayant, tout On.
vrage qui ne sera pas paye sur livraison, Dol.
terra 10 ponr cent d'augmentation pour les has
de- collection Immediate.
LIE soussigne toniours en- mains des hacks,
drs buggies &c. neuts ct &c seconde main sa'l
vcndra bon marche pour du compliant.
S. P. CLARK,
Opelonsas 90 Janvier 1872. l9f
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1873-08-02
Movements de Ia NIalle.

La MALE de Ia Nouvele- Orleans, PAL
la Nouvelle- Ib6rie ct le Grand Coteau
arrive tous les soirs lie dimanche exccp-
te) a 6 heures.-Repart le lendemain
Cellc de st. Martinville, par Leon
vile, arrive les Mardi, Jeudi ct Samedi
a 5 heures du soir, ct trepart les Mcrcre-
di, Vendredi ct Lundi.
Celle de Plaquemine BrulGe arrive lie
Mardi soir 6 heures d'Opelou-
sas le Mardi matin 6 heures.
Celle de Hickory Flat (Calcasicu) pa1
les Rurcaux de Prud'homme City ct de
FaquataIquc, arrive le Mercredi soir i
5 heures. .-Repart le Mardi d s heures
du matin.
La MALE destination des lieux ci-
dessus Sc ferme a Opelousas la veille de
leur depart, a heures du soir.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1873-08-02

Dfcfdee.-En cette Paroisse, lie 81 de
Juliet, dame veuve GERARD PREJEAN,
agee d'environ 60 ans.
Nine. Prejean (nGe L6gere) etait la
plus ieune dune famille de dix, don't
huit ont quite ce monde. Nine. veuve
David Atkison, rain6e de la famille, Wit
encore, ct a aujourd'hui SIS ou Sc ans.
Ellie a retenu toutes ses faculties intel
lectuelles, physiques ct morales, ct est
g6n6ralement en- parfaite sante, ct tres
alerte ct ingambe, considerant son age
ayance