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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

Narcissus. They frequently send him to
certain persons by telling him that those
persons are deeply interested in foreign
lands. and would be delighted to hear his
account Thereof This is a standing joke
among typos, and is put off on any one
they can think OF.
Pratt's method is to approach victim
with the remark II should like to tell
you the story of my travels" and, if the
victim be amiable and patient, he will be
compelled to listen to an incoherent
gallimatia for fully half an hour, when
the racounteur will apply for a loan of
fifty or twenty-five cents, by the way OF
parenthesis. The victim will usually pay
that price on condition that he shall hear
no more, and Pratt will go of in search
of new beings to immediate on the altar OF
superlative prosiness. BY such contra
buttons he manages to live in miserable
fashion, and, as he has vigorous consti-
tuition, and no bad habits as respects him
self there is danger of his becoming q
centenarian. The only advantageous use
to which Pratt might be put is in the for
nation Of artesian wells. If he were
placed upon the spot to be bored, and
turned round certain number of times,
he would assuredly reach the antipodes.-
N. Y. Cor. Chscdgo Tribune.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16
Gentlemen in Politics.

What we really want is gentlemen in
politics If our political men were only
gentlemen, even if they were no more
than ordinarily intelligent, we should
find our political affairs in good condi-
ton, and the great questions that stand
before us in fair way of being properly
adjusted. A gentleman is person who
knows something of the world, who pos
sesses dignity and selfrespect, who re-
cognizes the rights of others and the du-
ties he owes to society in all his relations,
who would as soon commit suicide as
stain his palm with a bride, who would
not degrade himself by intrigues There
are various types of gentlemen, too, and
the higher the type the better the poliii-
cian If his character and conduct are
based on sound moral principles-if he
is governed by the rule of right-that is
better than mere pride of character or
genilemanly instinct If, beyonu all, he
Is man of faith and religion-a Christian
gentleman-he is the highest type OF q
gentleman. The more the Christian gen.
tleman knows, the better politician he will
make, and in him, and in him only, Will
scholarship come to its finest issues in
politics. We do not think that the worst
feature of our politics is lack of intelli-
gence in our politicians. There is a
great deal of cultivated brain in Congress.
Public questions are understood and in
telligently discussed there. Even there,
il is not always that scholarship shows
superior ability Men who show their
capacity to manage affairs are quite as
apt to come from the plainly educated as
from the ranks of scholarship. Congress
does not suffer from lack of knowledge and
character half as much as it does from lack
of principle. 1t is the men who push per-
sonal and party purposes that poison,
legislation. If Congress were composed
of gentlemen we could even dispense
with what scholars we have, and be better
offthan we are to-day.-.Scribner's Monthly
for Oct0ber
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

ABOUT the memest little thing that has
come under our notice for some time was
perpe,rated the other day by Spicer at the
drug store upon two timid and reserved
gentlemen. One of them our friend
p, is following the Legitimate, and we
dare say lucrative, business of lightning
rods for the protection of his fellow men.
With almost Christian fortitude he had
argued the erection of these preserving
rods-the only safe and reliable ones in
use-upon the house of friend Spicer
How yividly did he picture the horrors
that are liable to present themselves to
Spicer or any other man whose house does
not wear rods--as he returns to his family
after hard thunder shower. Wife, child,
all passed into eternity in an instant, and
percbance house burned down, and the
heavy weight that would forever lay up
on his heart that he was the cause. For
the sake Of a few paltry dollars he had re-
fused the protection and caused the death
Of beloved wife and dear child. For
the ninth time he sat down for few hours
talk with the hard-hearted Spicer upon
this subject, which at the time being was
nearest his heart Just as he had got fair
ly engaged Spicer jumped up ran to the
door and calling in u stranger, brought
him forward and said:
"Mr. p, allow me the pleasure of
acquainting you with Mr.. Il, agent
for the Chicago Life Insurance Company
Mr.. H, Mr.. P is a reliable
lightning-rod man Of our town."
Dear reader, pause for moment. Imag-
inc, If you can, the situation. An insnr-
ance agent and lightningrod man met
face to face in mortal combat. What a
CLEAN of satisfaction flashed over the
countenance of Spicer, as he drew oack
from the scene that would inevitably fol-
low, and as he was near the door he was
heard to say Eight it out on that line,
boys, If it takes all summer am sorry
can't be with you, but matters at home de-
mand my immediate attention" Neither
agent has been heard from since.-Aldert
Lea (Nian) Enterprise.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

taken a new start this fall under the in
ci,ement Of q new $4,000 building in
prospect.
The famous Little Church Around
| the Corner on Goth street, New York, Is
being renovated and enlarged TO accom-
modate Rev. Mr.. Houghton's rapidly-in-
| creasing congregation.
The Preston endowment fund Of $780,
600 for Albion tMicbigan) College has at
last been raised, and with it comes $50, 600
more, which was subscribed conditional
upon raising this sum.
Rev. Green Clay Smith, Ex-Governor
Of Montana, ex-General Of the Fed
eral forces, ex.member Of Congress,
and now Baptist minister, has ac-
cepted the chair of political economy in
the High School at Frankfort, Kentucky.
The Boston University, the new insti-
tuition of the Methodists, comprises "a
preparatory school at East Greenwich,
IL. T., and two colleges and four postcol.
legiate professional schools in different
parts of Boston. The whole number of
professors, teachers and instructors Is 81.
Fifty years ago the entire member
ship Of the Presbyterian Church in Cleve-
land, Ohio, consisted of three men and
ten women. In the autumn Of 1923, Rev.
Stephen J. Bradstreet became stated
supply, and commenced regular services
on Euclid street.
The Methodists have sent thirty men,
most OF them accompanied by their
wives, to foreign fields within thirteen
months. The Woman's Missionary So
cicty, connected with the denomination,
has sent out nearly as many women.
Between two and three hundred
japanese youth are still in this country in
the pursuit OF education, notwithstanding
so many have been recalled. These men
will be agents of civilization and many OF
them of Christianity when they go home.
There has been a very general Metho-
dist revival in the church in the South,
which is still in progress. 1t reports
more than two thousand three hundred
conversions during the week ending Sep
TENDER o. The number in Alabama was
six hundred and thirty five.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

| grass. Ii weighs 700 pounds. and with
| three men dresses 1000 pounds Of green
plants per hour.
The caststeel works of Mr.. Krupp, at
Essen. Prussia. now cover an area OF ,O0O
acres-larger than the Central Park, New
| York city. Nearly 1900 men are en-
nloycd in connection with the works. The
area under roof is 200 acres.
Mr.. Gaines, an iron merchant OF Liv-
erpool, in letter 10 the press. admits
that iron may be probably purchased III
New York for shipment to England, ana
says he Is convinced that the American
trade is lost to England.
Burlington, VT, is buy place. 1t
has five steam saw-milis, with capacity
Of dressing from 100000 TO 1O,0O0,OoO
feet Of lumber per month. The amount
Of capital now invested in real estate
docks, mills, machinery and fixtures is
estimated at 81 100000
The peope Of the Upper Peninsula,
Mich, have begun to see the advantage OF
making their own pig.iroD, instead OF
shipping the ore with its thirty-five 10
FORTY Der cent. ofwastc material, on which
of course the same freight is levied. Hard
wood exists in abundance, and charcoal
furnaces are being started, together with
pits TO supply them with fuel.
The hop crop has been housed, and
the estimated quantity Of the entire coun-
try Is put at 12,sOO,000 pounds, of which
New York furnishes more than half, or
9. 800, 600 pounds. The quality is not SO
good as last year. The demand will re
quire the importation Of some $4,000
bales, or about 100000 pounds. There
are no American hops in the English
market now.
There are two million bee.bivcs in the
United States. Every hive yields on an
average little over twenty-five pounds oil
honey. The average price at which honey
Is sold is twenty five cents pound: 80
that after paying for their own board, our
bees present us with revenue OF over
Ss,s00,OG0. To reckon it another way,
they make n clear gift Of over pound OF
pure honey to every man, woman and
child in the vast domain Of the United
States. over twenty three and onethird
million pounds Oh wax are made and
given 10 Us by these industrious workers.
The keeping Of bees Is one Of the most
profitable investments that our people can
make Of their money. The profits arising
from the sale Of surplus honey averages
from lifty 10 two hundred per cent. OF the
apilai invested.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16
An Astonishing Fix.

OLD Mr. Mugride, who has a cottage up
at Shadynook, invited few of his friends
to go up and stay awhile and enjoy the
country air. AS they were all fond of
good beer, he sent up key of new ale TO
be put in the cellar and kept until his ar
rival Saturday afternoon he and his
friends went up. After opening the par
lOrs and making things comfortable, he
thought little beer wouldn't go bad; so
taking his gimlet and lantern, he went
down to fill the flowing bowl. Arrived in
the cellar, he found that the key was
leaking through an old !ent, SO getting
his lantern down, he commenced to tap
it, putting one of his thumbs over the
leak but finding that the light wasn't
good where the lantern set, he took the
handle OF II in mis- mouth and continued
boring. Pretty soon the gimlet went
through, and the beer came out whizzing;
and as he had neglected to make plug,
he had TO put his other thumb over it. He
had the beer all snug enough, but discov-
cred that he himself was in fix-he must
either stay SO or lose the beer. His mouth
being in use, prevented his calling
anybody. He turned his head TO
the left, then TO the right, and
then he would drop it in de-
votionsl manner, and make . noise be-
tween snort and growl. About this
time he began to feel something damp
under him, and found, by investigating,
that he was sitting In pan of soft soap.
Above him he could hear his friends en-
jOying themselves in the parlor, playing
the piano, and his daughter singing
"Father, dear Father, come home with me
now" followed by "Thou art SO near and
yet SO far" His Jaws began to ache hold
Ing the lantern, and the drool was run.
ming out Of each corner of his mouth,
which made him nearly frantic. His feet
and legs ached, too, from the cramped po-
sitiOn which he was in, and he had de-
cided to let the beer slide, when he heard
footsteps approach which proved to be the
servant girl coming down after coal. As
soon rs she caught sight Of him she drop.
ped the coal. hod, which fell into q tub
containing nest Of pet kittens, killing
three of them and causing the old cat to
light out up the stairs, landing in a pan
behind the stove. The loss of his pets
made the old man 90 irate rs to drop his
lantern and Tehearse that part of the die
tionary which is left out. After scraping
off the soap as well as he could, he wend.
ed his way up the back stairs to his room
and changed his raiment Returning to
the parlor, he told his friends that he had
been out 10 see man -Danbury NeUs.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

ALMOST the only fool honored by occa-
sional mention is Daniel Pratt, the great
American Traveller, and hardly anybody
knows who he is. He was formerly q
printer, l understand, and never having
possessed much good sense, was made q
universal butt Of by his fellow craftsman,
until he lost the little sense Nature had
provided him with. He went to Liver.
pool once in a sailing-vessel, staid three
or four weeks in. England, returned home,
and talked so copiously of what he had
seen abroad that his brother-compositor
dubbed him the great American Traveller.
They ran all sorts ofsaws on him, put
stories into his mouth of his wanderings
in Asia Minor, Greenland, Australia, and
Ethiopia, and SO bewildered the poor
devil that he came to believe not only
what he had told them, but that he had
actually been in those countries. Since
that time, he has never been more than
300 miles from New York and yet he is
a positive monomaniac on the subject OF
travel. His aquintances. aware Of this,
keep out of his way for fear of the fate Of
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

twenty-five ships arc building at
Bath, Me-, giving employment 10 1000
men.
factories, employing capital OF $12,OOQ-
600 and 5000 hands.
The lumber and salt operations of
Bay City, Mich, nave agreed 10 reduc-
ton OF wages Of twelve and half per
cent.
One hundred tons Of American bar
iron were recently sold at Liverpool, at
Eli los, thus underselling the English
market
One million three hundred thousand
pounds of zinc ore was recently turned in
ut CRANKY, Mo, In one week, and $4,000
pounds Of lead mineral.
bennington, VI, has nine knitting.
mills running night and day. One Of
them manufactures over 5000 600 ladies'
undcrgarments in one year.
This years hay crop in Maine is esti-
mated at 1,700,0O0 tons, valued at $7,0OO,-
600. In 1850 the crop WAS 100000 tons,
100000 In 1860, and 100000 tons in
1870.
Among the noticeable freight leaving
Omaha recently for the East were fifteen
car.loads Of bullion, weighing over no.
COO pounds, and three cars OF California
salmon.
California grape-growers have found
out that IL pays 20 dry their fruit. One
hundred pounds Of fresh grapes are worth
81 when dried they are reduced 10 TWEEN
" pounds, and are worth % CO.
"A Mr.. Hughes. Of California, Is said TO
have invented machine for separating and
the fibre Of "ramie," or China
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16
Run on Banks.

had terrible experience. Awaking
Friday morning rather later than usual
i took the morning paper before dressed.
The list of failures Of banks affrighted me.
Dressing hastily, / rushed frantically TO
the street, and throwing myself into cab
directed the driver to drive furiOusly, like
the driving of Jehu, the son Of Nimshi, to
my Office. suppose my banker should
fail! How blamed myself for sitting up
the night before till eleven, instead of re-
firing at ten as is my custom! "Drive,"
l exclaimed. The driver drove. Minutes
were dollars to me. To get that money
out was now the point. The Office reached,
hurriedly directed the bookkeeper to
figure up the account and draw check
for the entire amount
81 will sign it," said, "and then you
60 Immediately, as fast as your attenuated
legs will carry you, and draw it. Get it
in large bills. ! will carry it on my per-
son. dislike to do it, but self preserva-
ton is the first law. Make haste"
How slow he seemed! How l chafed
under the tortoise-like movements of his
pencil! Finally he finished. Then rails
ing his head he gently sighed: ,a
"Our account is overdrawn just exactly
sixteen dollars and ninety three cents!"
Then came over my agitated soul q
sweet and balmy calml Then did sink
back into state of absolute repose, and
looked out upon the surging street with
feeling of Indifference that was lovely
to behold. 1t is an advantage to have
nothing. Blessed are the poor. But did
consider 1t my duty to go to the President
of the Bank and assure him of my un-
diminished confidence in the solvency of
the institution, and to say also that in
case Of q run. would not join in it. This
seemed to give him new courage. Y.
Cor. Toledo Blade
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

THERE Is scarcely any disease In which pur-
gative medicines are not more OF less required,
and much sickness and suffering might be pre-
vented were they more generally used No
person can feel well while a costive habit Of
body prevails; besides, it soon generates seri-
GUS and often fatal diseases which might have
been avoided by timely and judicious use Of
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or
Tasteless, Coated, Concentrated Root and
Herbal Juice, Anti Bilious Granules. These
little Pellets, unlike every other cathartic,
produce such secondary tonic effect upon
the bowels as to bring about a permanent
healthy action and increase their peristatic
motions. Price % cents vial, by all Drug
gists. Az
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

The number of students present this
term at Oberlin College is very large,
much in excess of the usual number, there
being forty more than at the correspond
ing time last year. The conservatory has
one hundred and thirty enrolled, the theo-
logical department forty five, while in the
college and preparatory departments
there are considerably overseven hundred.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

"NEvER put off till tomorrow what
can be done to day." SO go at once to the
best furnishing store and buy either the
Elmwood or Warwick collar
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

OLD CHRONIC SORES AND SwEILISes aroused
10 new life, walked up and carried away by the
thorough use Of Prof. Andersons Dermador IL
husks starting all the vessels and surrounding
tissues to healthy action.
See advertisement in this paper.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

The Congregationalists have organ,
lied a church in Salt Lake City. Their
church property there il valued At 81, 900
TO 500
The natural. history department of
Brown University, Rhode Island, has
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

Why does the ''girl Of the period" make
the best hOusekeeperf Because she makes
30 much hustle about little waist.
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-Hardshlps of the ocean-Iron. clads.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-19

1b2-Invol
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.
i TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
In the matter of Sloat & Addington VS.. L. III.
Rahm, banErnpt-in Bankruptcy. DIS 4.
At Richmond, on the 10th day of Aug, q. d. 1873.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN. 4a
Please to take notice hereby, that petition has
been, to wit on the 10th day of Aug. 1878, filed
in said District Court by +. ii. Rahm OF Rich
mond city in said district, who has been
heretofore duly declared bankrupt under
the act of Congress- entitled AN act to establish
a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
| United States,' approved March 2, 1867, for q
discharge and certificate thereof from all his
debts and other claims provable under said act.
| and that the 9th day Of September, 1873, at 10
o'clock, q. m. before w. w. Forbes, one Of
the registers of said court in bankruptcy, at his
office in Richmond, Va, in said district,
is the time and place assigned for the hearing OF
| the same, when and where you may attend and
| show cause, if any you have, why the prayer
| of the said petitioner should not be granted.
| Yon are also hereby notified that the second
| and third meetings of the creditors of the said
bankrupt will be held at the said time and place.
w. w. FORBES,
| Register in Bankruptcy for
| au 10--Tu2w Sd Congl Dist. of Va.
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4148 sW nts
In THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
l. ted States for the Eastern District of Vir-
ginia.
In the. matter of William z. Swift bank
rupt-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, on the 9th day of August, q. d..
1878.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that petition
has been, to wit: on the 9th day of August, u. d.
1873, filed in said District Court, by William y.
Swift, of the county of Lonisa i'm said district,
who has been heretofore duly declared bankrupt
under the act of Congress entitled 6 An act to
establish Uniform System of Bankruptcy
throughout the United States,' approved March
Dad, 1867, for discharge and certificate thereof
from all his debts and other claims proyabie un
der said act and that the 9th day of Septr, a. d.
1873, ut 10 O'Clock a. m. before W. w. Forbes,
one OF the registers ofsad court in bankruptcy,
at his Office in Richmond, in said district, is the
time and place assigned for the hearing of the
same, when and where you may attend and show
cause, if any you have, why the prayer of the
said petition should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meetings OF, the creditors of The said
bankrupt will be held at ihe same time and
place. w. w. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for the
au l9--Tu2w Sd Conglh DistSof Va.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-19
GROCERIES, &c

BACON AND LA r D--Western Shout
ders lOAal04c. Bone Sides 1lAal2c. Clear
Rib, l2ai2kc.; Breasts, IlNaliAc.; plain Hams,
Ice; Sngarcured, 16c; Canvassed, l7al8c.; Nir-
giniahog-round 1la12c Lard, Country, 9a1Oc /;
BALTIMORE leaf in terces and barrels, I0alOk C. /;
in half barrels, lOAc; in kegs, 12al2Ae. These
are the jobbing prices.
CANDI. ES,--TalloW l2l6al4 cents per pound;
Adamantine, 16 cents.
COFFEE--Rio, fair to good, 22la a23c primo to
choice, 23ha2Ic; I.aguayra, 2319a2ich lava,
27a2s; Mocha, 9ie
COTTON YARNs,---lJountry yarns, Nos. to
~. 81 66: JeaksaiIle. NJ O. warns. 81 Co.
FISH Observation-Disclosures gross. a. 5Oa5 per
barrel North Carolina No cut, $8.00aBS 90 per
barrel. NORTH Carolina No roe s9a89, 30 Der
barrel: haIf-barrei 10. 30; North Carolina No. /
gross, s56oaS6.- Macberel-No Bay macl1ereI,
slsaSl9; No. Shore % 26a$9; No. Q lin bar-
reisj, &Is, No. 5 large lin barrels) &lOd0a*Il 90