Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-04

The man who has begun to live and
work by artificial s.imulant never knows
where he stands. and can never count
upon himself with any certainty. lie
| takes into his castle servant who be-
comes the most tyranical OF masters.
The best sponges for toilet use come
from Aegian. They are gathered with
long hated forks, and prepared for use by
burying them for some days in the sand,
until the animal matter rots, after which
the horny keratose is soaked and washed.
One may live as conqucrer, or a
king. or a magistrate, but he must die a
man. The bed Of death brings every hui
man being to his pure individuality, TO the
intense contemplation of that deepest and
most solemn of all relations, the relation
between the creature and his Creator
Websfer.
The weather is dangerous in its liza.
blity to change, and the public should
make note thereon. Cold nights and hot
days are sure to bring on colds, unless
proper precautions are taken. Above all,
it Is necessary to be on ones guard against
such chilly air as these days bring. There
is no need of medicine but every need OF
the right kind Of clothing.
"A Western correspondent OF the New
York AdD0cate complains that missionary
secretaries, bishops, and editors OF the
church papers receive pay for services at
the dedication of meeting houses. He
says: "Our Western editors have taken
hundreds, il not thousands, OF dollars
from our people for dedication services"
The Central Adpocnte, Of st. Louis, calls
the statement in question; and, speaking
in behalf of his brother editors IN the
West and with their authority, pro-
nounces the assertion mistake.
Marrow guage passenger cars, as gen.
orally constructed stand thirteen inches
nearer the rail, and have about fifteen
inches less overhang at the side; hence,
the center Of gravity is considerably lower
than on the standard guage, making the
car ride very steadily, and with less oscil-
! lating motion than is usually observable
| upon the wide guage. The seats, thirty
| six to car, are arranged double on one
| side and single on the other, with the or
| der reversed, midway of the car, to dis
| tribute the weight equally.
The Charleston Neus reports that the
Southern cotton mills are working full
time and are making money. They claim
| to have learned that yarn can be manu-
featured in South Carolina, shipped to the
North, and there sold at net profit OF five
cents pound, after deducting commits
sion and other expenses; and that GER
tain class of colored goods sent North can
be sold at profit of ten cents a pound.
Yarns have also been shipped and sold in
Manchester, Eng, at a profit of four and
"A quarter cents a pound. The Neacs there
fore advises Northern manufacturers to
send their machinery down South and cs-
| tablish cotton mills
Those who affect to believe that there
is little use in advertising urge as an OBJ
lection that the advertisements are not
read. They can easily be convinced OF
their error in this respect by making in
quiry. Let them insert an advertisement
offering to purchase some article that is
tolerably plenty in the market, and they
will be flooded with offers to sell before
| the ink of the advertisement is dry. An
cnterprising weekly that has circulation
of one, two or three thousand copies is in
the position to do the village merchant
great good. In its sphere, the weekly is
of quite as much service to the advertiser
as is the daily, and oftentimes enjoys the
privilege of being the exclusive family
visitor, a privilege the daily seldom ever
has.-HoueUs Reporter