Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-12
Miscellaneous.

MISCtIIhUtOuSs
The best preventive for sunstroke is a
piece of sponge sewn inside the hat, and
sDrinkled with water occasionally in the
course of the day.
The War Department has finally
adopted the Springfield breech-lOading
system for the manufacture of small arms
for the army Some interesting recon-
mendations were submitted by the Exam
ming Board i'm favor Of magazine arm,
and of an arm capable of being manipu-
lated with one hand.
In Colorado, when the atmosphere is
oppressively hot, one sometimes notices in
the streets straws and bits Of paper whirl-
ing heavcnward. 1t is a signal to be re-
gardcd; for presently great clouds and
pillars of dust fill the streets, lodging in
every Granny, and taking captive every
loose article. This is only sand-storm,
and does not last forever.
An uptown clergyman in New York
was astonishcd the other day, when he
reached his residence, to find a postal-card
awaiting him bearing this tender epistle:
"Uear John. You do not plead in vain.
You have caused me many bitter tears,
but none of your congregation shall be
any inc WlScI IoI IL lliouSh hit
EMILY"
"A citizen of Utica, who felt called on
to demonstrate with female ncighbor for
her severity in chastising her child, the
other day, felt called on to close the inter
view, and to leave the house in about two
minutes. 1t was observed that II mop,
dustbrush, two footstools, pot of YER
benas, jar of pickles, and the family dog
followed closely after him.
Professor Wyman has concluded, as
the result Of explorations among the shell
mounds Of Florida during the past win
ter, that the aborigines by whom they
were constructed must have been decided
cannibals, as in eight different instances
he found considerable quantities of human
bones in the shell heaps, the bones them
selves being broken up and split, just as
in the case of the bones of other animals.
This, he is satisfied, was not the result of
burial, bui was done for the purpose of
obtaining the marrow, probably after the
flesh had been devoured.
The Rutland (Vt) Herald tells short
story of brief widowhood, saying that
not many months ago there came into the
village of North Adams, Mass, widow
from the hill country, with the remains Of
her husband for burial. Coming to the
grave, slight "caving in" caused delay
in properly placing the coffin in the
ground. So, having shed her tears and
made her means, she left the remains
above ground, and went to the minister's
house and was married to new husband
before the dead body of the old was COW
cred with earth.
The Danbury Neacs tells this beautiful
little story: Twenty years ago the son Of
widowed mother was an uneducated and
halfcared-for youth. He went into store
as an errand boy, saved up his money,
worked hard every day, limited himself TO
but few amusements, principally fishing
and seven-up, which he INDUCED in ON Sun.
day, SO as not to injure his employer, and
is now worth 100000. His mother en-.
joys luxurious home, with every want
attended to- and the young man is now in
Europe waiting for the affair to blow
over"
"A Frenchman has discovered meth.
cd of tanning and removing bees, and sc.
curing honey by tapping on the sides and
top Of the hives. We remember trying
that method in youthful years before we
had heard of the Frenchman. We tapped
on hive belonging to an old farmer one
night, and the bees came out first-rate, but
we did not care to stay to remove the
honey somehow. 1t seemed to us as
though almost any place in the world
would be desirable when compared to the
vicinity of that hive. In this experiment,
as in the one conducted by the French.
man, the bees possessed all their usual &C.
tivity and vigor. So did we.-Etica
| Herald.
Each Department of the Government
formerly entitled to the advantages Of
franking postal matter will be provided
with a special series of postage stamps
when the law abolishing the franking
privilege goes into effect, on the LIST Of
next July. A different color and distin.
guished feature mark the stamps designed
for each Department The color for the
| War Department is carmine; the Navy.
blue; the Interior, vermilion; State, green;
Treasury, velvet brown; Pcst-office, black;
Agricultural, straw color; Department Of