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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
How to Hang Gates.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
zette writes: ain the spring of 1867 hung
four large gates. The posts were six by
ground two and one-half feet The post
that l hung the gate to was put down first
and the gate then hung. l then set the
other post so as to let the gate shut inside
the post, against two pins driven in the
post, one foot from the top and bottom of
the gate. Then l put one inch pin
through the head of the gate, putting the
pin through the gate the same way the
gate shuts, and extending through four
inches, with the point of the pin elevated
one inch. This pin was thus arranged so
as to slip over the top pin in the post, with
sufficient bearing to take out the spring
of gate In this way, when shut, the gate
is supported by both posts. The gate is
made of lumber bars one inch thick, four
or five inches wide, and eleven feet long.
| take for the two heel pieces lumber one
inch thick, four inches wide, and four
feet ten inches long. / also take two
pieces two inches wide for the head OF
the gate, that are set back three feet from
the head of the gate. then put brace
on both sides, running from the top of the
center upright Stats to the bottom OF the
heel pieces, all being firmly bolted to-
gether. The latch or bolt (three and one
half feet long,, is placed on the top of the
third or fourth bar. A mortise is cut in
the post for the bolt or latch to slide in.
The above four gates were hung in the
spring of 1867 They stand as firm to-day
as they did the day hung them.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
Incident in the Siege Of Valencia.

A Madrid correspondent writing to a
London paper says: zone OF the incl
dents of the siege remains most wildly
impressed on my mind as SO exceed
ingly characteristic of Catholic
Spain. 1t was one day when the
bombs were falling thickest and
the convent La Encarnacion was SO sore
Nv pclted, one bomb having entered at the
rear, that portion of the nuns, terrified
almost out of their senses, determined TO
seek refuge elswhere. The larger part OF
their number refused to leave their cher
ished home, willing to run the risks OF
the bombardment, but the others OBJ
tanned an escort of the insurgents, and,
weeping and sobbing, left the venerable
pile, whence they never thought to go out
alive. 1t was a strange and impressive
sight, that mournful little procession, as
it wendell its way along the deserted
streets, under a lowering sky athwart
which shot the screaming bombs, while
peals of distant thunder announced a
coming storm. First came militiaman
with white flag on the point OF his bay
onct. and then followed the afirighted
nuns. escorted on both sides by line OF
insurgents, whose swarthy limbs, bare TO
the knees, their only dress the multitude
nous folds of their white muslin trouses, a
scanty Jacket, and their turbanlike hand
kerchief on their heads, their only ac-
coutrements their Remington, trabuco or
fowling- piece, as the case might be, and
handkerchief slung at their side with
ammunition, made their aspect anything
but reassuring to those feeble women.
Some of these unfortunate ladies were
novices. denoted as such by their white
colts and wells; and the others, swathed
in funeral black from head to foot, pro.
claimed their irrevocable vows. Behind
the rest came the venerable Abbess, who
had lived fifty years in that mild prison
called La Encarnacion, and who was SO
unaccustomed to walking, and so heart
stricken withal that she could hardly
walk two or three yards without stopping
to rest in a chair carried for the purpose.
Last of all came litter bearing a wound
ed nun, beside which walked priest.
Each Of these pressed a large cross TO
their bosom, and with signs ana tears
breathed continuous Ave Marias' and
Padre Nuestros' on their way to NJ
Gras, where they arrived at last In
safety"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Dry paint is removed by dipping 2
swab with handle in strong solution OF
oxalic acid 1t softens it at once
Drilling is better than sowing wheat
broadcast 1t deposits the seed more
evenly, and deposits it in the moist
earth.
Salt on rich land frequently proves a
good fertilizer for wheat Sow two 10
FIVE bushels per acre before putting In
wheat.
The best season for pruning to pro-
mote growth, theoretically, is in autumn,
soon after the fall of the leaf. Next to this,
winter pruning performed in mild weather
is best, and in orchards this is the season
usually most convenient.
To prevent horse paving in the
st able, tie or strap the legs together just
above the knees so they will stand about
natural, say six or eight inches apart. 1t
will not in the least inconvenience the
horse in lying down or rising, and will
prevent this annoying habit.
Draining causes the rain to sink
through considerable thickness of soil be-
fore it runs off, and hence it causes less
loss of nutritive matter than is Occasioned
by rain washing soil, as it does in un-
drained lands, carrying off to the streams
and rivers much of the valuable nutritive
matter that abounds on the surface.
To make pears color handsomely.
spread blanket on the floor of cool
room, and then thinly and evenly place
the fruit on the floor. A second blanket
must be spread over them, and in short
time the effect of this treatment will be
apparent in the most golden olored Bart
let's and rich, ruddy -looking Seckles i'm
aginable.
-Mince Meat.-Three and half
pounds of good chopped beef, a pound OF
suet, three and half pounds of raisins,
half of them stoned and chopped, the
other half left whole; the same quantity
of currants as of raisins, seven pounds OF
chopped apples, one pound OF candied
citron cut in thin slices, two pounds OF
sugar, one ounce of nutmegs, three pints
of cider or canned grape juice, one pint
golden syrup or best molasses. These
Ingredients, put down in close jar, will
last all winter.
To make Grape Wine-Express the
juice from twenty pounds of grapes; rinse
the pulp and skins in as much water as
will cover them; mash them and strain
through coarse cloth; add to this the
juice, and put in two pounds OF brown
sugar to each gallon. When the sugar is
dissolved, pour the whole into a keg, hav-
ing the bung open, and let it stand where
the temperature will be about seventy de-
grees until fermentation ceases then bung
tight and let it rest for month to settle,
when it should be drawn off quietly, the
keg well washed, and the wine returned
to it, adding one pound of good raisins;
and if the wine does not seem sweet enough,
two pounds of sugar may be ADDED to the
whole. The necessity of doing this de-
ponds upon the kind and quality OF the
grapes. The wine should remain until
the keg is wanted the next season, when it
may be bottled for use.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

straggler was captured, and an unpromis-
ing looking creature he was. He was one
of those bay and white spotted horses so
often seen in circus, and had been the
owner of a beautiful flowing name and
long sweeping tail. But now the dust of
the street where he slept chung to his
rough skin, bits of straw and dead leaves
ornamented his tangled name, and his
halfswitched-out tail hung limp and ugly.
His captors, nothing daunted, procured
CASTLE soap and soft water, and washed
and combed and thoroughly cleaned him,
decorating his name with ribbons and
covering his lean sides with a comfortable
blanket.
In the meantime had collected all the
available music of the city. There were
no regular bands, but every one who had
an instrument wind or stringed) and
could play it, came out and Joined the
merry party.
When all was ready the procession
started First came the motley musicians,
playing with good heart, if net with
much skill. Next the gaunt hero, bear
ing on his back the orator of the day Zone
of the two young men). Then came a
miscellaneous party of citizens. They
paraded through the principal streets, to
the City Hall Square. A touching speech
was made, appealing to the charitable in
the crowd. Copies of the poem were sold
to whoever would buy, and many dimes
and some dollars were drawn out of peck
cts and purses, while loads of hay, bags
Of oats and corn, and barrels of bran piled
up in the yards.
When the whole thing was over and the
two originators Ofthe performance counted
up gains, it was found that there was
money enough to hire barn and man
to take care of him all winter, and food
enough to keep a hundred horses till sum-
mer should cover the prairies with grass
again. A barn was procured, the prOvis.
ions removed, man hired for the work,
and the old circus horse was duly installed
in mis- comfortable home that very night.
And how do you suppose the Doctor
felt all this time?
If was not limited by stern facts, /
could easily tell you, for can imagine
his shame when he saw the odd procession
from behind his blinds. But the truth is,
he never expressed his feelings ESQ far as
l can discover( and therefore history is
silent on that point.
But strange thing happened before the
people got through talking about it. One
dark night the old horse disappeared, and
it is supposed Though it is only guess
that the Doctor enticed him away and put
an end to all his troubles by a bullet
through his brain.
At any rate, he was never seen again
NeU York Independent.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

THE PHRENoLoGICAL JouRNAL.-The
October number of this sterling magazine contains
several notable and interesting articles, among
which NAV be noted: "Mes Grant, editor OF the
Worlds Crisis with portrait is Spiritualism In
the Bible?;" Richard Newton, ID. d." with por-
trait "'rhe Fan Factory" "lielen Earles' Irial
s'How to use Pbrenology," Illustrated; "Gcnesis
Of Geology etc, etc. in the departments OF Cur
rent Items, Poetry and Miscellany it Il very fun
and Interesting. The chronological is one of the
Oldest and best Of The monihlies Published by
S. r. WELLS, $50 Broadway, New York. Terms,
81 a year
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

The CHILDREN's Hour always excites
lively interest in the children AZ soon as 1t ap-
pears 1t Is emphatically journal for the little
folks. The October number is an excellent one.
1t is nicely illustrated, attracvely gotten up, and
contains not only interesting reading matter, but,
what il better pure and elevated reading matter,
Just such as parents who seek the good Of their
children would like to place before them. Terms,
81 25 per year. and a beautiful steel engraving
Address T. S. ARTHUR g. Son, Philadelphia, Pa
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
A YERSIFIED LEGEND.
M sBEN Z. RKxroRD.

BIZ EBEN Z. RExfoRD.
oouewhere there lived, but where cannot tell,
nan who loved his ease and quiet well,
And cared but little for the better things
a. eaYnest love Of God and Heaven brings.
~, sabbath morning when the church BELLS
ro,,ed far and near the peaceful worship time,
He sought some quiet spot to pass away
In ease and idleness the holy day.
nj. wife was not rs he; for, clear and strong
Were her perceptions Of all right and wrong;
And love Of God through all her nature grew,
true.
Her heart yearned strongly for her husbands
..everv loving Christian womans should;
And she besOught him Oft to change his ways,
And seek with her Gods holy house Of praise.
And always, when she asked him, lie would say,
. 60 though TO church this pleasant Sabbath day;
And when, with others there. you bend the knee,
Why, then, dear woman, pray for thee and me-"
Now. it 80 happened that one night he slept,
And dreamed dream, whose record have kept;
Though fast asleep upon his easy bed,
he thought that he and his good wife were dead.
Their early life concluded, hand in hand,
They started of toward the better land,
And reached, at last faint, tired, and worn and
i1he gates Of Heaven, which all good Christians
seek.
He knocked, not doubling that beyond the gate
Was rest awaiting. Faith was strong and great
st. Peter came. and swung the gate ajar,
And questioned, by the legend. who was there.
I. Why, l." was the quick answer, land my wife;
We've just departed our old earthly life,
And now, good old St Peter. let US by,
For we're most wretched tired, my wife and l."
!" Please wait moment" good ST. Peter said,
" You staid at home while your good woman
You babe her 90 to church, and bend the knee
And pray, while she was there, for her and thee
So. as she prayed to Heaven for her and thee,
For thee and her her rest in Heaven shall be-;
For il she did the praying while you staid at
home,
Then you've no right to Heaven. Woman come ~
So through the gate his wife passed out Of view,
And left him longing for an entrance through
Left him to realize, when 1t was too late.
The rest worth striving for beyond Heavens
gate.
Amazed, he questioned. Have then no lot
In rest and Heaven, because sought them noty
The rest IL for my wife, and not for me,
Because she did the praying That plainly see ;"
The sense Of his great loss struck home SO strong
That it awoke him from his troubled sleep;
And he was very much rejoiced to find
That he was still alive among mankind.
"H Heaven he reasoned sis not worth the
pains
OF praying for, who can expect the gainss
II can't pray for my own soul at all,
But leave Ii to others, l deserve to fall"
Next morning when the church bells rang at ten,
And called to worship all the sons OF men,
His wife was much astonished at the gate
To see her husband at the roadside wait
rYouve prayed" he said. for yqHrself and me
So long that am ashamed to ask0f thee.
Hereafter in our worship we'll combine;
You do your praying. and will do mine"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

WHEN WRITING TO ADyERTisERS,
w please say Yen saw the ndveriisemeni
In this pnper.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

women erect, in distributing the weight
of their clothes over the hips, and in OBJ
Waiting the necessity that would otherwise
be upon them of binding their skirts too
tightly about their waists. 1t is a foolish
waste of words to attribute to the corset
itself evils which spring from its misuse.
Many people, perhaps most people, wear
shoes which are too small for their feet,
and an anatomical shoemaker" once told
us that his entire secret lay in making
peoples shoes size or two larger than
they were accustomed to wear them. But
shall we therefore denounce shoes as the
authors of bunions? Let us at least De
sensible in these matters whether We can
manage to be strictly just or not. Let us
enlighten our daughters in regard to their
own bodies, SO that they may know how
hideously tightlacing deforms them, and
with what terrible dangers to life and
health it is attended. 1t is idle to talk
nonsense to them instead, and to tell them,
as one sensationalist did not long ago
that "any corset, no matter how loosely il
is worn, is sure to produce heartdisease.'
Every sensible girl knows well enough
that such statement is absurdly false
and falsehood never yet did good ser
vice for the truth Men do not gather
grapes of thorns.-HearM and Home.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
It's Merits ere Unsurpa ssed.

~ you suffering from INTERNAL PAIN, Ttren
~ 10 THRU UrOpS In q Lntf Water Will almost In
stantiy cure you There Is nothing equaito u. In a
few moments il cures
Collie. Cramps. spnsms, Heartburn, Dlarrhna. Dyson
terry, Flnx. Wind In the Bowels, Sour 5ton-
arh. DNEnrnsia hiCk Hradachr.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

GODEY's LADY's BOOK.-The October
number is an excellent one, being in respect 10
mechanical execution, illustrations and literary
character fully equal TO any that have preceded
The different departments are full and entertain
ing that of fashions being particularly noticeable
in this regard. The publisher announces that he
has made arrangements to illustrate the magazine
from time to time with class Chromos, The
first of the series win appear in the December
number Single subscription, $500 year, with
reduction to clubs. Published by l.. A. Cooley,
Philadelphia.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
IL cures Cholera. when al ether Renee
dies FAN.
II gives Instant Relief from Aching Teeth.
In sections OF the country where
Fever xnYl1 n s-yzc

Prevails there In remedy held In greater esteem.
eV- For FereT and d9ue-Take three ,raspooDfGs
of the PAfNKILLER In about half pint OF hot water
well sweetened with moasses a. the attack Is coming
on bathing freely the chest. back and bowels with the
medicine at the same time. Repeat the dose HI TWEEN
" minutes IL the first dose does not stop the chill
Should 10 produce ayomitng land II probably will II
the stomach H. very foul. take little PAIEKILLEB
IN cold water swcetened with sugar, after each spasn.
Perseverance, in the above treatment has cured many
seyere and obstinate cases Of this disease.
WIIEN USED E.1TEREALLY, ASA LIJNENT,
nothing gives quicker IN Burbs cuts HfttiseS,
Sprdtrss. Stngs }rom Jnsects and Scahs IL rcnoyes
the Are, and the wound heals Ike ordinary sores.
Those suffering with RHEfAfI TISM. GONTor kEL-
R1LGIA, IL not positive cure. they Mud the Pm
Rtler gives them relief when other remedy Will
EVERY HorsEREEPgR should keep II At hand, and
apply IL the first attack OF any Pain IL VIII give
satisfactory relief, and save hours Of suffering
DO not trfe with yourselves by testing untried rem
edies. BE sure You call for the P1IS-RJLLER.
sE-Directions accompany each bottle.
Price, 25 cents. SO cents, and $1.O0 per Bottle.
J.N.HARRIS q CO., Cincinnati, d.,
Proprietors for the Southern and Western States.
eNFor sale by all Medicine Dealers.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

The Seward Statue COMMITTEE nave
selected Rudolph Rogers design for tne
statute which is to be erected al Eign.h
avenue and One-hundred.and-ei
street, in the Central Park. The contrary
calls for bronze statue in sitting posi-,
ton, neatly three times life size, moun'eu
on pedestal of colored marble, anu 70
cost $4,000.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

ARTHUR's HOME MAGAZINE. - This
illustrated magazine, which claims to be the
"Grcat Household Magazine Of America" sends
forth it's October issue richly laden with gems OF
literature and art. Among the articles deserving
Of special mention are: "In The Harvest Field"
illustrated; THE Argus Pheasant" illustrated !;
my First Literary Venture" by Rosetta Rice !;
"In Thunder Cloud" illustrated, by Professor
John Wise; Home Life and Character" by Ppsy
Potts, and score of others. The various depart.
ments are unusually full and entertaining, and all
the illustrations are marked by high degree Of
excellence. Terms $3.50 per year, with rednc-
ton to clubs Published by T. S. ARTHUR Il Son,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
SCIENCE OF HEALTH.-The October

SCIENCE OF HEALTH.-The October
number Of this excellent magazine has appeared
Its character is sufficiently indicated by is title
Among the articles specially challenging attention
In this number are: Disease and its Treatment;
How to Clothe the Babies; Ill-health Of Teachers
Sovereign Remedies, etc, etc. Published by 5.
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Volumes begin III July and January.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-01-23

The New York WaaiPS correspondent re-
ports that members of Congress, he don't say
who nor how many, entertain the opinion
that the company Of American capitalists
who have purchased. the SANTANA Bay and
Peninsula have made very bad bargain, and
that its purchase with all its rights, privileges,
and franchises is literally worthless. If there
be any foundation for this statement, as is
quite possible ,as the members OfCongresswho
have expressed such an opinion are undoubt-
edly the same men who raised such a deafen-
ing camor against the Presidents PROPOSE
ton to make the purchase. They were very
generally, if not entirely, Influenced in their
course by their personal luminosity to the
President, or by absolute and wil!ful igno-
rance Of the whole question.
Most Of the opponents Of the measure OBJ
stinately shut their eyes to all information in
regard to the climate, soil, production, re-
sources, people, and institutions of the is
land and to the thousand unanswerable ar
guments i'll favor Of the measure. The OBJ
ject which they thus resisted with such blind
zeal, and so much unnecessary heat, having
been substantially accomplished through the
enterprise Of private capitalists, its old op-
ponents are mortified and indignant. But as
they have no power to defeat it they vent
their chagrin by striving to belitte the en-
terprise, and to render the company dissatis-
fed with the bargain. 1t is fortunate for the
country that such men as F;.msworth, Schurz,
Trumbull, and company have been shorn Of
their power. If their capacity for evil were
equal to their will, the country would soon
be brought to dead stand in its career Of
honor and prosperity.