Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-03

quantities. Old Japan Is poweriess
against the printing press.
One Of the wealtbiest corporations on
the face of the earth Ii the New river
Company, which supplies large part Oh
London with water. One quarter OF .
share was sold, the other day, for t46,UVO
sterling, while. the face value OF an entire
share is one pound onlyl Yet the protector
of this corporation, scores OF years ago, iosl
his fortune in the concern, ana died In
| the workhousc; and several companies
which took up the business successlveiy
| failed.
One of the great sources of enter.
tainment among the Turkish ladies, apart
from the promenade, Is the interchange
of calls. No husband would dare, at the
risk OF making himself an object Of ridi-
Guile. 10 refuse his wife permission to go
ont with an old woman slave TO mosque
or 10 n female friend Therefore, 1t ID not
unusual TO see at the house of lady OF
some rank az many as twenty or thirty
visitors. They pass the time in gossiping,
watching the slaves dance, listening 10
songs. drinking coffee or shcrbet, and
smoking. The ordinary tOwnspeople
often stay till after supper, and light
themselves home with lanterns. The
women are generally first to learn and
circulate news.
According to a London letter. "dia-
monds are more common in private sOci-
ETY. than they ever. have been. Many ladies
are crazy about them. Let them get as
many as they can, some night or other
they meet with dowager who cclipses
them; and their happiness is gone. A
lady of rank who had good collection,
and who does not often leave many at
home, was asked the other day the actual
cost Of those then upon her person. she
replied with perfect truth and complals-
ance, They cost rather more than t2O,-
COO abr said nobleman who was
present, Lady Coutts collection IS
worth nearer half million From that
gallery one woman, at least, went away
distressed. A friend who was by told me
she turned very pale, and he thought she
would faint"
Much attention Is now being paid in
Germany tothe cultivation Of fish in ponds
and bitches, and it has been found, con
trary &c the generally received opinion In
reference To such localities, that they
are more favorable for the purpose than
other large bodies of water, apparently
fresh and pure in their character. This is
doubtless owing TO the great abundance
of animal life, as well as to the more de-
cided concentration Of vegetable sub
stances i'm the form of1iving plants of diff
fercnt kinds, including the algg. This
produces a constant evolution Of oxygen
needed for the respiration of the fish, and
allows larger mass of life to be crowded
together in a given space. The reproduc-
ton of the species is also unusually rapid,
and the young grow very quickly.
The Pal Nal Gazette gives currency
to the following from the pen OF the Rev.
j. w Brooke, late vicar Of St Mays,
Nottingham, England: a certain cler-
gyman died in certain diocese toward
the end Of the year 1871. This gentleman
had appointed as his executors q brother,
who is an Admiral In the British navy,
together with a friend of this brother, also
an Admiral Of high standing The execu-
tors ON examining his papers found par
Gel endorsed, 'Inyioisbly sacred: To be
destroyed The parcel contained two
documents-one dispensation from the
Pope, permitting the deceased 70 retain
his position as an Episcopal clergyman
though actually Catholic priest: the
other list of such Of the clergymen in
his diocese, or near him, as are likewise
possessed of dispensations.