Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-14

81. down on the shore of Massachusetts
Raw and s;arve to death For we should
then have at least the stern satisfaction OF
Lnow;np where we were and what we
were doing.-Louiseilk Courier enrnol.
Matthew Browne tells the Englishmen
what IS the matter with them: While
we have been turning our eyes," he says,
| upon the more obvious and vulgar evils
attendant upon the free use OF alcohol,
we have been overlooking the insidious
| se;ion Of bland and peaceful liquid
which has been sapping the foundations
of manhood and honesty. Alcohol sends
| few to the Jail or TO the mad-house. But
tea acts through the nervous system upon
the conscience and turns US into nation
| of sneaks."
A Prussian amazon has appeared on
the theater of war in Spain. A Valencia
newspaper says: I'VE have had the pleas
ure of seeing the Prussian heroine an
nounced, who will, it is said, command
battalion of volunteers against the Carlsts.
She is well grown, hardly twenty-five
wears old, has a pretty face and blonde
hair. She wore long upper garment,
| long riding trousers, and PhrygIan cap,
| and carried a cavalry sword. We do not
know whether she will remain here or go
TO Barcelona"
The Baptists have National Educa-
| tional Commission, charged with the du-
ties Of supervising and Encouraging the
work of education, within the bounds of
the denomination, throughout the whole
| country. OF this organization, the Rev.
S. s. Cutting, ID. d., of New York, is the
able Secretary. Under his editorial di.
rection publication has been commenced
| under the name of the Centennial, designed
| to lead off in an effort to raise, between
this time and the national anniversary Of
| 1875, as large sums as possible In the vari-
Gus sections of the country for endowing
| institutions of learning.
!. The English have fugitive ink with
which the body of check or any other
document may be printed in lathework or
other fine ground; such paper, written on,
protects the inscription, as the acid which
removes the writing grasses the colored
ground, and it cannot be restored. There
| is no absolute protection against the alter
| alton Of ordinary documents. If written
with copying ink, and copied as finished,
the executor of an affidavit may provide
unassailable evidence Of the original text
and thus protect himself from injury by a
skillful erasure, but if shrewd rogues are
bent on fraud it is difficult to guard
against them.
"A southern editor, whose palate has
been delighted and whose heart has been
made glad by an offering Of blackberry
jam, gives the recipe by which it was
made 1t reads as follows: Select fine
ripe blackberries; float them in cool fresh
water, take out and drain well, then
weigh, and to each pound of fruit add
one pound of best coffee sugar, placing
each in large porcelain-lined kettle,
layer of fruit and layer of sugar alternate
| ly; let stand four or five hours, when the
berries will float in their own rich juice,
no water being necessary. Now put on a
brisk fire and cook until just done, which
may be easily told by tasting; too much
cooking makes the berries black and
tasteless Put away in jars and they will
keep any length of time.