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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-06-04
and escaped with only

to Florence, and escaped with only
broken horn.
A sad and affecting case was that of
three French children, none Of them over
nine years old, who sat among the living
and dead in Mr.. Warner'3 house at Leeds
and told questioners that they had lost
three sisters, brother and their mother.
but their father was safe and attending to-
some of the dead people. But many who
listened to them knew that the father, az
well as the brother and sisters, was among
the dead, yet none had the heart to break
the terrible news to the children.
One lucky little boy got safe ride
down the stream in small house. The
dwelling was picked up by the food
somewhere between Leeds and Florence.
and went over the dam right side up, land.
ing some distance below on the flats
There somebody spied this novel convey.
ance, and took the boy out, safe and
sound.
One of the saddest casualties among the
lower classes was that of Mr.. Edward
Mocker, an aged Irishman living near
the bridge at Haydenville. He was stand
ing in front of his house when he discov
cred the water approaching, and in trying
to enter ana save his wife and a helpless
boy he was overpowered by the food and
drowned. Mrs. Mocker grasped the youth
in her arms and struggled for dry land,
but was twice knocked down and badly
wounded by floating rubbish, but al
though badly wounded she chung to her
invalid boy, and stood waist deep in the
water for an hour until the food subsidized.
Men then came to her rescue, moving her
to comfortable quarters, but in moving the
boy he was by ONE means dropped in the
road, and this, with the exposure and
shock, it was thought, would shortly cause
his death. The boy fell on the ice last win
ter, spraining his ankle, and being unable
to move his legs were frozen before being
discovered, and he has been a helpless in
valid ever since. The mothers lament,
Saturday night, when applying at the
piteous. After describing her husbands
vain attempt to reach her, she returned
to her sick boy. "Ohr' cried she, that
I should live to see this night! An the
boy cried to me, Sure you won't leave me,
mother, to be carried in the flood, an l
rushed and snatched him out of bed, and
got out between the houses, and, as God
hears me, couldn't get farther, an
stood there, an the boy in my arms, an
the water going over me. And l was
knocked from here wild timber that hit
me on my leg and again in the breast, but
I'm alive and / saved the boy, but he'll
die the mornin', an the mans gone. Ed
wards gone Oh, but for the rainy morn
ing, he'd been here at work and saved.
Oh, my darling, my darling, God help
us!"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-06-04

Painting on wood is becoming fash
ionable employment for young ladies.
Quite number are learning to ornament
fans, fancy boxes, and the like, and if they
persevere they may likely learn to paint
houses and sign boards in time, and make
practical business of it.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-06-04

"A correspondent notices that James
Gordon Bennett is bachelor who will
soon be forty that Whitelaw Reid is
solitary bachelor about forty; that Manton
Marble is solitary widower of forty; that
Hurlbut, also of the World, is bachelor
under fifty; that Bundy, of the Mail, is
bachelor over forty, and that Congdon, OF
the Tribune, is widower over fifty.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-06-04
Wet And South.

Henri Rochefort has arrived in San Francisco
from Australia.
In Z lengthy address to the people Of Wis
cousin, dated May 81, Gov. Taylor reiterates
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-06-04

No earnest thinker is plagiarist pure
and simple. He will never borrow from
others that which he has not already.
more or less, thought out for himself.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-06-04

The Car intimstes that he arrested
young Nick because he was playing old
Nick generally.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-06-04
General News Summary.


ION the 21st Miss Nellie w., daughter Of
President Grant, and Mr.. Algernon G. y. Sar-
toris, young and wealthy Englishman OF
good family, were married at the White House
Washington. The wedding was conpara-
lively private AFFAIR, there being less than
200 invited guests IN attendance. The pres
ents 10 the bride were numerous and costly.
The happy couple left soon after the ceremony
for New York to take passage on the steamer
Baltic for Europe.
The following National Banks have been
authorized by the Comptroller Of the Cur
rency TO commence business: Nation Ma
tional Bank, Illinois, capital, $4,000; First
National Bank, Liverpool, Ohio, $4,000; Sec
ond National Bank Bay City, Mich, 100000;
Peoples National Bank, MartiDsburg, w. Va.
$4,000; First National Bank, Hancock, Mich.
100000.
David b. Mcllish, a Representative In Con-
gress from New York, who had been removed
to the Government asylum for being insane,
died on the sd. He had been confined In the
institution about two weeks, and had required
constant watching, being at times very vio-
lent.
Gen. Butler has been quite sick, but was
improving on the ed his physician pre-
scribes q foreign tour.
Rear.Admiral Shubrick, senior officer In the
retired list, died at Washington on the 9th,
aged eighty-three.
The District Investigation Committee In
Washington closed It's labors, so far ~ the
taking of evidence Is concerned, on the 9th,
and would at once prepare preliminary re-
mort The evidence taken before the COM
mittee makes nearly 1900 printed pages
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-06-04

In the Senate, on the 2lst, two bills
were reported for the Improvement Of the
mouth OF the Mississippi !. A bill was introduced
v establish the compensation Of certain customs
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-06-04
AMARvgIous ESCAPE.

The marvellous escape of young Dun
ming at Leeds has already been alluded to,
but his story 10 so interesting that Ii is
worth giving in detail. When the alarm
was given he was at his work in the
spool.room of the Nonotuck silk works,
and, rushing out Of the mill, his first
thought, Of course, was for his family.
He found that his father, wife and three
children had all ieft the house. He shout
ed to them to run for their lives, at the
same time pointing to them what direc-
tion to take. His wife and children
obeyed him and were saved; but his
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03

Household details are so numerous
and complicated that the mother of a
family is often obliged to attend TO many
of them at once, and she ought to learn
to mingle the lesser tasks with the great
er, SO that one set of muscles is resting
while another Is called into action. In
this way some intervals of comparative
rest can be secured, and the work move
along more to the purpose than il there
were no partial breaks in the endless
chain from morning till night. For in
stance, If pies or apple sauce are to be
made, when the breakfast dishes are
washed, sit down to prepare the apples,
and IL will not infringe our code OF do
mestic bylaws If you should happen to
mix the pie-crust also while sitting, for
rolling it out and finishing the pies will
be more easily done after this brief rest.
When the coffee is to be Drowned, IL is
well to give that process close attention,
though sometimes mending stockings or
reading will not interfere very much with
the roasting, II one eye is kept on the
oven.
In many houses the washing machine
has shorn Monday morning OF half OF its
discomforts, but genius has not rescued
us from the thralldom Of ironing day; so
here necessity becomes the mother of
invention" We find board like those
used for ironing dresses and skirts, fur
nished with four legs just long enough
To come over the lap, Is very convenient.
On this one can iron all small articles,
and, If necessary, even shirts and large
garments, though not quite so rapidly as
at the table, and the change of posture,
for short time, is relief when there is
a large ironing to do.
Cutting garments on table Is tire
some work, and the ironing bench can
be used for tins purpose, but lap
board is better. 1t should be about
three feet In length by two feet in width,
with half circle cut out on one side to
fit the form. After few hours Of hard
work In the kitchen the weary house
wife will appreciate the advantage Of
being able TO prepare garments for the
sewing machine without extra exertion.
Perhaps healthy, energetic woman
might despise these simple expedients
for lifting heavy burdens; but in time
even she may have ample need for some
strength held in reserve; while there are
thousands of feeble women who CRATE
fully accept any suggestions that viii
in the least lessen their labors. LII they
do the best they can there will be many
wide gaps in the course of the year
which they cannot fill; and without
wishing to be misunderstood, or TO APP
pear as an advocate for sloth and 81 in
glorious ease" / believe that the ambi-
tious wife and mother who does the most
of her own work Is mores apt TO do too
much than too little. She can well afford
to economic strength and preserve
health, thereby securing more time for
her own mental culture and retaining
the ability TO wisely superintend the
moral and physical education of her
children. -Ruh Lee, in No0Te's Rural.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03
The Application OF Manure.

THE old practice in the use of manure
was To spread IL on the surface and to
| pillow ii in, except in the application to
| meadow.land, and then the manure was
composted or well rotted, and applied as
| a toD-dressing. In all cases the manure
must be old or composted with some alb
| sorbent, such as muck, rubbish, sawdust,
| etc. In case the manure was fresh from
! the stables, IL was placed in small heaps,
and allowed to SO remain until the time
OF culture, when II was spread out and
at once plowed under. A farmer near
me, who places a high value on manure,
and who Is careful to use all there IL at
hand, pursues this practice and with good
results, having better average crops than
his neighbors who pay less attention to
this subject. While there Is no question
that this practice will pay, there Is no
reason to suppose that the same manure
applied as topdressing will pay better.
In short, there has been sufficient ex-
perience to prove it's truth.
One great objection to the use OF raw
or unfermented manure Is the seeds of
weeds and Of the grasses; but / have
shown that, in most instances, this Is no
objection, as these weeds and grasses are
destroyed by the process Of preparation
of the soil and of culture. We will sup
pose that Farmer A has manure for ten
acres Of cortland, and that he has stub.
ble.land on which to apply 1t. The old
plan would be to haul out the manure at
this season, place 1t in heaps 10 remain
until spring, and then spread II out, pillow
under, and plant at once. OF course all
the seeds In it would be ready to come
up and TO grow with'the corn, making
greatly. Increased amount Of labor TO
cultivate the crop; and many of our
good farmers think that this increased
labor costs more than Is repaid by the
increased value OF the crop, and for
this reason they do not apply manure
directly to the corn-crop. Sup.
pose we first pillow the stubblc-land,
or, rather, 1t had been plowed i'm
mediately after harvest, and at the
time Of applying the manure subject IL to
a thorough narrowing. This would have
killed The growth of autumn weeds and
the surface would be in good condition
to haul the manure for the purpose of
spreading 1t direct from the wagon, when
Ii may remain undisturbed through the
winter. Before 1t is time to plant the
corn and after the first crop Of vernal
weeds have made their appearance the
whole should be again narrowed. This
will destroy the crop of weeds and at
the same time comminute the surface of
the soil and the manure and thus prepare
it for the seed. A rolling at this stage
of the proceeding will facilitate the
sprouting OF another crop Of the seed
OF weeds and of the grasses or clover, III
there were any in the manure, and before
the corn is up this second crop Of weeds
should be destroyed by narrowing. Thus
IL will be seen that the blowing and the
application Of manure can be done in the,
fall, and all we have to do In Thea spring
is to harrow the ground when we are
ready to plant, the second narrowing be-
ng y part of the aftercuiture. But the
manure is wasted during the winter, it is
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03
How to Keep Apples Through the
Winter.

THE following suggestions are by
Alexander Hyde, in the New York
Illness
"To aid the barrel and the skin of the
apple in keeping out the air many wrap
their apples in paper-manila paper is
the best and is very cheap, but old news
papers will answer-each apple by itself.
This not only aids in keeping out the air,
but prevents the apple from bruising in
transportation. Oranges are always inn
ported with paper wrapped around
them. Paper is not only very imper.
vious to air but is non-conductor of
heat and serves to keep the fruit of
uniform temperatures point of some
Importance.
"A more effectual mode still of pre-
serving apples is to fill the barrels nearly
full Of apples and then put in some thor
oughly dry fine sand and shake it down
gently. This will fill up all the inter
stices between the apples and keep them
indefinitely and almost perfectly fresh.
In lieu of dry sand, ground plaster
(gypsum) may be used, and is perhaps
still better, as il is more compact and,
therefore, less pervious to air. We have
known apples kept in this manner for
two years.
THE virtues of dry sand and plaster
for preserving apples, pears, and other
fruits are well understood by the pre-
MUM hunters at our horticultural fairs.
The incest specimens of Bartlett pears
are packed away in sand and brought
out month or six weeks after they are
picked as fresh as though they were just
from the tree. 1t is very little trouble to
put plaster or sand into a BARREL but it
is some botheration TO get the apples out
and wash and wipe them, and the trans
portation of sand will never pay, so that
we should not recommend this practice
except for few choice barrels for the
use of family and friends
Another mode very analogous TO the
foregoing is to pit the apples in some
dry, sandy, or gravelly soil just as tur-
nips and potatoes are pitted. They will
keep spIendidly through the winter thus
pitted, but must be used speedily in the
spring after they are dug out, as they will
rot soon after exposure TO the light and
air In order to pit apples, select some
dry spot, where there is no possibility of
water filling the pit, and dig hole three
or four feet deep and of any required
size, place some clean, dry straw on the
| bottom, and on this the apples, to the
depth of two ieet, covering the whole
| with layer OF straw and then a layer of
dry earth, raising the latter above the
| general level OF the ground and sloping
| IL roof fashion, so that 1t will shed rain.
The apples will come out in the srring
as crisp as cabbages when pitted in this
way
Instead Of one large pit, IL IL better
to make several smaller ones, holding
eight to twelve bushels each, so that one
pit may be opened after another in the
spring, as the apples may be wanted, or
the apples may be buried in the ground
in barrels and barrel taken up at a
time. We have known this latter mode
| to succeed admirably"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03
An African Dandy.

Who would suppose that wild Afri-
can, whose only dress Is a piece OF skin,
would trouble himself about fashionsy
To be sure, he feels no interest In the
style of coats or hats but he Is just as
much absorbed in the great business OF
adjoining himself as though he followed
the fashions of Paris. Curious styles he
has, too. AS a German traveller has lately
told US.
To begin with, the hair Is the object Of
his greatest care. Its training begins in
the cradle---or would If he had cradle
when 1t il tortured into some extraor.
binary form, and kept there by means of
gum arabic and ashes till after long
years it will retain the shape itself.
Sometimes il is like cocks comb and
sometimes like fan. One poor babys
hair will be trained SO that In time it
will stand up in rolls over the head like
the ridges on a melon, while another is
taught to stand out like the rays Of the
sun, as usually repres eDted in pictures.
With some Africans part of it hangs
down In long, regular braids OF twists,
and the rest is laid up in monstrous pufis
on each side OF the head. But the droll.
est one of all Is made TO look like the
glory around the head Of a saint-in pic.
lures. The hair is taken in single locks,
stretched out to its greatest length, and
fastened at the ends TO a hoop. The
hoop il held in place by strong wires, and
its edge o-namented with small shells.
The effect is very comical.
In most Of these wonderful arrange
ments the hair is parted in the middle q
wonder If our young gentlemen imported
that style from Africa, and is kept in
place by plenty OF gum and ashes, or
clay.
All this elaborate Embarrassing is on
the heads of the men. The women OF
the country wear their hair in the sim
plest manner, perhaps for the reason that
the wife does the cooking, cultivates the
land, adorns the body of her husband
with paint, and dresses his hair, which
must be enough to keep her time well
occupied
His hair once dressed, this African
dandy turns his mind to the further
decoration of his body. First he rubs
his shining skin with mixture OF grease
and ashes, or powdered wood OF a red
color, puts ON his one scanty garment,
made OF the skin of some animal, or of
bark, occasionally trimmed with the long,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03

black tail of monkey or other animal,
and then he is ready for his orna-
ments.
Across his forehead, just under the
edge of his hair, like fringe, he hangs
a string of teeth. They may be teeth of
dogs, or other animals, or, if he is a great
warrior, of his human victims.
Next he adorns his breast with an or
nament made of ivory, cut to resemble
lions teeth and spread out in star shape.
Around his neck he hangs several neck
laces made of strips of skin cut from the
hippopotamus, and finishes up with paint
in various styles-dots, or stripes, or zig
Gags, squares like checker-board, or
marbled all over.-Otioe 1horne, in st.
Nicholas for December
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03
story Counsy.

story Comfy.
A postoffice has been established at Shell
dahl. a station on the Des Moines & Minnie
sofa Marrow Gauge Railroad, and Obey Mel
son appointed Postmaster.
Union County.
Clint Schultz, of Creston, says the story
that he is only seventeen years old Is a lie.
He owns up to forty-seven.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03

Irrigation on small scale can often
be effectively employed TO increase the
yield of grass land. Ii one can manage
to cheaply overflow few acres in the
spring il will richly pay.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03

Az Indiana woman dreamed that she
saw her husband kissing the hired girl
and she got SO mad over it that she dis
charged the girl before breakfast next
mosning.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03

THE Danbury NeUs says that "tle
maddest kind of woman Is one who
spends a half hour in arranging her toilet
before descending to the parlor on tho
arrival of yisitor-who proves To be q
book agent
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03

The use of carrier pigeons for press
purposes is on the increase, and the
breed is rapidly improving. BY careful
developed which few years ago would
have been thought impossible. They
can be speedily trained TO fly over 500
miles, and 1t is no uncommon thing for
dispatches to be taken to London from
Paris, Lisbon, or Brussels.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03

THE fireman Of the steam heating APP
paratus at the Central Depot yesterday
found penny AS he was raking over the
hot ashes in the furnace, and he took 1t
up with the tongs and placed it on a
bench outside to cool Oft. 1t had hardly
commenced to cool when heavy man
named johnson, living in Saginaw, came
along. He was talking business with a
friend, and as he came to the bench he
parted his coat-tails and sat down on the
penny, remarking: Gas l was saying.
you can have forty acres for--whoop!
Thunder and blaZes--ouch-dash it
gosh to whoop!" He galloped around in
wild amazement, the hot penny sticking
to him like brother, and 1t was two or
three minutes before anyone found out
whether he had dropped down on a tack
or been bitten by dog. There was q
heavy aroma of burning cloth and bis
tered meat. and Mr.. johnson stretched
forth his arm and exclaimed that he
should devote the remainder of his life
to hunting down the fend who thus
planned to waylay human confidence
Detroit Free Press.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-07-23
HIsborough Highland County Ohio Thursday July

The financial difficulties and prostration
of business, which has held suspended for
a year past all movement in railroad enter
prises, will pass away, and then the S. o.
R. R. Company will be in position, if its
organization is preserved, to avail itself OF
the pledged support from Dayton and
jackson, and without loss of time in prose
cutting surveys or securing the rights OF
way, to commence the work of construction.
I will only add, in reply to point made
in the Journal as to who is entitled to vote
at an election, that 1 would greatly prefer
that all should vote, and if the Directors
(who are made by the law judges of cleo
tions) should so decide, shall most cheer
fully acquiesce in such decision.
VIM. II. TRIMBLE.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-07-23
Encouraging.

We understand the Temperance
meetings last Sunday at Harwood's
Chapel and Pricetown were both well
attended. Brief addresses were
made by Mrs. Gen. Mcdowell, Mrs
Judge Evans, Mrs. Pickering, Gen.
Mcdowell, Mr.. Pickering and Mr..
Nelson. The people of the country
are evidently becoming more and
more interested in the subject OF
Temperance, and meetings now be
ing held in the different parts of the
country are doing good. We hope
they will be continued until every
township is thoroughly walked up
and we'll organized.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-07-23
Republican Congressional
Convention.

GEoBaETowN, o., July 8, 1874.
To the Republican Voters of the Seventh
9TH Congressional District of Ohio:
By the death of Hervey Scott, Secretary
of the Executive District Committee, it be-
comes my duty, as Chairman of said Com
mittee, to issue call for a Convention to
nominate candidate for Congress, and for
other business.
You are therefore requested to elect dele
gates TO assemble at Hillsboro, Highland
County, Ohio, on Wednesday, the twelfth
Q2th) day of August next, at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ. to nominate a candidate for Con-
gress, and to elect a District Executive
Committee
The ratio of representation will be one
delegate for every loo votes cast at the last
election for A. T. Wikof, for Secretary OF
State, and one for every fraction of so,
giving