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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23
Religious and Educational.

The Northern Ohristian Adpocate is
discussing the probationers, holding that
the facts show only about twenty-five per
cent. hold fast.
In the recent educational discussion
in the Ohio Constitutional Convention
several speakers advocated the admission
of women 70 school boards.
DIR. Brooks, the Universalist author
Of " New Departure" says: 1.-THE doc.
trine of fixed and unconditional saliva
ton, certain for all as death, has had a
fair trial In our history, and the verdict Is
Tekel II has been weighed in the bal.
ances and found wanting"
The annual report of the Iowa Bap-
list anniversaries gives the whole number
Of churches of the denomination In the
State as $40, with an aggregate member.
ship of 1882. There are 173 pastors, in.
Guiding 20 missionaries, who have done a
noble work in destitute parts of the State.
The Pilot says that In 1895 there was
one Roman Catholic priest In Massachu-
sets, one In New Hampshire, one in
Maine and only eight churches in New
England, and that now there are In
New England six Bishops, All priests,
43s churches, and nearly 100000 Gath
olicS.
"A table Is just published showing the
relative strength of the Episcopal Church
in the several dioceses In the year 1878.
Texas shows the largest relative increase /;
Minnesota Is second; North Carolina
third; New Hampshire fourth; Missis-
sippi fifth; Alabams sixth, and Louisiana
seventh.
The Church News admits that in st..
Louis the Episcopalians have not in
creased as they should within the last
twenty years. but al the same time the
churches have doubled In number, and
the communicates have gained nearly a
hundred per cent. The number Of com.
municants In the city Is now 2019, being
gain of 913 since 1853
The Chairman Of the Domestic Mis-.
sions in Western Texas calls for help to
enable the church to care for the amazing
number OF emigrants that are flooding
the country from almost every part Of the
world Many of them are Presbyterians
from the older States, and settling, a. they
often do, out Of the reach Of the church,
will be lost to the communion unless fol-
lowed up.
The Eleventh Annual Provincial
Council Of Baltimore has been convoked
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23
Whon Thnndara Then

When Theodore Thomas moves him.
self and his musical army from New York
to Chicago and back, it costs 81 800 for
travel by rail- The journey, says Wat
sons ART Journal, occupies three days,
during which the orchestra earns moth
ing, while the daily expenses, salaries,
ETC., amount to the enormous sum OF
$1,000 To pay the expenses Of this or.
ganization when travelling requires 1000
per night for six nights in the week, and
when that amount only is received Mr.
Thomas does not make one cent profit
When this fact is considered, some idea
may be formed of the great responsibility
of maintaining such an organization. -
N. Y. Telegram.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23

within to drive hanson himself, putting
the cabman inside, was arrested and
fined for unlawfully acting - driver
without license"
1T appears from the last returns that
the aggregate income of the English life
insurance Offices Is more than f15,0O0,OOO,
that their total accumulated funds are
over ella, OOO,O 900, and that the assurances
in force represent nearly a352,0oO,0oo.
--Russia 10 reported to be reconstruct
ing her army on an extensive scale. The
peace strength il 10 be fixed at no less
than $50, 900 men, Of whom about 100000
will be local troops. The system OF
recruiting is to be improved and assimi
lated TO that OF Germany.
"A correspondent writing from Rome
Gays that an Englishman was kns cked
down there during the carnival for insult
ing the American flag. The stars and
stripes were hanging from the balcony
of Mrs Maj. Goddard, and the English.
man remarked that the nasty rag should
come down. An American WAS standing
near, and the Englishman promptly went
down TO the pavement.
Though the Shah is lost to the sight
oe his late English entertainers, he Is To
their memory very dear. Among the
items on the bill OF contingencies for the
year ending March 81 are the following:
" For the installation Of the Shah as q
Knight of the Garter, G439; for expenses
incurred at the reception Of the Shah at
Dover, G151 for the expense OF the review
at Windsor In honor Of the Shah, f1 ,273."
Shahs and other Injuries cost money.
From scientific contemporary
"Spiral shells are only straight cones
twisted around central axis" But then
plum puddings are only rhomboidal par
alleiograms cODglomerated into prehensi-
bic globes, and the most centrifugal mar.
BILE that ever waltZed down the ringing
grooves Of change--small change, Of
course, as marbles are twenty penny
began its career Of iDiquity as the paral-
lelopipedon Of synchronous but omor-
phous chunk of protoplastic clay.
"A poor debtor named Henry Devils
Dighton, Of Stratford .upoD.Avo En-
gland, was lately killed by the Sherif's Of
ficers They arrested and carried him fl.
teen miles in an open trap while wearing
only slight attire. On arriving at War.
wick Jail he had TO be supported by the
officers. He complained OF cold, talked
incoherently, and In reply TO questions of
the Governor said, am no snob, If that's
what you mean" He died two days af-
terward In the Jail infrmary. As Mr..
ID. ghton was once wealthy, those Sheriffs
officers are likely TO be punished for
cruelty.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

Sugar notwithstanding candid
man"
Golden wedding--one of the species
we like.
-" Fascination" Is the name Of new
perfume.
Wooden Notwithstanding a per-
feet stick.
Children never like grammar. They
prefer their grandma.
Troy has introduced the industrious
hog as a streetcleaner.
BE temperate In diet. Our first par.
ents ate themselves out Of house and
home.
"A Maine woman has hair seven feet
and five inches long--too long 10 be avail.
able for use In butter.
The greatest magicians Of the age are
the paper makers; they transform the
beggar's rags into sheets for editors To
tie on.
An Irishman, speaking of suicide,
said the only way TO stop IL was 10 make
Il capital ofiense, punishable with
death.
One good way for married women to
prevent their husbands from drinking Ii
to make their homes more attractive than
drinking saloons.
The Baltimore Gazette was indiscreet
enough to say that there are several
words 10 which no rhymes can be found,
and now would-be poets are going for the
paper.
The swiftest divorce on record Is that
of the woman In Georgia who recently
threw brick at a dog and killed her hus-
band who was standing twenty PAGES be-
hind her.
AT Truckee, New, March 20, an icicle
eighteen feet long and estimated to weigh
ten tons fell and smashed portion Of the
flume Of the Truckee Lumber Company
at their mill The icicle was over six
feet In thickness.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23
THE OLD DRESS-COAT.

PARODY ON GEN. ALBERT Pixies sold CANOE"
Where cobwebs are thick and ceiling low,
And the dusty floor looks dark below,
Where trunks and boxes In lonely pride
Are gloomily ranged round the rough wall side;
Where pictures hang that are old and dim,
Where old hats lay devoid OF brim,
Where the past over all In dustis wrote,
Hangs on nail the old dress-c coat.
The wcll-worn tails are idly dropped,
Like sea-bird's wing that the storm hath
stopped,
And down from the shoulders, one by one,
Hang the threadbare arms whose work Is done;
While busily back and forth between
The spiders stretch their silver screen,
And their struggling victims wearlly tote
Across the breast OF the old dress-coat.
The glossy cloth that luster gave
Rots slowly away TO its hidden grave;
The green mildew creeps DER It's Decay,
Hiding the moldefing past away,
Like the hand that plants DER the tomb flower,
Or the ivy that mantles fallen tower;
While fading colors. once remote,
Throw their somber hues DER the old dress-coat
The heaving breasts are dead and still,
But the light winds play with the flaps at WILL
And lazily swings Its shabby tail;
II floats its length from rusty nail,
Like pendulum moving the hands OF time
That meet and part at the mood tide chime,
And the arms together kindly float,
AS III to greet DER the old dress-coat
oh, many time In the olden day
I've brushed its folds and dust away,
And decked myself for the evening ball,
Where the dance was wild, and love ruled all;
And laughed as whirled In the giddy dance
At the girls ely look and admiring glance,
And felt youths music's sweetest note,
AS sauntered along In my fine dress-coat.
But now, as turn from it's molderng pride,
And look at the broken glass at its side,
The face that see is graver grown,
And the laugh that hear has soberer tone,
And the form that gave il such graceful swings
Hath bowed meath the weight OF sterner things |;
But love 10 think OF the happy hours
/ danced in my coat mid music and flowers,
Ere the steps OF time in its rude march smote,
And crushed the pride OF my old dress coat
Great Western Monthly.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23

THE Detroit Free Press OF recent date
tells the following apocryphal story: A
boy twelve years old named Benny Davis,
whose parents live on the river road,
broke his leg some months ago and has
been confined TO the house ever since.
He has during the last three months
trained rat to come forth at his whistle,
stand on its hind feet, roll over, leap
through hoop covered with paper, and
to execute various other maneuvers. The
family own big cat and she has been
trained TO stretch out and let the rat leap
over her, and the two are great friends,
though Grimalkin is death on all other
rodents.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23

CoUGHs, COLDS, SORE THROAT and similar
troubles, II allowed To progress, viii result In
serious pulmonary ffectiops-frequently in
durable. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial
reaches at once the seat of the disease, and
gives immediate relief
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23

AMONG the fine arts not lost Is the art OF
children making holes in the toes of boots and
shoes. Time taken about ten days. SILVER
TIPS are an excellent remedy, never known to
fail
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23

Among some Of the ultra fashionables
ii Is now the correct thing to have cur.
tains of two distinct and separate patterns
hung at your drawing-room window.
You must be sure to have the shade
drawn, TO enable the neighbors and pass.
ers-bY to study the new fashion at leisure.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23

This Is the era Of the puff. Last year
1t was drapery. The days Of side plait-
ings are numbered; box plaits and kilt
plating are no longer the first mode.
sleeves, waist and skirt, in loose, length
wise puffs, with spaces of fine double and
treble shirrs between, or the material
gathered In double ruffle.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23
Personal and Literary.

Mark Twain believes in the Woman
Movement If II Is confined 10 the wash
tub.
The firm of Grim g. Barrett need not
have added to their sign the word
"dcntists"
--E. +. Wbipple, the Boston essayist, Is
very much out OF health, and his physi-
clans have ordered him abroad.
Olive Logan says that there Is such
contrast between America and France
that she never wants 10 see America
again. America can stand IL IL France
can.
Charles Sumner, In his youth, achieved
the arduous feat Of swimming across
the boiling rapids below Niagara Falls
feat which few men have had either the
muscle or the nerve to perform.
DIR. Brown-Sequard Is not French
man, as Is generally supposed, but the son
of Capt. Edward Brown, q Philadelphia
shipmaster, and was born In Mauritius In
1877. His mother was French woman
of the seventy.two United States
Senators, thirty seven are accompanied
by their wives. One hundred and twenty.
nine Of the two hundred and ninety.eight
Representatives have their spouses with
them.
--Longfellow. the poet, Is pronounced
incapable of compreheDding the most
paipable joke. He has no mere sense OF
humor than hippopotamus. Even a
modern tragedy will not bring smile TO
his face
Mrs. Margaret Schlosser, widow of a
soldier in the Revolutionary war, has just
died at Bustleton, Pa, In the one hum
dredth year of her age. She did noble
work IN Philadelphia du ring the prev
alencs Of the yellow fever.
1T Is singular fact that when the
funeral OF the late Senator Sumner was
passing through the streets of Boston
some obstruction Ia the way compelled
the hearse To remain standing for about
ten minutes directly In front Of the resi-
dence of the lady who had once been the
dead mans wife.
The report Is current that the Dan
bury Neacs man has been persuaded against
his better judgment to hire himself out to
lecture agent and attempt the funny on
the rostrum In consideration Of $3.50 a
night He Is to begin his dismal cam
paign next autumn. The shadow of the
dread anticipation Is already upon him.
1T is good to record pleasant incidents
about Edwin Forrest, for they are not
over plentiful. His biographer tells US
that every winter orders were left with the
grocer with whom Mr.. Forrest dealt to
refuse no poor person wanting credit and
send the bills to him for settlement. 1t
was left with the grocer TO discriminate
ma 10 the recpienta of this bounty.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23

The inspiring sunshine of the season
has touched the heart Of an indianapolis
girl, who concludes love.letter thus 4:
/" The ring is round, the dish is square,
and we'll be married the next State fair.
The bell shall ring, the drum shall play,
and Wen go dancing ali the way. Answer
soon. MARY"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23

"A Scotch Dish.--Cut up fresh Goldfish
in pieces four inches square; lay them
on the bottom Of the frying. pan; slice
over them very thinly layer of raw po.
tatoes and some bits of butter; If onions
are liked add some of them, chopped fine,
and sprinkling of salt and pepper. Fill
up the frying.pan with the layers, and
finish with layer Of hard crackers or
sliced stale bread. Fill up with boiling
water, and let 1t stew for twenty Ave
minutes TO half an hour, or until the
potatoes are thoroughly cooked. Cover
IL while stewing with plate or tin.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23
Foreign Gossip.

A society for the protection Of ami,
Rome. The King Of Italy is the Presi-
dent.
In some localities In Denmark a
man is not allowed To drive black and
white horse together, as It Ia q sign of
ill-luck.
A skating r!nk with American
roller skstesp Is established at Brighton,
Eng, In what was once known as George
Tvs Riding School.
"A noble English swell, Sir G. Fitz-
gerald, Bart, having recently INDUCED .
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23
The MaryeIs OF Mechanics.

DURING the last siege OF Paris, the In
habitants from time TO time effected com
munication with their friends beyond the
German investing lines by means Of car
rier pigeons. In fact, regular pigeon
post was organized, having one of its re-
ceiving stations In London. Here the
written messages for Paris were received,
and, by photography, reduced to micro
scopic size, each letter being reduced so
small as TO be invisible to the eye except
as speck. Some two thousand of these
specks were then printed on bits of tissue
paper about an inch and d half square,
which were rolled and carefully attached
to one of the tail feathers of the pigeon
On the arrival of the bird In Paris, the
postal officials placed the paper under the
microscope, which enlarged the several
specks into readable communications
which were duly copied in writ
ing and delivered to the persons 10
whom they were addressed. The totsf
postage received for the Transmission of
one OF those tiny bits Of paper frequently
amounted TO two thousand dollars.
Small as this photo writing seems Ii has
been surpassed by mechanism. In re-
cent number of the Lens, DR.. j. j. Wood
ward, u. s. A., gives an enlarged photo
graph of microscopic writing done by
machinery on glass, by means of a dia-
mond, executed by Mr.William Webb, of
London The writing consists of the
Lords Prayer, which Is written upon
glass, within space equal to one two
hundred and nincty-tourth part OF
an inch in length by one four
hundred anu fortieth part of an inch
In width, or space perhaps equal to
the dot in this letter /. The photograph
given by DIR. Woodward shows this dot Of
writing enlarged so as to occupy space
of about two inches long by one and q
half inches broad All the words are
brought legibly out on the photograph,
the total number of letters being 227 and
such Is the exceeding fineness of the
original writing that 20,43i ,458 letters
written In the same way would only cover
one square inch Of glass surface. The
combined Bible and New Testament con-
tain In all 1866, $50 letters; hence 1t
would be possible for Mr.. Webb 10 write
the entire contents of more than eight
Bibles within the space of one square
inch. Two specimen. plates containing
the microscopic writing above alluded TO
have been supplied by Mr.. Webb for the
United States Museum ut Washington
Their cost was fifty dollars each.
The Webb machine, however, does no
equal, in the fineness of its writing or
perfection, the prior instrument OF Mr..
N. Peters, a wealthy banker OF London,
who, as long ago as 1866, was able to write
nearly three times finer than Webb. so
perfect was the Peters machine that Il was
competent to engrave the entire contents
of the Bible and New Testament twenty
two times over within the space of sin.
gle square inch.--Scieatifc american.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-23
EEYER AND AcUE.

Feveran0 Ague cured for fifty cents. There is not
remedial agent In this world that will cure Foyer and
Agne and ali other Malarious Bilious Scarlet phod
yellow and other Feyers aided by RAILWAY PILLs),
80 quick 90 RAILWAYS READY RELIEF.
Fifty Cents per Bottle.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-13
ACHIEVEMENT NEwSpAPERS

t"a'hlngton Cor. of Sac. Record
several bills have been introduced
'"'Ne To the dead franking privi
g"' since the increased salary law was
"''i>hed. Most OF them aim at Il
'"ohled restoration OF the privilege,
~ Is To enable Senators and Members
'"u'>tfipute. without expense To them
fE'teS or the constituents to whom
Wy are sent, the agricul, ural and
T,i'cF n public reports and documents.
,'e postmaster General is fatty OPP
i','u 10 this re>lrrc,lio of what was
,,s :" ;,9,ns howlel IA ;is The abuse of the
80, ,'..S, Al any rate he begs that i
"'H' ne left alone for the present. so
nf '' NJ may have 4 reasonable chance
,,a,,i S'l'Mlns how splcndidlv and eco
,ii,'i.''!.cat'y the PoStotlice works, now
i,.'' Va Is relieved of this great burden.
">>lpiN he may be allowed Il little
SbaiI breathing space, and ticn we
,,",i, i probably see the privilege re-
ie" III a modified form. But IA the
IN session Of Congress. if not be
.,nr r, II Is likely to be entirely re-
prau' iof the reason that the ncXt
ina, "''h iti election will then be loom
of ,"P' ana the political worker of
"n,h rarir.s will b. anxious -
dn..'"',,iie me privilege of frank in noli in
m',.' "hi,htS through the mail 10 ali
Ia ~ NJ ,oun ry. thou exp ne
am,, oaeh elves 10 scatter ;,lp Gn~ 30
me hcathcn. The franking
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-13
(1REKA DAILY SENTINEL.
-, ,sJIEp EvEKY MORNING, MONDAYS
EXCEPTED, BY
kEO- W. CASSIDY
qtENS OF UBSGRlrTlON:
.oit. one year: by, mail: .:;............sis oo ",
eeory' six months. by mail................. oo
F., - three months. by maii............ . W
r,srs rtIi| forwarded until paid for.
,xnrs,ENDENr CHANGERS.
from the Silver state.
,,5rNS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS:

frrom the Silver state.
rbe organization of a new political
tha members of which are
,wn as Independent Changers, has
nnrn perlccted in the East. The
:, sac council me- at Albany, New
al. on The ldh of February. 1t WAS
mno.pd of citizens who formerly
iIi,.ed wi Ii the Republican and Dem
r,Ii,. partie>. Ii l. an Oit-shoot Of the
ron. of lluSbandry. With whom it
ronalv svmpathize> i'll lis efforts to
rh t6e power of monopolicS. Tn
"a The Patrons Of lluSbandry. how
Icr agricultural pursuits are not nee
sarilv qualification for member
lin. lis doors are open To all rc~pec-
kbr citizens who DciieNe III It's prlncl-
es and promise to support them. 1t
said to be the spontaneous out
fow. II of the popular feeling against
10 oppre>sionS OF nonopolicS, and i'll
kyor of bel ter and purcr legislation
An honest administration of the
Vs. Its principles are:
IEir>t-Io secure to the cultivation Of
e soil the reward justly due 10 thc
H., and most vital industries, lying at
he toun lation of the prosperity OF
kcry commonwealth; and TO secure
he'll cheap and equitable iates i'll the
&,n>n rom lAe field to the narl>et as
~ &rill guarantee far remuneration TO the
rodIl er and reasonable terms 10 the
,unier.
4 #Scron.i-To prevent unjust discrim-
ION in the charges for tran >pore lng
Ne Produces of the farm and he flc,O-
n, and 10 cooperate i'll every We'll cou-
'GtIpred movement. whet her within the
9a e or among the several states, to
5e,are fairness and equali Y in the
hi ills established upon the great chan
y Is Of inscrn,l commerce.
Ihird-Io resist the encroachmentS
ot corporate monoroiieS upon the
f-ht> of The people from whom they
lerisc heir corporate existence, viii e
IL the same time discoUntenancing i'll
bdyl,cd con blna,ionS and urjaSt "g-
gre,>i0n> AGAINST corpora.e III ere>tH
wA.cA would impair their usefulness
lnl inttr2 te he common injury.
Eoarth-To aid industry i'll its I'M
eGual struggle aga list the expressions
and eXac. ions of organized capital, 10
secure cqllilv and Justice i'll ali the re-
la,ions between capital AMI labor. ana
H. ailay the unfortunate spirit of an
lagoni~m between the two, which Grip
pi"> the energies OF both, and can rc-
put only i'll injury to the h,aterial ill
Ferr~;S OF the people.
rh,a-To ob.ain a read. il stnent OF
lh system OF taxation so that all
OrnnnI''V shall CON ,.iiila :, = aprIi'., h "a
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-13

privilege will have to he rcviycd-iu>t
a the llousc will cling to the lupilca-
tor of its undelvered spceches-as IA
measure of self protection. "This is
getting to be government of the
Sena q. conference committees and ihe
newspapers" said an able committee
chairman the other day. in my hear
ing. No. SIR responded greater
than he; lit is becoming Il govern
ment of newspapers" And there is "a
world truth in it. Behind the chairs
of the presiding officers of both Houses
are the galleries for the reporters of
the press. There sits 1.-THE power be
h nd the throne and there are few
in either House who dare brave it. In
honest hands "the pen is mightier
than The sword"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-13
NOTICE.
ENGINE NxEEErETG.

rI,lIE RESCUE ENGINE COMPANY
| holds IT. reg iar monthly meeting OH the
llrSt MONDAY OF each month:
y. +. BAlLI, President.
y. ". CRoSs. Secretas. jel7
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-25
EpEPHFAX.

This remarkable curative herbal
preparation ia entirely unlike and greatly
superior to any other recuperant ever dis
covered.
1t strengthens the living vital nervaurlc
principle, and gives energy to the muscles,
nerves, filaments, membranes and all tissues
If the internal organs.
PREPARATORY the skin in a supple
condition; the cuticle plant; the pores open;
and brings the blood to the surface; thereby
full atmospheric influences.
PIPIFAX-passes through the blood, car
rics off by Precipitation and other excretions
the effete and injurious materials of the body.
1t is soothing Alternative and Decorative Used
metbodicalIy and nationally, aided by suita-
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in the system, contributing tt the reconstruc-
ton of tissues, and removes vitiated matter
which has become not only useless but lnju-
rious. No other article has ever been intro
duced which combines in such an extraordi-
nary degree the principles of an efficient anti
bilious agent and tonic. Try it and be con-
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