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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19
A Lesson Learned In Berrien County,
Mich.

SOME time, a Mrs. Buckley, who lives
over in Berrien County, directed her son
Samuel, a lad of fourteen years to take a
turn at the churn. Now as Samuel had
set his heart on going fishing at that
very time, he "got his back up" and fiat
ly refused to agitate the cream. The
curvature was promptly taken out of his
spine by slipper, and with "tears In his
eyes" he went on duty with the dasher.
In about half an hour, and during the
brief absence of his mother, his eyes fell
upon plate of fy-poison, and bright,
smart thought struck him. Just before
Mrs b. came in, Samuel lifted the fatal
platter TO his face, and as she entered he
put the "poison" from his lips with the
dramatic exclamation, There, mother, /
guess you won't lick me no moreW Now
what did this Spartan dame do? Did she
shrek for doctor and fall into Mysteries =?
Not much. She simply took Samuel by
the nape of the neck, lifted him deity
into the pantry, beat the white OF six
eggs together, and told him to engulf the
same instanter; he, refusing, she called
the hired girl, and in twinkling Sam
found himself outside the albumen. Then
Mrs. X. began preparing mustard
emetic. Seeing this, Sans pluck dis
solved, and he commenced begging, cry
ing, 81 was only trying to skeer ye."
But the stern mother was not TO be softened,
and Samuel had to swallow the mustard,
He was then forced to take dose of
pain.killer, and had his back rubbed with
the "Vigor of Life" and his stomach
with the "Oil of Gladness." Then he
vomited up everything but his boots and
socks. This being over, he took seven
Ayers pills, two spoonfuls of castor oil, a
teaspoonful of salts, and blue pill. And
now, If you want to behold the maddest
boy in Michigan, just say "fly-poison" to
Sam Buckleby.--Beason Har6or Pslla-
dunn.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19

had never been able TO conquer, and ended
by offering her the first place in his hear !
and home. But he was little tardy.
az don't mind owning" confessed
Becky. .that once / would have given all
the world 10 hear you speak like this; but
now. Mr.. Langstrath, / cannot ma any
love In my heart for man who has shown
such an utter want of faith in me. Ten
Thousand angels could not have shaken
nv confidence in you at that time"
isYet my love has survived yours" he
urged. (Which of us do you think loved
mosts"
aYou may have loved most, but surely
loved best"
"And is there no spark left Of 1t which
may hope to rekindle by years OF devo-
tionf"
"No; you extiDguished il yourself, and
do not wish to complain"
But as Mr.. Langstrath departed Mr..
Derris entered. "What has happenedg"
said he, for there were tears in Becky's
eyes. "Are you i'll, Did Mr.. Langstrath
bring you bad newsf"
"He brought me the news that he loved
mer
"And you are weeping? When told
you the same story, you did not take 1t SO
much to hearth
"Tell it to me again, and see" she an
swered; and / suppose that he must have
obeyed her, for shortly after Becky be-
came Mrs. Derris.
Since that time Mr.. Derris has bought
out the Warp and Wool Mills, and Becky
rides in her carriage, as her ancestors
did before her, and fares sumptuously
every day; while Mrs. Random is more
strongly fortified than ever in her opin-
ion that "blood viii tell" and Mr.. Lang
strath Is still a bachelor. - Hdrper's
RoznP
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19
.Making Up With Her."

WE old fellows have all been there, and
we can remember all about il. We loved
her-guess we did!-and we knew that
she loved In return. But one day She
oave Sam Tompkins a smile, or she let
Tom watkins walk home with her under
an umbrella. or she did some other simple
| thing. and we got huffy. We loved her
ali the time. but we sat down and wrote
her letter. dating it at midnight, saying
that we wanted all those letters and that
ring and that photograph back. We hoped
she wouldn't return 'em, but we felt
malicious pleasure in Furnishing her. The
letter was sent or handed TO her person.
ally. and we met her with cold good
morning" as she came to school, but be-
slowed our best smile on Lavina Wedge,
the homeIiest girl in the town.
Our heart ached when we looked across
the desks and saw her slyly reading the
letter and trying to keep back the tears
but we went over to the next girl behind
to borrow geography, and TO the second
girl in front to borrow grammar, and we
were entirely unconscious Of the presence
of the girl we loved. We stood beside her
in the class as straight as pole, never
letting on that we saw her, and the mutual
agreement that If one missed the other
should do the same, in order to keep to-
gether, was broken We tried to feel
maliciously glad when we went to the
head and left her near the foot, but we
couldn't do it.
1t went on this way for three or four
DAYS. Once in while we caught her
looking at us with sad, sweet smile, as
If she were some poor orphan with no
friend in the world and her note said
that she couldn't part with the letters and
the keepsakes. We held out bravely
until il began to hurt us the most, and
then we got ready to make up" 1t
couldn't be done suddenly; that would be
acknowledging our wrong. We waited
until noontime; then, as she ate her dinner
in her seat, we began looking for lost
book. We thought it was under the seat
next to hers, and while we were looking
for it she spoke. We heard, but pretended
not to, and she spoke again. Then we
coldly replied, but sat down near by and
asked If "she had those letters with her."
She said no. and we moved nearer. She
said it wasn't her fault, and we said
1t wasn't ours, and somehow our fingers
touched.
No one knew what burden Of anxiety
was rolled away in five minutes, and how
much clearer the afternoon sun shone for
it. She seemed dearer than ever before,
and when the brown eyes cleared the
tears away, and the merry dimples came
back, we wondered how we could have
been such an unfeeling wretch; and yet it
was the same thing over in less than six
weeks.
All, me! Those lovers who have had a
smooth path and married without having
quarrels and make-ups and jealousies will
never know what true love is.-M Quad,
I'm Orr Fsreside Friend
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19
Browns Bronchial Treches for Coughs
and Colds.
C0IlGH CQIn Or SORE THROAT

Requires immediate attention, and should be Check.
ed. IL allowed to continue, IRRITATION OF THE
LUNGS, PERMANENT THROAT AFFECTION, Oh AN
hoURABLE LUNG DISEASE Is often the result.
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRoCHES,
Having direct influence on the parts give immedi.
ate relief. For BRONCHITIS ASTHMA, CArARRH
CossusPTrvE AND THROAT DISEASES, TRocHRs are
used @ssA di,cays good success.
SrSGnGs AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS
WIZ find TRocHRs useful In clearing the voice when
taken before Singing or Speaking and relieving the
throat after an unusual exeron OF the vocal organs
Obtain only "BRows's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs," and
do not take any OF the worthless limitations that may
be offered. Sold Ereryscheye.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19
To Cook a Turkey.

The evening before you expect to cook
a turkey, kill it, clean it nicely, salt well
and put il away in some good, cool. suit
able place, where there are no unpleasant
odors of any kind. Next morning take
one-fourth of pound of fresh butter and
one. fourth of pound of sugar; mix the
butter and the sugar well together, and
with knife or otherwise plaster this mix.
ture all over the turkey when cold then
take piece of stout domestic or Lowells
and make sack, into which carefully
place the turkey, and sew 1t up, tapping
every part of the sack so as TO make it fit
close and tight to the turkey; place In
cold water, heat up, and boil for four and
a half hours. The turkey will by this
time be well cooked, and in his own
juices, and will be sweet, tender and
juicy. Now take out of the sack, stuff
with good, well.prepared stuffing, place
in the stove, and roast or bake. There is
more pleasure in eating one turkey
cooked thus than in eating half dozen
cooked in the ordinary way Western
Rural.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19

According to the Methodist Almanac
for 1874, the total amount contributed 70
the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1878
was I'll ,0SS, 925. OF this amount, 1885,
700 were paid for salaries of ministers;
new churches and church improvements,
$3,906,020 Ministers in the United States
1924; local preachers, 81 ,739; lay men,
bcrs, aces, 1897, including the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, the colored
Meth0dists, and the Evangelical Associa-
ton churches. The Northern Methodists
number !, 464 1927.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19
SHERIFF THoRNE.

.ry. r. TnowBKrDoK.
TmAr should be sheriff and keep the jail.
And that yonder stately old fellow you see
Marching across the yard, should be
Ny prisoncr-well, tia curious tale,
Az you'll agree.
por II happens. we've been here once before
Together, and served our tims-aithough
Not Iusf ms You zee Us now, you know.
Whcn we were younger both by score
pf yes.s, % 80.
When wa Wild col, two-ihirds grown
Too wild for ever a curb or rem,
Playing my tricks Till needn't explain
got three months ut breaking stone,
With ball and chain.
The fodder was mean and the work was hard.
And work and could never agree:
And the disciplne-weil In short, Jon see,
Twas rather roguish kind Of card
That carried met
A stout steel bracelet about my leg,
A csnn0n.shot and chain nj nv feet
pounded the stones in the public street,
with heart cram,ncd fun Of hate as an egg
Il full Of meat
The sehool.boy- Jeered Al my prison rig,
And me, IL 1 moved, they used 30 cali
tFor went with jeig, II went at alb
"a gentleman dancing the jail-bird ilg
Alta county BALI"
Bat once. ar sat In the usual place,
On heap OF stones. and hammered away
N a
And cursed Macadam and all bis race
There changed that way
Slr the ioyeliest girl don't mean pretty,
Bat there was that In her troubled eye,
In her sweet, sad glance, NJ che passed me by,
That seemed Ike al angels gentcpity
For such as i.
And. ELI, TO my soul that poor look gave
Such thrill AZ a summer morning brings.
With IL twitlcr and futtef Of songs and wings,
NJ ana ~ hgA A afs III m n
OF yenomoun things.
Down the broad green street she passed from sight:
But all thai day was under spell,
And all that night remember we'll
A pair 81 eyes made kind Of light
That Hlied my cell.
Women can do with W. what they will;
twas only village girl, but che,
With the hash OF glphcc had shown TO me
The wretch was, and the eelf still
Might strive 10 be.
And II In my misery began
To feel fresh hope aud coura9e stir.
TO turn my back upon things that were,
And my face 10 the future OF man,
Twas all for her.
And ,hs. u my story And AZ for the iadyf
Jaw ber-oh, yes--when was free.
And thanked her, apd-weil, come with me;
As likely n not, when supper " ready,
She'll pour your tea.
And The stately old fellow who passed just now,
And tipped me that very peculiar bow
But that IL the wonderful par, Of the tale,
As you'll allow.
For he, you must know, was sheriff then,
And he guarded me a. guard himi
tIhe fetter wore now ITS his limbo
Just one OF your high.fiowD, straight-laced men,
Pompons and grim,
The Great Mogul OF our little town
H.. .sla AZ lt,.ssN A.. rad.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19
The Rhode Island Society

The Rhode Island Society for the En-.
couragement OF Domestic Industry has
elected the following gentlemen as its
officers for the ensuing year: President
William Sprague; Secretary and Treasurer,
Joseph t. Pitman. The Secretary re.
ported the receipts of the past year $3,27i.
"a; expenditures, S2,51001; balance in
Treasury, $759,43.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19

For the rich with few children ii may do to
buy shoe without Tips, but those who are
blessed with little money and many children
II Is ruinous to buy any Others than SILVER
TIPPED Shoes.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19

A GkNT6 WANTED.-somethinG sauIely new.
"A Address PHILA. NOVELTY MAN'fVCoI
60l Franklin street, PSilaAelphia' re-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-14

CAPTURE OF A CUsToM-HoUsE.-On Sun
day evening two thieves entered the resi-
dence of Collector of the Port W. j. McCor.
mick, in San Diego, CAL, and just as he was
about to sit down in his parlor seized,
bound, gagged, and robbed him. His fam
ily being out of town, the robbers bad easy
work of it after having accomplished the
binding and gaggipg without noise. After
having gotten the collector down they took
the gag out of his mouth and demanded OF
him. with a yawning small-arms arsenal to
the right of him and to the LETT OF him. the
combination to the custom-house safe lock.
This he refused to give; whereupon they
relieved him of his money and Valuables ana
found in his pocket-bOok key to the COM
bination. a third party was called in who
quietly kept watch over Mr.. Mccormick
while the others took possession of the Gus
tom.housc and helped themselves to all the
loose change they could fnd-about $1,000
In coin and 81 900 in greenbacks. They did
not disturb any papers or books. They then
politely babe the collector good night. he
succeeded after nearly two hours desperate
trial in disentangling himself and giving The
alarm, though i. Was fully half hour before
he could arIiculate on account OF the cruel
manner in which be had been gagged. Foot
tracks were traced to the house OF young
man who on being asked for bis shoes read
ily gave them up. They were Oh peculiar III;
sole and fitted the tracks exactly. The
Young man was arrested. NO further traces
could be found.
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HSEA TIES.

Died, Sunday, July 18Th. 4, 1l.30 T. NJ, Mrs.
NJ A. WATKINS. rclict Of The late i:iiam Wat
kins.
The fri, ncs aud acquaintanccs of the family are
respectfully Ieques,ed TO attend the funeral from
her late RESIDENCE No. 271O Grace s rect, III tS-
DAY. 1t 7. VI.
Died. on The 18th instant, at her residence on
Seventh street. ELIZABETH SCS An, vile ul IA.
leigh +. Daniel. Co.,,
Her funeral Will take place from the Second
PRESBYTERIAN chtsrch t'-GAG (lues,iav) at D
o'clock =. ~ Tie frcuds of her family are re-
uurstcd to atlcud without further notice.
Died. July 18th, IT 3 o'clock Il. NJ at his mo-
Tiers rcslarncr In si-ncy. LEWIS &. COlTRELl.,
third sou of Il. Preston and a. -. Cottrell III his
twenty year e., ,r,,
ais funeral will take place from Sidney AiethC-
dist church THIS ENENiSG al > o'clock. FRIENDS
are respectfully invited to attend without further
notice.
Died, in ersey City, \. j., on July 12lh, ELLA
C. NULL. of RichnOnd, Va.
Due notice will he given OF her tunefl', from lier
annt's Cnrs d. a. McFall's) residence, Twenty
fourth street between Main and Franklin.
died, on the 18Th of July. 1874, THOM As NC
NAMARA> sou of Timothy ana Mary Mcnamara,
aged seven years and four months.
The funeral will take place from bis father resi-
dcnre No IL Elm street, THIS AFTERNOON II
3 o'clock. The friends and acquaintance ol inc
family are respectfully invited tn attend.
Died In mis- city, on the 11th Instant. in TIE
syty-iifh wear Of her age, 1T the residence 81 hel
son, $. II. Jetcr, Mrs. MARY W.JE TER, widow OF
Thomas f.. Jcter.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-14

TIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF RIcHMoSD.-lnt the
report of Hon. Is. &. NoR1HRor, OF Connec'
,;cut, secretary of The Board of Education
of that State, he pays the following compli'
ment 70 tie public schools OF Richmond:
"Richmond has superior corps of teach
els. Many high.bred ladies, belonging 10
wealthy families impoverished by the war
ladies of marked grace and refinement OF
manner-are now teaching in the public
schools. Their influence has been great
both in improving the schools and Increasing
the attendance. After visiting most OF the
schools of Richmond, I did not wonder that
private schools had greatly diminished, ano
that the children of the rich now generally
attend the public schools
Professor NoRTBRor opposes the civil
rights bill, though mixed schools have beer
maintained in Connecticut for years.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-14

Why He SHOT HIM FROM WINDOW
Some friend of Congressman Sloss has witt.
ten to u Memphis paper an explanation OF
his action in shooting Long, the slanderer OF
his daughter, from widow in Tuscumba,
Ala. He SAYS: "The Young lady was in
delicate health, being consumptive, and by
the advice of physicians the family spent the
winter in brownsville, Ga, place Of no lit
tle repute as resort for those afflicted with
consumption. 1t appears that Long COM
menced his slanderous lies while the family
were in Georgia, and became boder in his
language since their return, about 4 month
since. Still the family heard nothing Of
those rumors, those knowing of them either
being oyer.mcdcst or afraid to tell. When
MIR. Sloss came on the street on SATURDAY,
having The night before returned from Con-
rrcss, he was made acquainted with the
facts, and never got it from his family, for
they knew nothing. lie wanted to attack
the fellow on the street Immediately, but
was told by his friends that Long was heavi.
" armed, and also had the sworn promise OF
seven young men, whose minds and morals,
we presume from this course, he had per-
verted, to stay by him when on the street,
and fight tor him if he got in difficulty
This decided Sloss as to bis action, and he
took position in Warren's store and shot
him the first opportunity that presented it
self. Six balls struck bim-one grazing hi;
head, one penetrating back of the ear, one
through the neck, one through the arm, ant
Two in the body. He was living yesterday
Tuesday, but his early demise is expected
after which the trial will take place. Every
lawyer 10 the place volunteered his service
but one, besides the Solicitor, within TIVE
hours of the shooting. When the eXistenc
of this treaty of 'otlence and defence be
came generally known, none of the goot
class of citizens blamed Mr. Sloss for not eS
| posing himself"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-14
THE Centennial.

= u
Tho E,oo,,jyey. which was recently WaFHi
supporter OF the proposition to vote severe"
millions of the national treasure 10 the ce.'
tonnis,. or saturnafa Of Philadelphia haa''
Gals now. under It's new management, en-
phaticatly pronounees the scheme 10 'e :.
"Sumtug.'' We had expected no less Oh
,he new editors. But the Enquirer Is hls'
taken in supposing that :'if any approp',a-
tan "a voted" 10 this hpmbug ait must OF
done BY The prcsert Congress" VI Tue
contrary, the present Congress hss 'e'u'e'
to vote dollar to it; and its tflehoS a"u '"'
yoca,es now RELY more upon the next ooh'
,ress .ban rpon the existing one Tor heip ioi
.,;s aho,,inob,e scheme. We Reproduced
Yesterday what the Petersburg Ne'es says
ON this point; aud we have heretofore cop'e'
from, the Cincinnati Commercial an article
suggesting to the people that they ought 10
make their candidates for Congress THIS 'aii
pledge themselves against voting doiiaf 10
the Philadelphia centennial. We have also
published articles showing that Mr.. NELLY
bas hoaStcd, since The last session OF Con
aress ended, as TO bow many millions OF dol'
hrs Philadelphia had got at that session, ana
has predicted that Congress will yet appro-
priate large sum of money to the Philadei'
phia speculation. Now, we do not regard
this as the most important matter In Inc
world. Yet We think that it will be wen
enough TO let all the aspirants for Congress
in this district know what the feeling OF our
people i on he subject. We trust that not
one of them would be willing to run coun'
fer to the wishes of Virginia.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-14

ions Mitchell, it is announced, is about to
return 10 ireland. At the last election for
members OF Parliament. Nlr. Mitchell was
put forward as Il candidate for two different
districts. Being in this country, and run
ming under unlavorable circumstances, it is
not surprising that lie failed Of election. His
determination to return to Ireland has no
doubt resulted from the facts here detailed.
"Bury me not, l prayShee. in Egypt"
was the exclamation of the patriarch of old.
The feeling that inspired the remark has
doubtless been joins MlTCHEL's. His longing
for the green isle of his youth, his early
hopes, his sorrows, and his nativity, must
be great. Bon Uoyaye, noble gentleman and
true patriot.
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The bird Term.

The New York World, in reviewing Pro-
fcssor A. r. WALLACE's recent article on
spiritualism, said
.sThere is one test. however, which they
have never given to the world. ard which,
if their system OF religion is vel founded, II
is easily within their power to give. II the
conversion of mankind to II belief in Splrltu-
a!sm is Il duty incumbent upon them, they
cannot he excused for ncglccting the means
of accomplishing it. This test is the publ.
e ton of the details Of some event, knowledge
of Which cannot possibly he obtained by any
method. and the veTltication OF which is SUBJ
sequentIy made
Mr.. f. SEARLE, of Morrison, Ill.,, accepts
the Worlds challenge. He says:
'Eow. the spirits tell me that Grant will
be a candidate Tor the third term, and that
tic World ard the Chicago Times will sup.
port him, and had time and space | would
give in detail The whole working out of the
campaign: but as this is not just the test
that is called for will accept the one pro-
posed by the World"
This seems TO Us to he mere guess. But
We record it for what it is worth.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-14

A New THEORY ABOUT COMETS TAILS
The comet literature of the period has just
now developed aew theory in the specula-
lions of Professor 1--WE suppose he is profes.
sor) Lorenzo Rank, of Chicago. This west.
ern cometeer breaches the heretical doctrine
that comets are really tailless, and that the
apparent tail is produced by the rays of the
sun passing through the nucleus Of the err
ratio traveller. The comet, he says, being q
body of atmosphere, a transparent globe, the
rays of the sun, striking it, instead of being
absorbed or reflected pass right on through
ii. By the friction thus undergone they be-
come heated, and consequently produce light
and become visible. In this heated condi-
ton these rays leave the comet and pass of
into space, remaining visible so long as they
retain the heat, and thus forming the so.
called comets tail, the surface of the comet
being convex, which turns the rays towards
q focus, thus causing the frequent fan.shaped
tails WASHINGTON Star.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-14

The Indianapolis Jounai. which is pub
liShcd 1T the home ol senator Morton, but
which Goes not like to be called his Grgan,
takes hand in the third term discussion. 1t
doubts whether the President desires unoth-
ct rejection, but il II does it is confident he
could not succeed in such a movement.
The Republican party" it says, sis pow.
r!tu! organization, but the nomination OF
Grant for Il third term would shaltrr it into
II million fragments" -Neoc York Tribune.
Then by AL means let us help GRANT to II
nomination for the third term. Let us assist
him 10 shatler this hateful Radical party
which has oppressed the South so grievous'
", into a "million fragments" How else
could We do our own people OF the country
III large so valuable service: