Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-22
Miscellaneous.

A writer in the Ado0uce says: 1t is
great thing when mans friends have
such trust in his Christian principle that
they can pray for his worldly pros
perity"
1t is not generally known that a
postal card will go to any part OF Canada
and Newfoundland ifa one-cent stamp be
affixed in addition to the stamp printed
or impressed upon the card.
If you are wise man you will treat
the world as the moon does; show it only
one side of yourself, seldom show your
self too much at once, and let what you
show be calm, cool and polished.
--Claf1in 81 Co., the great mercantile
firm of New York, which was in an ex-
ceedingly bad shape only short time
ago, announces its readiness to anticipate
the payment of the first installments of
its extended paper.
Lake county (Cal) farmers sell their
live hogs to San Francisco butchers for
four cents pound, and buy the bacon
they eat, in San Francisco, at eighteen
cents per pound. They are wondering
why they don't get rich.
Mr.. Bateman, of Harper's Ferry, re-
the hogs TO eat, and Mrs. Bateman's body
was fished out of the Potomac that eve
ming. However, Bateman stuck to his
assertion, and offered to bet the under
taker $40 on it,
There are great many people whose
hostility to capital punishment is about
as earnest as that of an editor, who, after
reciting the details of a poisoning case,
concludes as follows: "We do not believe
in inficting the death penalty; yet, when
we think Of man so utterly depraved
that he could administer poison as in this
instance, we would not raise much fuss If
he were hung twice."
II. K Beecher says: "It is extremely
difficult to commit the crime Of murder
in such an accurate and honest way that
it shall satisfy the specifications of the
statutes. Unless the would-be murderer
take counsel beforehand and follow in
structions infinitely, he will fail nine
times in ten, however sincerely he may
try. Anybody can kill man, but he
cannot do it in first degree murder style
without counsel and care
"A majority of the State officers of
Iowa, and also a majority of the State
Judges of the highest State Court, favor
woman suffrage. The State Librarian is
woman, and the enrolling and engross-
ing clerks In the House are women. Wo-
men are reporters, copyists and paper
folders in the State Capitol, and six wo.
men are serving as County Superinten.
dents of Schools. And they all discharge
their duties well and faithfully.
Although many persons in various
countries claim the honor of inventing
steam navigation, Robert Fulton, an
American, is justly entitled to the honor
having succeeded in 1906, after many at
tempts. Boilers are made Of wrought
iron plate riveted together. An engine OF
600 horse power is about the average
1900 being the largest. Common engines
consume from thirty-five to forty tons OF
coal per day. The durability of engines
depends largely upon their construction
and use The first steamship crossed the
ocean March %, 1S18-she was built in
Savannah, Ga, 300 tons burden and bore
the name Savannah"
Editors would be saved world OF
trouble and vexatlon if all contributors
or those who desire to become contribu
tors, understood how to prepare manu-
script designed for the press The fol
lowing rhyming advice is so excellen'
that we quote the whole Of ii for the ben
eft of whomsoever it may concern:
Write upon pages OF a single size,
Cross all your t's and neatly dot your is;
On one side only let your lines be seen
Both sides filled up announce Verdant Green.
Correct-yes correct-all that you write,
And let your ink be black, yolr paper white;
For sp0ngy fooscap OF amuddy blue
Betrnys mind Of the same dismal hue.
Punctuate carefully, for on this score
Nothing proclaims the practiced writer more.
Then send II off, and, lest IL merit lack,
InclOse the postage stamps to send II back;
But nrst pay all the postage on 1t too,
For editors look black on 'six cents due,
And murmur, as they run the efusion DER,
"A shabby fellow and a wretcbed borer
Yet ere IL goes take of copy clean
Poets should own copying machine;
Little they know the time that's spent and care
In hunting verses vanished-who knows where'
Bear this la mind, observe IL TO the end,
And you shall make the editor your friend"