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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18
Incidents and Accidents.

-Thos. Ford was rolling corn near La
fayette, Ind, the other day, when he was
instantly killed by lightning stroke.
A small child of one of the occupants
of farm in Gridley, H., was left in charge
Of an insane aunt, recently, while its
mother went to milk. On her return she
found the child in wash-tub, drowned,
and the aunt sleeping in her chair.
"A Miss Mason, of Portland, Me-,
while housekeeping, few days ago,
found a package of powder, which she
put in the stove, not knowing what it
was. Several of the legs of the stove
were found in her hair, and things in that
room were good deal mixed up. The
moral teaches that young ladies should
not clean house.
-Four beggars from Pittsburgh reached
Alliance, Ohio, the other day, and pro-
ceeded to get beastly drunk. They then
went to the railway track. One woman
was on the track and the rest close by
when the train came along. The woman
was too drunk to get off, and the others
too drunk to help her. She was run over
and ground almost to powder.
William Corey was observed to lead
one Oh the horses OF HIS employer, Inc
other day, at Fond du Lac, Wis, to
water, and sit upon the end of the trough
while the animal was drinking. A few
minutes later the horse was seen running
loose, and upon going to the trough the
lookers.on were Mortified to find the dead
body of Corey in it. 1t is supposed the
young man was seized with fl and fell
into the water, where he was drowned.
"A sad case of disobedience resulting
in the death of three boys occurred al
Springfield, Mass, recently. There were
four boysin the party, and all had been for
hidden to go in bathing, but one hired the
others by small brides of three cents and
other favors. Arrived at the river, the same
one dared the others into the water, and
finally led in the youngest, Immediately
sinking with him. The third went in tc
save them, and was found locked together
with the one he reached. The fourth
was so frightened at his own disobedience
that he put on his clothes and ran home
without giving the alarm, and did no,
tell the story till his refusal to tell where
he had been led his father to punish him
when he told the particulars.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Cayenne pepper is death to bed bugs
Dust the bedspreads, crevices and inches
well with the -Ercadnge.
To sweeten tainted meat barrel, after
washing and scalding to remove grease
fill with fresh soil and let it remain week
or ten days.
Lemon Butter.-One pound sugar,
five eggs, juice and grated rinds of three
large or four small lemons none of the
seeds), one-quarter pound fresh butter
Put into saucepan and boil about ten
minutes, stirring all the time, till thick as
honey Good for jelly cakes, tarts and
cheese cakes. Keeps we'll if dry and
cool.
Filling Handsaws.-In filing hand.
saws that are intended to cut only one
way, the majority of. mechanics file to.
ward the handle, which leaves the teeth
with more bevel on the back than on the
front, which is caused by the taper of the
file. A few persons file their saws toward
| the point, which gives more bevel to the
front or cutting side of the teeth. Some
think that the back side of the teeth
should be filed nearly square across, and
that the saw will cut equally well and re.
main sharp much longer. The front side
of the teeth should be beveled to suit the
timber; soft wood requires more bevel
than hard wood. Western Rural.
-Cutworms.-The New York Times
says: 1--WE have succeeded in greatly re-
ducing the number of this pest by entic-
ing flock of poultry into the field while
it was being plowed. The fowls followed
the pillow closely, picking up every cut
worm exposed and searching every fur
row for more. There is no other way of
Kidding the fields Of these vermin but by
encouraging their natural enemies. These
are crows and blackbirds, which devour
the grubs and skunks and moles, which
devour both the grubs and the beetles, of
which they are the larvae. While these
creatures are killed or driven off we shall
suffer from the depredations of the in
sects, which are their natural prey. To
prevent the destruction of the young corn
by the cut-worms to some extent, the seed
should be rolled in common pine tar and
then dried in plaster before it is sown."
MIR. Isaac N jacques, pioneer of
Mt. Carmel, Ill.,, has found way to kill
caterpillars, and that way he tells through
the Register, as follows: 81 have an
orchard which has been badly infested
with caterpillars and l have tried many
ways to get rid of them. First, by burn
ing them out, which perhaps would have
| answered had commenced soon enough.
then tried shaking them out of the trees,
but they were soon back again. My last
plan was as follows: Scrape all the loose
bark from the trunk Of the tree, then take
a strip of wooden cloth, and, after saturat-
ing it with sulphur and grease, tie il
around the body Of the tree just below
where the branches start out; then take a
brush and paint strip two or three inch.
es wide at the band on the tree. The
caterpillars, after being shaken out, will
again endeavor to mount the tree, but
will stop at the sulphur line, where they
can be destroyed by the bushel. A weeks
labor could have been saved had / known
of this plan at the start. l believe il
worthy of publication"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18

Island. The point of accelerated egress
ia near New Zealand and South Australia,
and the points of retarded egress near
Orsk. SueZ, Bombay and Picking.
What is the ultimate issue to be OF all
this work? What is to come from this
general attack of the nations on the prob
lem of the suns distance, or its "equato-
rial horizontal parallax," as the New
combs, Watsons and Halls call it? This
parallax, reduced to common English, Is
nothing more than an expression for the
greatest angle which would be subtended
by the earth's equatorial radius to an OBJ
server at the distance of the suns center.
Just now there is an uncertainty in this
problem measured by some 10000
miles. 1t is believed that the effort
the United States is making will
reduce this uncertainty to at least one
third of its present figures. An accurate
knowledge of the suns distance is for the
perfection of ali lunar and planetary
tables, and all these enter directly into the
science of navigation, and through navi-
cation ramify and pervade the business
interests of the world.
1t is the intention of the United States
to get the best results. In its observations
and preparations made for them our Gov
eminent has not been hedged in for final
action by the precedents established in
England or anywhere else. We have
struck out for ourselves.
1t should here be recorded to their ever
lasting honor that the professors, astrono-
mers, photographers and assistants select
ed from colleges to accompany these ex-
petitions do SO at their own expense.
There is no provision to pay them sal
airy, and the most they have in view is
their simple expenses. They go to the
extremes of the earth to gain knowledge.
They will return, bringing with them the
sheaves of a brilliant harvest. Admiral
Davis, most genial gentleman, and a
distinguished ornament Of his profession,
has given this matter his earnest atten-
ton, and, as the head of the Naval OBJ
servatory, has been intent upon the APP
plication of all means within the limited
appropriation for its triumphant COM
mencement and end Washington Chroni-
oIS
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18
SUN

The above cut is an illustration of
Venus coming on in the SUMS discs, and
at A and ID it shows the two cusps.
Now, if the length of the line A ID is
known, and the time at which it has this
length, the time of contact can be readily
calculated OF course the reverse phe-
nomenon occurs when the planet passes
off the disc. 1t is for the purpose of
measuring these distances that the equa-
torial instruments are provided, and filar
micrometers or contrivances, by means of
which two spider lines in the focus of the
telescope may be moved toward or away
from each other Again observe the cut
One of these lines is to be placed at A and
the other at d. The time will be noted,
and the number of turns and parts of the
turn of screw which will move the lines
will be noted from the head of the screw,
which is very finely divided. Without
reference to what methods other Govern.
| ments will adopt, at all the American sta
| tions it has been determined that the
photo-heliograph, the contact method, and
the method of cusps will be used. AT the
moment when the transit comes the chief
astronomer will have his station at the
equatorial instrument, and OF course will
| observe the first contact, and on his
chronograph he will make the record OF
| the time, and will Immediately commence
making measures of the distance OF the
cusps.
1t will be the duty of the assistant as
| tronomers TO see that the heliostat, the
| instrument which is to throw the image
| of the sun into the stationary photo.
| graphic telescope, does its work properly,
| and in the dark room of the house as
signed to the photographers they will
take the negatives just as fast as possible.
1t may be source of wonder to many
why the stations named have been select
ed. The explanation will be exceedingly
| interesting TO all intelligent readers, and
while they read the explanation it will be
well to have maps before them OF the
| Western and Eastern HemIspheres.
What astronomers seek in selecting sta
| tions are places where the acceleration OF
| ingress and egress is greatest and where
| retardation Of ingress and egress is great
est. Now, Crozet Island, the station as
signed to Lieut.. Raymond, is the best
point to observe the retarded ingress, and
so Is Kirguelen Island, the station as
signed to Prof Ryan; and for the accel-
Grated ingress Picking, assigned to Prof.
| Watson, is regarded as one OF the best.
The station assigned to Prof. Peters, in
New Zealand, is the best to observe the
accelerated egress, and the station in 81
IBERIA, under the care of Prof. Hall, is the
best to notice the retarded egress.
With this explanation the pathway
| of the transit can be easily drawn. To
name few places more easily found
on the map, the point of accelerated IN
gress is near Wahoo and Hawaii, and the
point of retarded ingress near Kerguelen
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18
Crows.

l was brought up to regard the crow as
an enemy to the farmer, and my early
experience was in full accord with my
early education. Many time, when a
boy, my father used to send me to the
fields to plant over where the crows had
pulled the corn. 1t was disagreeable
work for me, and / often wished all the
crows were destroyed. | put up Irvine
and images in abundance, but they were
of little use, and the planting over went
on all the same. But since then, thanks
to some one whose name is to me un-
known, a remedy, safe and sure, has been
discovered for all this trouble, and the
days of destruction by crows have from
me forever passed away. Year after year
| plant corn; the crows visit the fields,
but they come not to destroy; the corn is
unmolested; the crows are preseryers in.
stead of destroyers of the crop; they get
the worms and leave the corn; they are
friends, not enemies, Of the farmer now
and | write this because some people
seem TO cherish the old-time hatred OF
the crows, while the occasion for II long
since passed away. They still hunt, trap,
and by all possible means seek to destroy
crows. This seems 10 me an unwise pol
icy for farmers. For five or ten cents
year he can obtain tar enough to apply to
all the corn he wants to plant; it will take
but few minutes to apply it, and it is
certain to prevent the depredations of
crows. It is well-known fact that crows
destroy immense numbers of grubs and
worms. and thus they do valuable service
for the farmer, and, as they keep almost
wholly away from buildings, they create
no disturbance and make no trouble. For
my part l would rather have flock OF
crows on my farm or in my garden, or
among my fruit trees, than an equal mum
Der of robin dbreasts-beautitul, must
cal and poetic as that bird is said to be.
Crows do great deal Of good, and can
very easily be prevented from doing any
harm. So l say, tar the seed corn and let
the crows live. Do not wantonly destroy
any life, and never kill any bird merely
because you are prejudiced against it,
d., I'm Boston CuhtDator.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18
LITTLE THINGS.
M ELLEN P. ALLEEToS.

RI ELLEN A11%-A'&D-S'
-, him strong who stands unmoyed-
"cai,n as some tempest-beaten rock
when some great trouble nurls lls shocA'
We chen the spent storm folds lts wings,
1as hears he then Life's little thingsg
-. bio brov we Irvine our wreath
Ap Wso seeks the battles tbickest smoke,
mnU f,ashipg gan and saber-stroke,
.I scotfs at danger, laughs at death;
A ITs nraise him I'LL the whole land rings;
pntPis he brave in little thingss
III him great who does some deed
WTT,st echo bears from shore 10 shore
n1'as Thai. and then does nothing more:
.. u,onld his work earn richer need,
l9 Mbsn brought before the King of Kings,
Were he but great in little things.
NO closely guard our castle-gates
when great temptations loudly Knock,
NAV every bolt, clinch every lock,
"a sternly fold our bars and gates:
A8 Wat some small door wide open swings
At the sly touch of little things.
..r yorp,ye-'tis worth my while
THE treacherous blow, the cruel thrust;
can Mess nv foe. as Christian must,
1rh;Ia Patience smiles her royal smile:
Vet ouick resentment fiercely sings
It's shots of ire at little things.
And can tread beneath my feet
The hills of PASSIONS heaying sea,
when wind-tossed waves roll stormily;
Vet scarce resist the siren sweet
That at my hearts door softly sings.
aForget, forget LIES little things"
prt what is Life? Drops make the sea;
And petty cares and small events,
Small causes and small consequents,
Make no the cum for you and me:
Then. o for strength to meet the stings,
That arm the points of little thingsl
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18
Nearly Over The Falls--A Brave Deed.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. T., June 1.

NIAGARA FALLS, N. T., June 1.
This village was the scene of terrible
excitement this morning, in consequence
of painter named Mccullough, who was
employed in painting the bridge leading
from Goat Island to the Three Sisters,
having fallen from the bridge into the
rapids below. He drifted with the cur
rent to point within forty feet of the
falls, where he found anchorage in the
middle of the stream that separates the
islands by coming in contact with rock,
to which he chung. In few moments
the news of the accident spread like wild
fire through the village, and an immense
crowd Of spectators gathered TO look at
the unfortunate mans perilous situatio9s
from which it seemed impossible to res
cue him. Mccullough had given up all
hopes of being aided; his arms and body
were fast becoming benumbed and losing
their hold upon the slippery rock, when
shout went up from the throats of the
spectators which told him that aid was
nigh. In that vast crowd which had as
sembled on the islands and bridges there
was but one man who was willing to risk
his own life in trying to snatch fellow.
creature from out Of the jaws of death.
Tom Conroy, guide at the Cave of the
Winds, jumped into the rapids, and, hold
ing in his left hand the end Of rope and
swimming down the current, he reached
Mccullough in safety. He Immediately
tied the rope around himself and the
nearly exhausted man, and they were both
safely landed ashore in few minutes
Mccullough was badly bruised about the
head and body. A purse was Immediately
taken up for Conroy, who is tonight the
hero OF the hour.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18

yNHEn WRITING TO ADyERTisEKs,
w piease say you saw the ANNOUNCEMENT
In this paper.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18
why VIII You Suffer !

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from rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Cramps In the limbs or stom-
ach, Bilious Collie, Pain in the
back, bowels or side. we would
cay TIE HOUSEHOLD PANAcEA
AND FAMILY LIyIMEsT is Of all
others the remedy you want
for internal and external use.
It has cured the above COM
plants In thousands Of cases.
There Is no mistake about 1t.
Try 1t. Sold by all Druggists.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18
Profitable Employment.

Work for Everybody. Good Wages. Per-
mnnent Employment. Men and. women
wanted. Full particulars free. Address
w. A. HENDERSON a. CO.,
Cleveland. o., or So. Louie, Mo.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18

DRESSED BANANAs.-They can be SIM
ply peeled and sliced, and dressed with
sugar dissolved in water to the taste, let
ting them stand few hours to impart
their flavor to the dressing. 1t is an inn
provement to add little lemon juice,
using about half lemon to one dozen
bananas But far better dressing con.
sists of the juice of oranges sweetened
and poured over the sliced bananas, using
four oranges, a gill or water, and gill OF
sugar to one dozen bananas. Let it stand
three or four hours before using, and stir
before dishing, but not enough to break
the slices. This is happy combination
Of favors As the season advances and
oranges become scarce, substitute the
juice of pineapple. These are somewhat
expensive dishes, but they are delicate and
delicious Exchange
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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-09

IL is stated that as soon as the finance cues
ton is settled Mr.. Tom Scott will bring in his
bill substituting the Texas Pacific railroad COM
psny. 1t has not been thought polite by its
friends to bring this bill forward in the present
temper of the people on the question of subsidy
legislations but should the imitation scheme
prevail, il Is argued that the PROSTATE indus
tries Of the country will find new life, and that
the new prosperity will lead 10 a liberal spirit
in the way Of legislation favorable to speculs-
tive enterprises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-09
Largest Circulation in the District
Reading Matter on Every Page
WASHINGTON CITY;
HTRSDAY. April ., 1874
where 60 Advertise.

The srAR, which, from its start, has been the Do
Per Of tue people, has, BY the pains taken to make
81 safe, reliable, nevsJ and acceptable visitor to
evsrJ family, gained popularity amongst all classes
OF the emmunity secord 10 that of no newspaper In
the country with the same Of population Kesp-
ing full pace with the extraordinary growth Of the
city, and reaching every household in the District
and . vide rsnge outside, The STAR has now at
tanned cireulstioR very mach larger than that o:
al the other city daiIes combined This i, no idle
claim, but ore we are prepared to establish at any
time by "beoks and papers" And this circulation,
a. stated above, IL universal, reaching the bust
ness community, the wealthy, the great indus
trial forces, the skilled mechanics, the Iaboring
men, the bankers, the merchants, the house.
Keepers, the government employees, the Congress
nen-fn short, there Is circle where The
STAR IL not 8 regular and welcome guest. The
result il that TIE STAR affords unsurp passed sd-
vautages = medium Of communication between
al glasses q the community, the way Of the al
uslmenf Of demand and supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-09

Numerous inquiries are sent to us a. to when
this OF that piece Of work will be executed, or
completed by the District authorities. We
suppose II will depend altogether upon the
length OF the Investigation, and the degree of
success the memorialists have ia defeating ap-
preparations, and Gripping the operations Of the
board. The testimony of Mr.. Willard yester-
day showed that Improvements have been
brought pretty nearly TO q stands still by the
investigation, and that 1t is difficult TO get con-
trsetoTsto undertake any work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-09

The following Ia from q letter addressed to a
friend in this city by the Hon. Francis Thomas,
our Minister to Peru, dated Lima, February II,
ISL.
SCI concur in 81 you say as to the future of
Washington City. Several years ago during
my last tour Of service in Congress took occa-
SION, when speaking against an attempt to place
the old Washington canal under the control of
speeulatoIs, to predict the future greatness of
Washington. II Is destined, in my Judgment, to
become one Of the most populous and the most
beautiful, city in the world"