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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23
RecOllectiOns OF a Dentists Shop.

Mark Twain, in his new book about
England, tells how he had the toothache
one night in London, and gives some
pleasing recollections of the dentists
shop which he was won't to patronize
when he lived in Elmira He says: Zone
night that tooth did jump, and everv
time it jumped it raised my head right
off the pillow. How did lie awake and
think about that dentists shop in Elmira,
where had been under torture so many
times-ofthose pretty dental instruments,
so polished and so cold! How did long
those short, thick, heavy, twisted chaps,
with the bow-legged, fiuted and curved
handles, and short hawksbill jawsl How
reveled in delight at the thought of hav-
ing such thing clutch my refractory
urable emotion came crowding into my
his room and its fixtures-his big, easy
chair, with the pretty white-curtained
window before it, and the nice, big, red
glass spittoon to the left, with the hole in
the bottom, and the bits of wet cotton
and the bright pieces of gold and streams
OF blooa-stained saliva on the sides And
thcH TIC pretty Httle bureau Win the
bottles on the top and the little yellow
drawers which he jerks out so gently
when seeking for some new and more del
icate instrument of torture. And then
that beautiful little round, velvet-covered
stand on the gas-fixture, covered with the
nice drills and pretty files, and the lovely
little crowbars with the stained ivory
handles, and the long, steel crochet nee
dies with which he hunts for new cavi-
ties, and the little round pasteboard box,
full of gold plugs and the dirty little
napkin, and the rubber ball syringe, and
the singular smell of his thumb, and all
thafm
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23
THE LITTLE GOOsE-GIRL.

FIVE geese--a landscape damp and wild,
A stunted. not too pretty child,
Beneath battered gingham;
Such things 10 ray the least, require
more than average Muse Of Fire
To adequately sing en-
But yet-why should thcyy Souls Of mark
Have sprung from such: cen Joan of Arc
Had scarce more graceful duty;
Not always Cts maxim tritcl
From righteous things proceeds the right
From beautiful the beauty.
Who shall decide where seed IL sowns
For aught we know the germ was blown
In this unwholesome marsh;
And what must grow will still increase
Though cackled round by half the geeee
And ganders In the parish.
The still, still years the term will keep,
Although the issue seem TO sleep
Az sound a. BarbaroSse:
Long since may be. tar scheme was laid
BY which this little maid wac made
A Maid OF Saragossa.
MAY be this small plain face may hide
The mannish intellectual pride
or some prospective Neckcr;
percbance this audience anewerinc
May hiss 20 trembling muse OF mincD
May hiss-a Lydia Bcckeri
W.
Or say the bingham shadows DER
An undevefopcd Hannah More
later Mrs. Trimmer;
Who shall affirm 1t, who denyy
Since Of the truth nor you nor
Discern the faintest glimmerf
VII.
SO then--caps of, my Masters all;
Reserve your final word-rccall
Your aIltoo-hasty structure;
Caps of. say, for Wisdom sees
Potential possibilities
In this unhopcful picture.
--Chiedg0 Inter.Ocean.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

John E. Osborn was killed by nitro.
glycerine explosion near Titusville, Pa.
He sat on $50 pounds of the stuff, when
a jolt caused conclusion sufficient to
explode it, and he was blown in all direc-
tons. A thief who helped to gather the
fragments OF his body found the piece
upon which his vest still hung, and stole
two dollars from pocket.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

In Philadelphia every lady is CEN
turion. Everything in that city is centu-
plicated: wherever you go, whatever you
do, the centennial stares you in the face;
you have to wear it on your paper collar
and wash your hands with centennial
towels and soap.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23
The Department Clerk.

There is nothing more destructive tn
courage, ambition, and the viii and the
wit to make living, than clerical drudg.
cry at Washington. The round of q
treadmill is not more methodical and
wearisome. The department clerk is
but tritiing part in complex machine
He dockets bills, or files warrants. or en-,
tiers names in folio, or does some other
dreary work which requires no brains.
and but slightly tasks attention. His
labor is important only as fitting in with
that of the man behind him and the man
in front of him, but the drift and mean.
ing OF it he does not in many cases care
or need to know This sort of work is
about as intellectual as corking bottles
or ramming down paving stones; but. as
atrade, it is infinitely poorer than either of
those, or any other mechanical employ
ment. The corker and the pavier, de-
prived of one job, find another, and use
their acquired skill there, but the official
drudge has no practiced talent to employ
when he loses his place. This makes the
case of some of the discharged clerks
real hardship. They have spent years at
Washington learning nothing new, hay
ing no desire to rise, and unable to get
up, though they had the desire-liv-
lug III lSuODic COuteutUlCUt On TIC GOV-
eminent salary, and trusting for its con-
tinuance to the political patron to whose
coat-tails they clung Having been six
or eight years stipendiary, they have
accustomed themselves to regard office
as perpetual. They at last fondly deem
themselves indispensable to the Govern
ment. No other one exactly understands
the business they do. If they are dis
charged the wheels must all stop till they
are recalled. Such is the absurd infatu-
alton of many a clerk who is of no more
consequence to the Government than the
flies that buzz in the window. When
such a man is dismissed from the desk
that he considered his private property,
we do not wonder that the disused and
enfeebled brain is shocked and half para
lyzed. He appeals to our pity, whatever
we may think of his folly in taking the
risk of a petty Government place, when
he might have mastered trade, and,
with industry, have defed the world to
ruin him. Numbers of these clerks, be-
lieving that they were always to be sup
ported at public expense, have bought
or built houses at Washington, and
looked upon themselves as permanent
inhabitants. 1t will be very hard for
them to give up their old homes and seek
subsistence elsewhere; but that they
must do, unless they descend to the low
est deep of Congressional lobbying-a
class of business less profitable now than
formerly, and precarious at the best es-
tate.-N Y. Journal Of Commerce.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

An interesting example of the in
dustries and important results which
have sprung recently from the scientific
treatment of substances long overlooked
or unthought of is that afforded by the
silky vegetable downs which clothe the
seeds of many trees. These are now
largely employed in some parts of the
country for stuffing beds, quilts--in the
place of cider down-also ladies skirts,
and for other PURPOSES
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

AT Nashville, recently, Henry
Miller, twenty-eight years of age, for
merly book-keeper for B. F. Parker, of
that city, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the left breast. He attempted
to shoot himself through the heart, but
failed, and lived about three hours. No
cause was assigned for the act.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

A YOUNG woman named Beams, who
did to death youth of St. Cloud, N. Y,
by the simple process of not knowing
that it was loaded" has been acquitted
of all criminal intent Is it to be ever
thus?
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

THE names of victories may be erased from
our battle flags; but SILVER TIPPED Shoes
will never become obsolete. They are a ma
tional institution.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23
A PERFECT CURE.

CHARLEsTowx, June III, 1901.
AR. II. r. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-This Is to certify that vE6ETIEE made
Q perfect cure OF me when my attending physician
mad pronounced my case consumption and said
Mrs. LEDsToy. IS Cook street.
The facts stated by Mrs. Ledston personally
known by me. and they are true. A ID. HAYNES.
Ye4etins is Sold by All Druggists.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

During terrific thunderstorm that
passed over Trenton, N. j., recently, the
spire Of the Third Presbyterian Church,
$50 feet high, was struck three times sue
cessively by lightning and fired each
time, but the flames were extinguished
before much damage had been done.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

WHILE a professor from New York
was explaining TO an intelligent audi
ence on a New Orleans street corner,
some evenings ago, the merits of an
"oil rectifier" for rendering kerosene
non Explosive, the machine suddenly ex-
ploded The professor is now an in
mate Of the Charity Hospital.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23
MARVELLOUS EFFECT!

MIR, II. r. BrEVKNe:
Dear Sir-I have used the great blood remedy, VEG
EIlNE, and feel IL duty to acknowledge the great
6eneht has done me. In the spring Of the 1852
was sick from general debility caused by overwork
want OF sleep and proper rest. was very weak aud
much emaciated. tried many remedies without re-
ceving any beneft from any Of them until was per-
suaded TO try vEGETlNE. Be ore had taken this
one week my improved condition gave me renewed
hope and courage. continued to take It. every day
stored to health The effect Of this remedy In case Of
general debility 10 indeed marvellous.
ELIZABETH A. FOLEY,
q Webster street. Charlestown, Mass.
May Sd, 1871.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09
HangIpiv, oi KeeIiy.

| iSNAsHv1IEE; May s1Bin Kelly was
hung at.2 O'Clock today, Just outside Of
the city limits, near the Pacific railroad.
BE was accompanied by the Rev. Nelson
Merry (colored) and Rev. DR.. Cobb
lwhitel, On arriving at the scafold,
Kelly mounted the platform In 1.-the and
gleeiul mood, conversing and laughing
with those Of. his friends Immediately
around him. Rev. Merry delivered an
address ot ten minutes, and then lined and
sung q hymn. a tervent prayer was Of
tered by Rev, Cobb, after, which Kelly
stepped forward and addressed the con.
course Tor. ten minutes, concluding with
prayer. he denied his gdnt to the last,
sollmnly protesting that TOR the pitifui
sum oItwo dollars he was there to be OF.
ferred up as q sacrifice TO yindicate the
laws Of Tennessee; but that he was ready
and willing L, meet his tate.
II was estimated thAtthere were 10000
persons present, two thirds Of whom were
colofed. Immediately after the cutting
Of the rope train on the Pacific s. Ten
nessee Railroad passed, Tightening a
Ing about siSoS people, men, nv women and
children. One man had his leg broken
and II Is reported, several women and
children ew6te shhrG Kelly was pro-
nounced dead fourteen, minutes after the
drop, and the rope was cut after hanging
81 minutes. He was cut dove and
placed III his coffin and delivered to his
triendsifor rintermeut in Mount Oral Gem.
etry,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09

The relief committee here Is doing eoot
work, but cannot relieve but small nor
ton OF the inundated district.
At Hopefeld, opposite here, which hal
oeen Gubmerged for nearly two months
there is considerable distress, but Il Il be-
Ing relieved.
MENpms, May s.-The following In
formation concerning the overflow 4
CLEANED from the officers Of boats arriy-
Ing here last night:
The rise In the st. Francis. which set
IN lew days since, has overhowed the
banks In two or three places. Plantations
under cultivation have been drowned oul
There g but little destitution In This val
icy, and planters are hopeful Of the wa.
ter soon running of, and being able 10 re.
sumo planting. This rise has broken tbe
!eyee 10 several places near the month
including Jeferson's and 81. U!air's near
Island No. 6S, and threatens several other
levees. The leyees at Helena and Friar's
Point are reported In danger, while he
river Is within its banks down TO Augusta,
and below there planters are yet hopeful
Of being able to make crop.
Below the Arkansas river the water IA
ttt all the plantations except RsWlinp,s
and the planters are at work.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09
"Thc Durndest KnowIngist Dog
that Ever Wore Har." 2'.a

[From the Virginia Knterprise.l ,.,,.. t..,.. b.
BE came in from the Truckee Mea-
dows yesterday, did this level.headed
dog. he rode in by the side of his mas
ter on load oi potatoes. he was not o
pretty dog-not dog OF blue blood and
high degree. He was tall, gaunt,
shaggy-haired, wild-eyed looking brin.
die beast OF unrecotded pedigree. AS
this wagon, carrying man, dog and
potatoes, halted for q time In front Of a
saloon on North g street, one Of a party
Of halt.a'dozen loungers thereabout made
some remark inregard tosthe appearance
Of the canine, when thus spAke ye horny.
handed, frowsy- headed tiller OF ye soil /
I" Fellers, that air amt o purity dog, i
know-hes like me, makes NO Epreten-
sions TO material beauty-but he's Just the
durndest knowingist dog that ever wore
har. He's got more instink, that dog
has, an more sayey, an pen'tration, an
insight into human ;natur, iiat5 In that
ugly old cabez O. his, nor can be found In
the he'ds Of a whole plaza full oi yer ed
dicated town dogs-poodles an sich.
What PRIDE in him ,isjerghis regular
human sense; he's list the darndest dog
out! Now, ef l come homo from, town
perfectly sober when I've left him to see
after the ranch) It would jist do your
heart good,to see that dog show Of what
Q sense Of appreciation he's got Of me.
Fellers, his gorgeous tail then stands
aloit; he skyugles about; he runs on afore
me q scrapin' up the yearth with his hind
feet sendin' the chips q flynn; he holds
up his head an barks in d cheerful an
manly tone o voice, esccrtin me fotw yard
an teelln' proudr'n he holed q wood
chuck But let me come home full Of
tapgle-leg, sheep herdet's delight, and
tarrantiler juice, and that Is the iarndest
shamedest dog yer ever saw. He -iist
takes one look at me an he knows II an,
Down goea bis tall he llops his wear,
hangs his head, squats his back, on iook.
In back now an then, he sinks of al
crawls under the barn-actually ashamed
10 be, seen about the premises for teaI
somebody'll find out that Town him. i
tell you, iellers, he's the cussedest dog fol
right out and out human sense that ever
was seen Il, these parts, and, Trucket
Meddep Is proud that sheiwar puppet
ih@s" W AUkA 4 A
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09

to his creed; daring to question the in.
ialllbleness Of the Westminster Confession;
daring 70 assert that faith without works
e dead; daring to say that Charming and
Peabody and such men are not In hell /;
daring to teach that, not what man
believsS, but what man 4, In moral and
spiritual qualities, fixes his destiny In tho
lie to come, Forsuch things q Christian
minister Is arraigned before an Ecclesi.
astical Court In the city Of Chicago, in the
United States oi America, In the year OF
grace, 1874 "Tell It moi In Gath, pub.
ltsh It not In the streets OF Askelon lest
the daughters ol the Phillistines. rejoice,
lest the daughters Of the uncircumcised
triumph" LIBERAL,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09
CABINET MERTING-ARKANsAs M
nnnaV m

|
The Cabinet was in session for nearly
two hours today, during which the Ar.
kansas question was under consideration.
II was expected that the general govern.
ment would have made some decision In
response to the many applications there.
Tor from tho representatives of the con.
tending factions IN this case, but there
were no conclusions. The decision OF Inc
Supreme Court favoring tho Brooks side
Of the case, in such direct contradiction ol
It's previous decision that the Legislature
had the exclusive control Of the question,
has the effect Of Rugmenting the difficult.
ties under which the Federal Government
rests IN arriving at solution OF the Vexed
question. This new phase Of the matter
was TALKED, OF at some length in tho Cabi.
net session.
The reversal OF the former opinion of
the Supreme Court OF the State has oc-
casioned some surprise. No member Of
the Cabinet has made o definite or posi-
tive expression ol opinion on the subject,
Al the papers that have been present ed
10 the case were read to-day. There NAV
DO some decision tomorrow, but there
is no certainty OF 1t, as the attorneys Of
both parties are continually sending tele.
grams and presenting new points and ar
guments which they are anxious to have
considered. A Cabinet officer said this
afternoon that the Government was heart.
lily tired OF the controversy, and when It's
decision is made proclamation will be
Issued, which all will understand must
settle the question.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09
Terrible Condition Of the Over
u. - flowed. -LL.L

MEMPHIS, May s.-The Relief Com
mite this morning received q large mum.
Der Of letters and applications ior relief
from the overhowed Districts, particular
ly from the lower portion Of Arkansas,
where the destitution Is greater and more
general. The following extracts from q
few letters will give good idea Of the
suffering and destitution there, and will
appeal to the philanthropy throughout
the land. A well known farmer writing
from Bernard, Chicot county, Arkansas,
says: "rhere Is need In this section OF
rations for thousands Of persons, and for
age TOR their stock, whose lands are under
water. The destitution here will be yery
great. Nearly every one is overhowed
in the District, having lost their stock,
and having nothing left to aid them In
purchasing necessary rations. These
parties will all require help until they
can raise some corn. Help us all you can,
our people are truly suffering and unless
We get aid to make at least
some corn. this portion OF the country
will be abandoned by fully one.hall Of
the laborers.
A petition from three hundred and ,filty
colored laborers from Arkansas City and
vicinity isiorwarded by ]. W, Dickinson.
formerly q cotton factor here, which says:
1.-THE undersigned oolored people OF Ar.
kansas City and neighboring plantations
would respectfully state that we are In a
desperate condition, only a few having
few days rations, and they have been
furnished by the owners OF plantations,
who now have not enough LETT for their
own families. The water stands as hioh
as four feet above the floors Of many Of
our homes, and some Of US have had %
move out and herd with others as best
we could" N 20. ~ s4af8L n, 1Jet.
Over all the plantations tliel water
stands from three 10 five feet. Theleyees
are all broken, fences gone, and our
stock has been greatly reduced from
drowning and starvation. Our friends,
the white people, have done all they
could and can do no more now. We can
see nothing but starvation and death to
many Of US unless good people will aid
rs, and that soon. .aMF. Dickinson, In
forwarding the petition, says It does not
make the condition as bad as II really iss
Some families are on my place and j
have been feeding them for four weeks,
three Of which they have been
cooped up in their houses on plat.
forms three feet high above their floors.
l cannot feed them any longer, but hope
something will be done Tor these Door ne.
groesl heyhwill suffer soon. Some Of
them have not enough left for their own
families, and tho others are living on
hoGSipy Gl alone g parshed corn. q A
where these letters ore written there Ia
considerable destitution, but Gov. Ames
and other State officers are taking stems
to relieve them. But In Arkansas, owing
10 the troubled condition Of Affairs al the
Capital, nothing Is being done Tor thefn
and they ylare entirely dependent ufon tlie
charity Of the citizens Of other faIa feS
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09
FIRE AND LOSS oE LrER.

The Diari0 NelIanaa has the details o
9 fire IN the town Of Lavog, Philippine
Islands, on the I'd ol January. Two chill
dren LEFT to themAelye set tho house OF
fire. The conflagration extended so rap.
idly that in the course OF four hours half q
the houses in the town, nearly 1900, were
destroyed. Not fruit tree remained
Thousands Of weaving frames were de-
stroyed, and multttudes of cattle perished
Fifteen persons, including six children
were burned to death. - :
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09
Swan Ashore.

!, AITIAETlc Cry, May s-Alexander
q. kambo. claiming to DO q passenger on
me brig Eliza Stevens from Kingston,
Jamaica, for New York, has arrived
mere, and states that the brig was run
Gown ~ steamer Last night. he states
that when he got On deck he found the
wreck Aband doned, and heard Q boat row
ing AVA, and that he then got q plank
andsWam to the 0bsecou Light house. =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09

cHARIEsToN, 5. G., May ga petition
was filed in the United States Court fol
the involuntary bankruptcy OF Franklin
Moses, Jr, Governor Of South Carolina,
and an injunction granted restraining the
sheriff Of Richland county from seizlpg
and selling his ettects till the flrtherorder
o. lhe Court. The debts Of the Governor,
iniexcess Il !, Of his aaBes, are ecurrently stat.
dollars. = -D VI
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09

WAsH1NaToN, May s.-The Navy De.
partment is advised Of the death Of Prof
y. Giranlt Professor Of Mathematics In
me United States Navy at New Bruns-
Wick, on the 2d inst. He had been In
tne navy since 1S45, and at the time Of
MS death was on the retired list.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09

ST: LOUIS, May 8. e. G. Lott, On rouss
from St Louis to Illinois with blooded
stock, was instantly killed, yesterday,
while attempting 10 get on moving
tram at Pleasant Green, eighteen miles
from Sedalta, Mo. His head and one ann
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09
A PRRRMPToRY pEMANn.

The House Committee on Pacific Rail.
roads today unanimously agreed to re-
port and recommend the passage Of bin
directing the Secretary Of The Treasury
to demand from each Of the Pacific Rail.
road Companies the immediate payment
OF hye per cent per annum OF their re-
sspectiye net receipts, required by law to
BE- paid over 10 the government and ap-
piled to the liquidation of the interest on
their bonds. The bill also contains pro.
vision directing the Attorney General Ia
commence proceedings to enforce the
payment Of this five per cent in case the
demand OF the Secretary OF the Treasury
be not complied with.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09
Weather Report.
..soEPIuHurERz oHrHF n sIsE1IioSFTcrn:: n NJ tI
WARRINGTON, D, q. NAYS Am p. ~
PR0BABuITIRs.

PROBABILITIES. s.i 0ts
For New England and the Middle
States and the Lower Lake Region part.
'ly cloudy and threatening weather, south,
east 70 southwest winds will prevail with
9 slight rise Of temperature In New Eng.
land and q falling barometer by Satlr.
day. .F-9
For the South Atlantic and Gulf States
and thence northward to the Ohio Valley
clear or iair,weather, southeast to south
west winds, high temperature and slowly
falling barometer. \ . ~
For the Upper Lake Region and the
northwest increasing cloudiness, souther:
y, winds high temperature and falling
bar otneter. .f-lg liiT1 l,tIh ] y y .
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-09
Libel snit.

), ! BoesToS, May s..The Boston Rsrala
alleged libel of Q. o. Gott, is, an article
protesting to give the history Of the
Uarditt Giant. The defendant contends
mat the charges are authentic and ne
publication without malice.