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TURTHER indulgence cannot be given upon
4 the accounts of w. S. Mason, and Of Rose 4
CO., in our hands for collection. Our instructions
are positive to enforce payment, and we shall
proceed TO do so at an early date.
BAYLOR WILSON,
Nov. 81, 1874. Attorneys.
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Very Respectfully Yours, &c,
LOGAN OSBURN.

In connection with the above card, desire to
give notice through your columns that will not
permit any person to hunt upon any ofmy enclosed
lands in the future, and will enforce the penalty
of the law against all who disregard this notice.
Nov II, 1874. LOGAN OSBURN.
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A Walking Advertisement.
LIMESTONE SPRINGS. S. {

LlMLSIONE DfhlNbS, -. y.
DR.. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:-Deay'
Sri am walking advertisement for your
Golden Medical Discovery, Purgative Pellets
and DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, they having
cured me of Catarrh Of nine years standing,
which was so bad that it diSfgured my nose,
and, while curing it, your medicines also cured
me Of Asthma in its worst and most aggrava-
ted form. Before using your medicines had
become reduced in flesh from one hundred and
iilty-fve to one hundred and fifteen pounds,
and now weigh one hundred and sixty-two
pounds, and am in better health than | have
enjoyed for twenty years.
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CAMSON Oil for bruises, Settler Aperient for
y indigestion, Magic Balm for coughs and colds,
Whooping Cough Cordial sure cure for
Whooping Cough, DR.. Saul's Liuiment for Neu-
ralgia, Pains &C., Bakers Coco food Tor invalids,
ali for sale by
Nov. q, 1874. g.. I. LIGHT.
GOAL Oil 1900 fire test, warranted non-explo-
I sive, Coal Oil Lamps, the best assortment in
town, cheap, for sale by
Nov. 81, 1874. G.. I. LIGHT.
DURE Wines and Brandies from Bucks Vine
yard strictly for Medicinal uses, for sale by
Nov. p, 1874 CT. LIGHT.
DUMGARDNER Whisky. (sold on Physicians
ID prescriptions only for Medicine by
Nov. 81, 1874. G. T. LIGHT
VNTANTS.-Ia am in need of money to meet my
w indebtedness, would be obliged if my pa
irons would divide.
Nov. q, 1874. g. 7. LIGHT.
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NOTICE.

r AN prepared to Repair all Kinds Of SEWING
| MACHINES. Refer 70 Mrs. NJ. L. Davis, Mrs.
j. o. Tutwiler. Mrs. John Avis, Mrs. II. d. Mid
dlekaua, and Miss Mary Cockrell.
Nov. q, ls74-6t. j. HENRY holland.
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November II, 1874.
FALL AND WINTER
GOODS.

TINE undersigned has just opened his stock OF
FALL AND WINTER GOODS, to which the
attention of buyers is respectfully called. These
Goods have been purchased with ali the adyan-
tages OF decline in prices, and will hesold lower
than the same class of goods has been offered Tor
some years ..,
IN DOMESTIC DRY GOODS
Nv stock is full and prices low. complete stock
of NOTIONS constantly on hand, and in this de-
partment we ask especial attention TO Hosiery,
Ladies Merino Vests Linen Handker chiefs, Cor,
sets, etc. nice assortment OF CLOTHS ana
CASSIMERS for Gentlemen and BOYS, Beaver
Cloth for Ladies Cloaks, Repelants in Black, Bro.
and Blue Particular attention is called to line
of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Hand made-offcred in this market for the first
time, and for the sale of which have the agency.
These goods manufactured by J. W. Brigham
Co., are sold upon their merits and warranted
equal to any that are ma de in the county: Every
Farmer who values comfort, must have dry ieet.
II can be enjoyed by wearing J. W. Brigham q
Co.'S French Kip, and Farmers Calf Boots ana
Shoes-name on the bottom.
A full line of GROCERIES as low as any in the
market, Sugar, Coffee, Syrup, \. U. Molasses,
Cheese Crackers Tea, &c.
Oct I. 1874. DAVID HOWELL.
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CC00P Shoyels, long and short handles, Stove
= Polish, Rat Traps, Lanterns, Stew Pans, Tea
Kettles, Basins and Coffee Mile, for sale by
Nov. 81, 1874. JAS. LAW. H0OFF.
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CtHURNS, Tubs, Buckets, Measures. Meal Sleeves
Y Coal Sifters, Hampers, Farm Bells, Wash
Kettles, Sad Irons, for sale by
Nov. 81, 1874. JAS. LAW. HO0FF.
BUTCHER Sticking and SHINING Knives, Car
ID vers Steels, and fair assortment of Table
and Pocket Cutlery, for sale by
Nov. q, 1874. JAS. LAW. HOOFF.
MAILS of all sizes, at reduced rates, Horse
" Shoes, Bar, Sheet, Band and Hammer Iron,
full Stock of Goods in my line always on hand and
for sale at reasonable rates.
Nov. 81, 1874. JAS. LAW. HOOFF.
POWDER and Shot, Lead, Caps, Wads. and all
things belonging to the sportsman, for sale by
Nov. q, 1874. JAS. LAW. HO0FF.
MEATS Foot Lard Lubricating, Kerosene and
" Linsced Oil, Glass and Putty, for sale by
Nov. q, 1874. JAS. LAW. H0OFF.
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Notice to Trespassers.

II UNTSMEN, fishermen and others, are here
IL by notified that the law will be enforced a.
Gainst them for trespassing on my fathers I" Shan
non Hill d" farm. MILTON ROUSE.
November 81 lS74-3t
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FOR SALE.

A COMPLETE sett Of Bar Fixtures for SALE
n Apply 20
Aug. Is, 1874. J. s. YESTERDAY.
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Sc CASHI %
Granger Prices

VNHE following Goods offered to the public for
i Cash or Barter, at prices satisfactory to all :
900 Sacks Fine and G.. A. Salt,
Cumberland, Egg and Nut Coal full stock of
Pulled Linseys, Kerseys, Fannels, Blankets,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
CHOICE STOCK CLOTHS AND CASSI-
MERES
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UHUIUE STUN NLUIHS AND OAoSI-
MERES,
Ladies' Dress Goods,
Balmorals, Trimmed Hats, Hosiery, Gloves, &c.
Special attention called % our Beached and Brown
Cottons, Table Oil and Linen Cloths. In Glass
ware we offer great inducements.
A Full Line Of Groceries,
which speak for themselves. HARDWARE-full
stock and inducements offered. We would ask
you to examine our
BOOTS AND SHOES
before purchasing elsewhere, as we have one Of
the best selected stocks of Hand Made Goods,
which we can guarantee.
We offer the above goods at the lowest Cash
prices. Corn wanted and taken in exchange for
goods.
Gt- Orders filled promptly.
WILSON BROTHERS.
Summit Point Nov 2I 1874
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16
A Black Samson.

THERE is negro Samson named Nelson
de Isle in New Orleans. He is horse
dealer by profession, and the trick Of his
trade is to take possession of horses in
an unauthorized manner. He was de-
nominated horse thief before a court
in New Orleans in 1869 and sent to
the State prison, where he stayed only
six DAYS of the five years awarded him.
He broke Jail by swapping iron bars as
il they had been pine sticks, and carrying
the outer gate, and fed and hid. The
police have been on the lookout for him,
and afraid they would find him. The
other day two or three of them got hold
Of him, and he broke loose and laid them
out on the pavement with one blow each
of his mighty arm. De Isle then ran,
and the cry of Stop thief was raised,
and gathering crowd surged in pursuit.
A policeman fired three shots without
any apparent effect, and he was at length
brought to halt by running as il were In
a crowd of thousand men that had col
lected about him, both before and behind,
in his flight The friction of such mass
was too much for him, and he saw the
living rall close around him. He had
no ia sbone of an ass or any modern
weapon 10 Wielu, or ne uiIBht nave
waded through that thousand men and
been free. 1t took twelve muscular
white Americans to take him to the sta
tion-house, as he kept up skirmishing
fight all the way. He was put in the
stocks and it was found pistol ball had
passed through his thigh and club had
indented his forehead over the eye. His
vitals, which were covered with heavy
coating of upper leather, were unframed.
The authorities are thinking of putting
De Lisle to performing feats of strength
for their amusement, as the Philistines
did Samson of old He is not of exag-
gerated size, being little over medium
size, but his mold is herculean and his
endurance is equal to that of steam en-
CINE of twenty horse representations
1,oePtr11l
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and fiattered was / by his conspicuous
patronage, and carried away with his
descriptions, that it was like dispeling a
pleasant dream TO come down to com
mon places and ask Mark Twain, my
hero of book and platform humcr, to
subscribe. The ceremony was stumbled
through in some way, and Twain drank
it in with the interest sustained all day.
/ finished, standing, hat in hand, the
book still lying on the writing-table,
while Twain swung rapidly back and
forth in luxurious rocking chair. HI
stopped an instant, took sweeping
glance at the horizon, repeating that
stroke of the chin with his left hand
always prelude to settling something
and drawled out: "Oh! Fll-take-tbs
work --to-day-though. Sup
pose - you-run - in - again--as-you-
happen-around How the street was
reached ] cannot for my life tell, but I
got there somehow, after stammering an
attempt at polite and assured answer.
1t isn't likely that shall call around
again-not if all Hartford refuses to take
the book until Twain does. The game
of worrying man into subscribing, "just
to get rid of a fellow" wont work with
him, certain.-Boston Transcript.
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A Narrow Escape.

WE believe the following thrilling in
cident, which is narrated by one of the
officers of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
81 Baltimore Railroad as recently occur
ring near Seakide, Del, has not yet been
published. In the early part OF last
month, as the express train from
Washington 0imited) was approaching
Seakide, running at about forty
five or forty-six miles an hour, the
engineer, Philibcrt Carmichael, observed
a small object on the track about mile
ahead, which he quickly recognized as n
child, apparently fascinated with the APP.
proach Of the rushing train, and dancing
up and down on the track, tapping its
little hands either in terror or delight,
Mr.. Carmichael could not observe which.
The brave engineer reversed the Weston
house vacuum, backed his Unbelievable,
and loudly applied the alarm punch
hoping to brighten the child from the
track without losing time. His efforts
were, however, in vain. The dampness
of the day had fabricated the rails to
such an extent that it was impossible
fully to arrest the tremendous speed of
the locomotive, although it was greatly
retarded. Another rod and the uncon-
scious infant would be crushed beneath
the ponderous wheels. At this moment
the peril of the child was discovered by
the mother, who was standing at her
wasb-tub at her cal tage door. Para
lived with terror she was rooted to the
spot, and hid her face in her hands from
the horrible sight. Grinding, grating,
struggling against its almost resistlcss
momentum, the great engine crept closer
and closer to the prattling, dancing little
creature, and the cold drops Of terror
stood upon the grimy brow of the ag-
onized engineer. But just as the fatal
point was reached faint jar from one
of the slight irregularities so rare on that
excellent road dipped the cow-catcher
under the dancing feet of the child and
landed him gently on the roadside with
out a scratch And as the brave Car
michael put on his vacuum and dashed
forward on his lightning course, the last
glimpse he had showed him the rescued
infant still tapping his little hands in
childish glee, as if to thank him for the
skill and courage that had saved ii from
dreadful death. Baltimore american.
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that the air may have access to pass
through easily. and when dry from SUI
perfiuous moisture, carted TO the barn.
We do not believe in sailing hay suffi-
GENTLY to cure it. as it is called Two
quarts to the ton will make it palatable
to stock. If it be necessary to absorb
the moisture of certain loads put in green
to save them from getting wet we should
prefer to use air-slacked lime, say TWO to
four quarts per ton, in connection with
as much salt The better way, however,
since hay is one Of the most costly OF the
natural products of the farm in the West,
is to use every care, so that, while saving
expense as much as may be legitimately
possible, no pains be spared to have the
hay carefully made and without the use
either of salt or lime. If this be done
there would be no objection to sailing or
lining, now and then, few loads more
heavily; since, in cutting down the stack
or NOW, the sailed and unsalted would
be mixed, and the stock would not be
tortured with thirst from eating over
sailed hay in the Western Rural.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16
L0custs i'm Algeria.

AN Algerian paper, says the London
Echo, gives an interesting account of a
struggle between the farmers of the
swarms of locusts that have ever de-
scended upon the plains of Algeria. As
soon as the distant cloud of invaders
was perceived every effort was made by
the terrified agriculturists to prevent the
descent of the hungry myriads upon
their pastures, while on the other hand
the locusts were equally determined to
alighl and take refreshment. In order
to keep the insect host in the higher
strata of the atmosphere, where change
of wind might at any moment carry
them away, the farmers lit fires with
damp weeds, and by collecting all their
kitchen utensils, ringing all the bells, and
shouting at the top of their voices the.
produced such a concert of hIdeous
sounds that for time the locusts pre-
ferred famine to the din and remained
in the air; but at length hunger and
fatigue overpowered them, and they de-
cided on Drawing the worst and falling
TO the ground, when the green fields and
trees suddenly turned yellow under the
multtudes which instantly covered them.
All through the night was heard one con.
tinuous and portentous sound--that of
myriads of invisible jaws engaged in
mastication-the next morning the battle
commenced, but the latest advices are of
discouraging nature, as they report
that the locusts are engaged not only in
eating, but in laying eggs.
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army service, because the marine officers
provide amusement for the sailors and
foYtify them against ennui. Nothing Is
so gay as a ships company. Order loses
nothing on this account, and obedience
is only the more earnest.
Among nostalgics whose malady is
caused by the isolation TO which the Ian
guage they speak reduces them, the com
panionship of those who understand their
language is often an efficacious remedy.
During the siege of Paris there were
patients in the ambulances, chiefly Bre-
tons, who grew thin and lost their
strength daily. The physician questioned
them; they could not reply, for they I'M
dcrstood only the potOts of their own
country. Some one was found who con
vcrsed with them in this pdtots, consoling
and reviving their spirits, and the de-
spairing patients recovered strength and
hope When all other means have failed,
certain stratagems may ameliorate the
condition of the sufferer. Marceray
cured a monk in military hospital by
reading to him an apocryphal letter, in
which his superior authorized him TO re-
turn TO his convent az soon as he re-
covered.
I'm nostalgia, as in other nervous dis
eases, the only improvement 10 be an
ticipated must be looked for in a judicious
and skiIiful moral Intervention of the
physician.
The facts here presented are very in
teresting, and give an exhaustive history
Of the disease from French stand
point.
The prevalence Of this affection among
prisoners during our late war would be
an interesting subject for investigation.
E. NJ. g., in AppLetom's Journat.
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How English Grooms Care for Horses.

A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Commercial Ad0ertiser tells how some
English green's at Saratoga are TEACHING
Yankees the care of horses:
To-day | asked one of these grooms
who has spent twenty years in the stables
of royalty, what he had to say about our
American way of taking care of horse
Why, sir" said he, "you don't take
good care of your horses; you think Won
do, but you don't.
why" / asked
Because, when a horse comes in all
wet with perspiration, you let him stand
in the stable ard dry with all the dirt on
In England we take the horse as he
comes from drive and sprinkle blood
warm water all over him, from his head
to his feet. Then we scrape him down
and blanket him, rubbing his legs and
face dry. Thus, in an hour he is clean
and dry, and ready TO take a good feed
while, with your way, he will stand and
swelter for hours, and finally dry, sticky
and dirty Our horses never founder
and never take cold We never use a
curry-comb. You scratch your horses
too hard. The only care necessary is to
have the water not too cold; then battle
them quick and blanket them instantly.
while you are rubbing their legs"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16

BRAN BREAD.-This is a capital recipe
for the bread keeps fresh for long time,
and is very easily made Two and one.
half pounds brown -four, d. e., the wheat
as ground, no bran being taken out; one
fourth pound white flour; one half
ounce soda; four teaspoonfuls tartaric
acid; lump Of ammonia the size of a
nut; one and one-half pints of milk and
water, or pure water. Ta be baked in
a tin.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16

JOHN A. CLIFFORD, of Northboro, Mass,
has hen which disowns one of her
chickens on account of its color. He
also has cat which is more humane
than the hen, as she has taken the little
chick under her care, watching over and
brooding it with mothers tenderness
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16

Two HORSES got into fight in a brick.
yard at Bangor, Me-, the other day. and
had to be dubbed senseless before thew
would stop. One of them was ruined
and the other was badly injured. while
thousands of bricks ready for the kiln
were destroyed.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16
A Friend to Horticulture.

LAST season | noticed the ants were
more numerous than had ever known
them to be before We had been expert
menting some in silk-worms, and we found
it very difficult to keep the ants from
them and their cocoons. Then | also
discovered another thing had a hive
that only had few bees in one side, oc-
cupying between two combs, and these
so when got leisure went out to de-
stroy them before any would hatch out
in the miller, and then | found that the
sweep and departed, only leaving holes
in the cocoons to show that they had
been there. | then examined further
about other hives Under them, when
they set on boards, you will generally
find few cocoons OF the moth larvae,
and where | found one there was hole
in them. The idea then struck me, and
suggested il to others, that the ants had
probably played out several OF those in
sects too troublesome to our appie.trees
and fruit, the tent caterpillar and cod
ding moth. And now | find in my
orchard of over 900 trees one nest of
the caterpillar Now, if they found the
coddling moth and cleaned them out as
well, would suggest that the State
Board of Agriculture offer a premium on
the production of ants.
was feeling pretty blue over fruit
prospects in this State Last year, in an
orchard of about 200 trees--large enough,
some Of them, to bear four or five bush
els, and ought TO average a bushel to the
tree at small estimate got six bush.
els, and four of them only fit for cider.
Unless we can meet the coddling moth in
some way apple-raising is played will
watch with good deal of curiosity the
appearance of the moth this season, hop
ing that my supposition will prove true
in relation To them also.-N. Cameron, in
Kansas Farmer.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16

"A left-hand writer in the Scientific
american gives some reasons why it is
better to write as he does. The hand is
never in the way of vision. The pen
point is always in plain sight and SO is
the paper to be written on. There is,
consequently, no inducement to stoop
forward or to turn the head so as to throw
the eyes out of focus, II is a common
fault with those who write much that
the left eye has shorter range than the
right 1t is overworked and compelled
to adapt itself to nearer vision. In writ.
ing with the left hand these evils are
avoided An upright posture is the cas-
lest, and the eyes are equally distant
from the paper.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16

SHE made up in cats what she lacked
in children, chickens or anything else
Miss Mary Mitchell, an elderly lady, who
moved from Amesbury Ferry to New
Boston, n H., who had four loads Of
goods, including fourteen cats.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16

JAM OMELEr.-iSeat up the whites of
four and the yolks Of six eggs with a very
small pinch of salt. Put piece of fresh
butter in the omelet pan, and directly IL
is melted pour in the eggs. As soon as
they are set, field up the omelet, inserting
within the folds as much jam as will lie
in it. Turn out the omelet neatly on its
dish, cover 1t with powdered sugar, and
glaze it with red-hot salamander.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16

FEARFUL-the amount of money thrown
away in not buying shoes protected by SILVER
TIPS. Parents be wise and insist that your
shoe dealer should keep them.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16

THE Nathan mansion, on Twenty-third
street, New York, where occurred the
mysterious assassination of its wealthy
owner four years since, is to be demol-
ished, as the trustees have not been able
to rent or turn to profit the blood-stained
place.
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DIR. Brown-Sequardh .sailed-for-Eu
rope and-hyphens-will now haye-a-rest.--
Dstroit Free Press
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