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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26

BIRCH BARK The birch bark has
alliances with the world of sentiment
and OF letters. The most poelical repu-
tation of the North American Indian
floats in a canoe made of it; his picture
writing was inscribed on it. 1t is the
paper that nature furnished for lovers in
the wilderness, who are enabled to con-
vcv delicate sentiment by its use,
which is expressed neither in their ideas
nor chirography. 1t is inadequate for
legal parchment, but does very well for
deeds of love which are not meant
usually to give n perfect title. With
care. it may be split into sheets as hin as
the Chinese paper. 1t is SO beautiful to
handle that it is pity civilization cam
not make more use of it. But fancy
articles manufactured from it are very
much like all ornamental work made of
natures perisiI1ble seeds, leaves, cones,
and dry twigs-exquisite while the
pretty fingers arc tashioning it, but soon
growing shabby and cheap to the eye.
Aud Yet there is a pathos in dried
things. whether they are displayed a,
ornaments in some secluded home, or
hidden ieligiousN in au-drawer>
where prptana eyes cannot see how
white tie are growing yellow, and ink
l. iadiug from treasured letters, amid Il
faint and di.coura9iug perfume of an
cicut rose leaves. fhurIeS d. Farmer.
RO>Es A LUXURY OF The ANCIENTs. -
To ENJOY the scent OF roses at meals, all
abundance of rosc-leaves were shaken
on the table, 50 that the dishes were
completely surrounded. BY an artitic-
al contiivance roses durin. the meals
decended on the guests from above.
The Roman Emperor Heliogabalus, in
his Jolly, caused roses TO be showered
down upon his guests in such quantities
that number of them, being unable to
extricate themselves, were soffocated
in flowers. During meal-times they re-
olined on cushions stuffed with rose
leaves, or made a couch of leaves them
selves. The floors, too, were strewn
with roses, and i'll this custom great
luxury was displayed. Cleopatra, at au
enormous expense, procured roses for
least which she gave 10 Anthony, had
them laid Two cubits thick on the floor OF
the banquet-room, and then caused nets
to be spread over the flowers. IN order
to render the footing elastic. HeIio9aba-
lus caused not only the banquet-room,
but also the colonades that led 10 it, To
be covered with roses, interspersed
with lilies, violets. hyacinthes, and mar
cissi, and walEed about ON the flowerv
platform.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26
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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02
Miscellaneous.

"A woman should never consent to be
married secretly. She should distrust q
man who has any reason to shroud IN
darkness the act which in his own esti'
nation should be the browning glory OF
his life
"A lady demonstrated with her hus.
band on her being left to herself good
deal and she quoted Byron's words
" Happiness was born twin" Eyes
dear" replied the husband, "but not a
Siamese twin
The best time to pick out wife is in
housekeeping time. Select one with her
sleeves and skirts pinned up and a mop
pail in her hand The kind that you
don't want go visiting and leave their
mothers and the hired women to do the
work.
Think before you speak what you
shall speak, why you shall speak, to
whom you shall speak, about whom you
are to speak, what will come from what
you may speak, what may be the benefit
from what you may speak, and, lastly,
who may be listening to what you may
speak. Turn your speech seven ways,
and there will never come any harm from
what you have spoken.
Flowers, says a writer in the Galary,
played no unimportant part in the public
and private life of the Greeks and Ro-
mans. At weddings and funerals, at their
fcasts and festivals, upon state occasions,
in their divinations and incantations, and
in the worship of the gods, flowers were
used with lavish hand. At marriage
the bride and her attendants were
crowned with garlands. The dead were
decorated with flowers, and flowers were
placed upon the tomb. All are familiar
with the story of the Greek lover who
placed upon the grave Of his mistress a
basket of acanthus flowers, the leaves of
which, being pressed down by tile, grew
gracefully over the sides Of the basket,
and gave rise to the first idea of the or
nate Corinthian capital. 1t was custom
airy for the guests at feasts to appear
with crowns of flowers upon their heads
flowers decked the walls and tables, and
were profusely strewn over the floors Of
apartments. Victors in the Olympic and
other games were crowned with chaplets
of flowers; no religious ceremony was
complete without them; while each god
had his appropriate emblem
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02

unhesitatingly that hydrophobia "origi
mates, whether in man or beast, exclu
sively by contagion," and adds: The
| carriers of contagion are the ownerless
dogs of large towns
The Cremation Society of Zurich, find
| ing its members roll increased To 600
has offered prize for the best process
of cremation, which 1t, however, requires
as sine qua non to have been practically
tested before competition. A committee
of seven, for the most part scientific men
has been appointed to make the award
Two men have died this year in the
Manchester and Liverpool hospitals from
mere fear of hydrophobia. Perhaps, y
says writer in an English paper, these
are not the only instances OF the unin-
territorial but fatal mischief done by
panic-mongers. Such persons have loss
of life and the anxiety OF thousands To
answer for"
An individual is said to have recently
committed suicide in a Partisan hotel, his
headless body being found in his room, to-
gether with letter containing the fol-
lowing bewildering statement: was
bored, and have killed myself. Let no
one be accused Of my death. Do not
look for my head; have hidden it my
self in order not to be recognized"
An English paper says: "The lords
of ladies intellectual and husbands OF la
dies who speak their mind, are just now
trembling in their shoes. A short time
ago the Count of Monticello met at a
ball in Paris the Princess Metternich, who
cut him, and when asked for an expla-
.. La ~ a.
man who had betrayed bis benefactress,
marches of and challenges madam's hus-
band to mortal combat"
Prof. Bunsen, of Heidelberg, must
be the modern Job, if his patience
is equal to his misfortune. Going out for
short walk, recently, he left upon his
writing table the complete manuscript Of
great work on chemistry which he had
spent four years in preparing for the
press During his absence some matches
lying on the desk were ignited by the
heat Of the sun, and he returned TO find
his whole literary treasure, including the
invaluable collection of notes gathered
for its composition, reduced to ashes.
The special correspondent of the Lon
don Times in the locked-out districts has
called attention to the wretched manner
in which thousands Of Englisbmen are
housed, or rather hoveled, more like pigs
In sly than human beings. "There Is
nothing new in this" adds The Eraminer.
ave have known it ever so long, and do
not seem to care. In London itself there
are man piggeries which will stand com
parison with any in the Kingdom; and we
almost wonder that Parliament has never
thought of setting up the worst of them
in corner Of Hyde Park that all the
world may see this grand net result of
English civilization"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02

The selling of poisonous drugs is regu-
| lated by law; the storing of gunpowder
| and nitro-glycerine obeys ordinances en-
acted for safety; certain diseases are
hunted out of town by sanitary regula-
ton hounds; wooden buildings are for
hidden within limits; any one seen rush
| ing wild-eyed toward the river Is caught
| and locked up away from water; but a
woman with can of coal-oil in one
hand and lighted match in the other is
exempt from personal fear and inter-
ference. She is in a hurry to cook or
wash or iron or warm up; she forgets or
disregards the daily newspaper warning,
sights the memory of her lost friends,
and rushes headlong into the fiames. 1t
looks like madness There must be a
serpentine fascination always fatal to
woman, about coal-oil Men are not adj
dicted to that sort of rashness in the
very face of death, but women appear
to be hopelessly charmed by the terror
of the danger. The grim monster glow
ers in every kitchen closet where there
is the faintest smell of benzine, and
a grinning skeleton walks out rat
Ting its shiyering bones behind
every woman who carries a can OF
kerosene and lighted match toward a
pile of wood. The fiery monster has as
many titles as Satan When it becomes
particularly obnoxious under one name it
takes another, but they all mean DEATH
and they always tempt the woman to her
destruction. They are perfectly innocent
and non-explOsive, and the only result is
light, and comfort, and boiling pot, and
this the vendors well know. And woman
has thousand times tasted the fruit and
given in her experience, and still woman
is not afraid to try it again. The last
trial that has come to light was in Cincin-
natl the other day. A young Hollander in
that city married young wife about a
week ago, and the couple had gone to
housekeeping in the neat and comfortable
style for which Hollanders are noted. The
wife was only sixteen, and her father and
mother had just paid the new and happy
family a visit The child-wife wants a
quick fire for tea. She is tempted by a
can of coal-oil Before her husband and
parents can get to her she is in a whirl-
wind of fire. They make frantic efforts to
save wife, and child, and hope, in one,
and all are badly burned, the husband Sc
riously. When the flames have done their
work the crisped body of the girl is gasp
ing its last, and beside his dying wife lies
the man suffering unspeakable torments.
And the parents watch by them, and the
neighbors 90 fin and out speechless; and
the woman next door will tomorrow call
he coal-oil fiend out of the closet to help
her kindle her kitchen fire. At least this
would be conformable to all past expert
ence in the history of kerosene, and thus
women have their way.-St. Louts Re-
publican.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02

ID. d., of New York, writes to deny that
what are commonly known as the Con
necticut Blue Laws" ever had an actual
existence.
Mr.. Hammerton wrote his /" Intellect
ual Life" twice, burning up the first copy
because he was dissatisfied with it, and
then writing it over again. The majority
of authors ought to follow his example
at least the first half OF it.
Mrs NJ Adele Hazlett, Of Michigan,
Is said TO be the founder Of secret So
ciety of women, entitled "The Order OF
the Temple" Mrs. DR. Peterman, of
Marshall, Is Worthy Mistress OF the
Temple in that city. VINO will dare
hereafter to say that women cannot keep
secret?
--Bostonians are collecting books for
the Mill River sufferers. A few standard
works on engineering for the builders OF
the dam, with scrap-book OF newspaper
excerpts concerning the recent disaster,
should be included in the donation.
-" Mr.. George w. Curtis" says the
Boston Tyunscriyt, " in Music Hall, Tues
day. spoke Of FaneuiI Hall several times,
and AT each time pronounced the word
u
So did Edward Everett whenever he had
occasion to use it, Whence is the author
ity for such pronunciation"
The steward Of Vassar College, ac-
cording to Edward Everett Hale, !" Is a
man Of genius who watches the varying
appetitcs Of his charge, as a whole, as a
mother might watch the appetite OF an
only child He told me that he could
often tell in advance by the weather
whether the girls would be hungry or
not, and how large a share OF the dinner
he provided would be consumed"
The Boston Truyelier thinks that there
must be something wrong either with the
recent great wedding or the illustrated
papers. If Mr.. Sartoris married the
young lady whose picture is published in
Huper's Weehiy he has Tilted the poor
girl in Trunk Lesiie's, and If he has
welded the latter his conduct toward the
owner Of the pretty face in the Graphic
is In the highest degree reprehensible.
Will the artists EXPLAIN
"A London letter to the CoIifornia Mems
Letter tells pathetic story OF two Cali
fornia poets stranded in Rome, where
they arc patiently awaiting remittances
to enable them to pursue their travels.
They are occupying conformity $l2
per month room In the Eternal City and
subsisting for six days out of the seven
on diet Of bread, coffee and maccaroni,
at an expense of thirty cents per day
each Joaquin Miller is one OF them.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.


Patrick Condor, a Potosi Wis. )farmer,
was instantly killed the other day by his
team running away. His body when
found was horribly mangled
Nicholas Ward, much-esteemed
citizen of Mount Sterling, ILL.,, fell from
a second story window TO the sidewalk,
a few days ago, and was instantly killed.
"A little four.year-old child of Peter
Kelly, OF Fond du Lac, Wis, while play
ing with matches few evenings ago, set
fire 10 bis clothes and was so badly
burned that he died next morning.
"A boiler In the wheelbarrow factory
at Coldwater, Mich, exploded "a few days
ago, and killed two persons and severely
wounded five others. A defect in the
boiler was the cause Of the accident.
The express train on the Michigan
Central Railroad recently ran over and
killed Hart SpafIord, one Of the best
esteemed citizens OF Battle Creek, Mich.
Mr.. Spafford was cighty-five years old
and very deaf, and did not hear the APP
proach Of the train.
Samuel Wallace recently undertook
TO ride a wild, unbroken colt into Green
Bay, but when within about a mile Of
the city the colt took fright, throwing
Wallace against tree, breaking bis arm
and leg and 50 badly injuriDg him other
wise that he died in the course Of an
hour.
"A few days ago, at Providence, T. j.,
four or five little boys on their way 10
school found physicians medicine case
by the wayside, and Immediately pro-
ceeded to take the contents into their
stomacbs. The consequence was that one
was killed, and the others were, at last
accounts, likely TO die.
"A Chinaman was recently pcddling
fish In the streets Of San Francisco, when
somebody set vicious bulldog upon the
Mongol. The first intimation the China
man had of an attack was the closing Of
a pair of savage jaws upon one Of his
wrists A rafting combat ensued, and
for a moment 1T was doubtful which
would gain the mastery, until presently
the blade of an cighteen-incb knife
cleaned for an instant and then was
buried in the body Of the dog, producing
breach that permitted the canine vital
ity to subside as with IA breath AT the
very moment of this sanguinary work
another huge brute, OF the Newfound-
land breed, came dashing up and made
spring at the ChiDamanS throat. The
gladiator stood ready for the attack and
caught the second foe by the throat. In
moment more the Newfoundland dog
had received his death wound, and the
Chinaman trottcd away as If nothing ex-
tra0rdinary had happened.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02
The Coal.Oll Flend.

THERE Is no law anywhere against
people using coal-oil for "kindling" If
they choose; and it seems that the list of
burnings to death from this habit, car
ried forward from day to day, has no
terrors for woman who wants to kindle
fire quickly and has can Of coal oil
in the house. A funeral of coal-oil
victim may daily pass her window; or
she may have just returned from laying
her mother or sister away in the grave
cause OF death, coal-oil; the woman
wants quick fire, she pours coal-oil over
the wood and lights the fire at the i'm.
minent risk Of taking the coal-oil train
for the other world 1t is chariot of
fire, and the baggage left behind by those
who have gone up in 1t is neither re.
membrancer nor warning to those into
whose possession the old clothes fall
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02
The Hardship OF Work.

MURAT HALsTEAD, one of the most
practical of American Journalists, gives
M his recipe to make a capitalist--Six
teen hours of work per day for sixteen
years; and IL may be considered infalli-
Bile. The good, indefatigable worker is
sure some day 10 become capitalist to
a greater OF less extent. All our great
men are great workers. No man even
achieved eminence who commenced by
reducing his hours of labor 10 The small
est number per day, and no man ever
worked very hard and attained fortune
days as the happiest Of his life.
The fact Is, work is the best thing we
have got, and the more we can do the
better II Is for US; not In money point
of view alone, but from moral and in
,ellectual point of view. Work is not a
hardship; it Is the want of IL that is the
hardship.
How good work is to us! how many
good things 1t brings US! 1t lightens oul
griefs, soothes our disappointment s and
brightens the darkest day as nothing else
can. 1t gives US home, friends, good
things to eat, clothes to wear, pleasan,
objects for the eyes TO rest upon II
makes us able to crafty the wishes OF
those nearest and dearest to u.s. and II
constantly makes the world better to look
at--better to live in.
Let us magnify work, then; love and
honor work, not whine over it and com
plain Of it. Let us sing its praises, re-
ioice over it and show our real apprecia
ton of all it is and all it does for us by
doing our share of it well, by putting the
best that is in US into our work and leav,
ing il as q memorial of which we shall
moi be ashamed. and Home.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02
Foreign Gossip.

The Journal de Nice speaks of the dis
covery of conspiracy to manage the
escape of Marshal Bazaine from the
island of st. Marguerite.
Street railroads do not answer in
Birmingham. A company which has
been In operation for three years past
has spent 100000, and lost $4,000 In the
working Of the lines.
"A game of chess on very extensive
scale will shortly be played between En-.
glish and French players for 10000 francs,
Notice of every move will be conveyed
between Paris and London by telegram,
and three days will be allowed for each
move.
DIR. Burden Sanderson, a physiologist
of high distinction in England, asserts
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02
Personal and Literary.

Senator Jones, of Nevada, has pur.
chased the st. james Hotel property in
New York city.
The philosophical gourmand Of the
Detroit Free Press thinks that life has
increased charms during strawberry sea-
SON"
The Lexington (Ky) Daily Press has
suspended. The editor says 1t was like
trying TO draw saw-log up hill with a
yarn rope.
Weston, the walkist, 1t Is stated, will
90 to Europe next fall, and show the be.
l,ighted nations how an enlightened
American can walk.
"A correspondent OF the Chicago
I,,ter-Ocean, the Rev. Absalom Peters
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02

COLUMBUS discovered America, but II has
been found that the only economical Shnas
for children are the celebrated SILVER
TIPPED. Never wear out at the toe. and are
worth two pairs without Tips. -
All Dealers sell them.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02
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seats when wanted by the former. The Society
took measures to reorganize the Fraternity,
aud to provide regular serles OF thoroughly en-
tertainiug soclablcs-
TIE THOMAS TESTIMONIAL.
The popularity OF Mr. 1lleodote Thomas WAS
fully confirmed Dy the large audience At the tes-
sltn.tlal concert rendered him by certain OF his
friends and adDsrcrs Ill this city. Tbs concert
WAS spontaneous sribut~ Of Chlcago's appre-
citation Of 1Ir. ILomas' merits. and ils success
will tend to cement more closely the
bond OF sympathy already we'll established
between him aud the people OF this city. The
concert itself was emiuently satisfactory, and
tle assistance given by - home talont " was at
once appropriate and creditab1e. Mrs. Huck's
presence IN tie coucert-rooEn is always welcome,
and her eongs last night were received with
something llke enthusiasm. AE. Goldbeck's
quiD.otte was the central object of interest.
The work iB OF the higher order Ut musical COM
position, to Which Mr. Goldbeck intends 70 de-
vote himself very assiduously in tue future lie
already we'll in this field, and has Doth the
application aud industry. and we believe also the
His quintetto last night WAS in good hands.
as played by himself aud four OF A1. Thomas
leading musicians. More Thorough rehearsal
would unquestionably have brought the per-
formance nearer the ideal it reached after but
good ldea Of the composition MAS given and it
was vol received by the musical people. The
orchestral selections Of tho evening, which wero
varied in character, we're given with the usual
eclaf Of this admirable combination. and the A.
fair was, altogether, everything that Mr. Thomas
and his most devoted friends could have asked.
1t was tit closing OF remarkably successful
series Of conceTts-