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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
Industrial.

In Connecticut a worn -out field was
fifty years ago planted in timber. The field
has yielded ten cords per year and fenc-
ing for the farm twenty years past, and
last year, when cleared, produced fifty
cords per acre.
"A new blast oven is in use in
iron-making at Troy. 1t utilities as fuel
the gas generated in the furnace, and, be-
ing placed on the ground, the blast
passes from it into the cupola with little
or no loss of power.
Fine black silk is now manufactured
at Grueteli, the Swiss settlement in
Grundy County, Tenn, which is pro-
nounced by good judges to be of a very
superior quality. 1t is an entirely new
industry in that State.
The forester of the St Paul & Pa
cific Railway Company reports over A.,
100000 trees planted along the lines of
that company since he commenced work
in the spring of last year. Less than
3 per cent have failed and the rest
are doing well. The prairie farmers
along the line are generally following the
example.
"A kind of imitation ivory, called
celluloid" manufactured for knife
handles, martingale-rings, combs, etc, is
found to be so readily inflammable that
its use for domestic purposes should be
carefully guarded. Though nearly as
hard as iron, and very durable for wear,
it ignites quickly at the touch of light
ed match and burns as briskly as any
firework Thus, a celluloid knife in
ones pocket along With loose match
might very easily result in combustion
calculated to produce equal public
establishment and private anguish.
When phosphorus was first used for
the tips of matches, an English chemist,
who is yet living in London, manufac-
tured it for the purpose at $1,000 a
pound! Since then the demand and COM
petition have reduced the price for that
quantity to one dollar, though it was at
one time feared that the demand for
bones for agricultural purposes would SO
increase the cost and reduce the supply
as to keep the expense of the article
always at high figure Phosphorus is
now made from phosphate rocks, of
which there are deposits sufficient in
South Carolina alone to meet the de-
mands of the world for thousands of cen
turtles.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
The New Bankrupt Law.

The principal points Of the new Bank
rupt law passed by Congress are as fol-
lows:
Forty days are allowed to elapse be-
fore merchant or trader who fails 10
pay his commercial paper is liable to be
thrown into bankruptcy. The assent OF
one-fourth in number and one-third in
value Of the creditors is required to throw
debtor into bankruptcy. This provision
relates back to the first Of last Deem
Der. Proceedings may be discontinued
whenever the debtor pays those secured
debts which were the ground OF throw
ing him into bankruptcy, or whenever
the consent Of the court can be obtained
and majority Of the creditors shall ask
for discontinuance OF the proceedings.
In order TO set aside hypothetical
pledges or loans on the bankrupts estate,
1t must appear that the party dealing
with the bankrupt knew that he intend
ed to perpetrate a fraud on the Bankrupt
law, and that he intended TO go into
bankruptcy. When loan is made to
bankrupt in good faith, and security
taken with the intention of aiding him to
pull through, 1t shall be considered as
having actual value and the security shall
not be invalidated by proceedings in
bankruptcy. A voluntary bankrupt may
have his discharge if his estate pays 30
per cent. of his debts, or provided he OBJ
tains the consent of the same number of
his creditors az Is necessary to throw
him into bankruptcy. An involuntary
bankrupt can get his discharge If his
conduct is free from all fraud and he is
innocent Of any violation or infringement
Of the Bankrupt act Assignees are pro
hibited from dividing fees with other per
sons engaged in the case. Compromise
by creditors may be made with the assent
of the debtor, providing majority Of
the creditors join, when approved by the
court, for the release apd discharge Of
the debtor. The fees and expenses are
reduced one-half until the Judges of the
Supreme Court shall establish a perma-
nent reduction and simplify the proceed
ings All the acts Of the persons con
nected with the execution of the law
shall be made public in the full and
minute reports from the Clerk, the as
signee, the Marshal and the Register.
Original jurisdiction is conferred upon
the Territorial Courts, with an appeal to
the Supreme Court of the Territory.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
Religious and Educational.

Forty young ministers will graduate
this year from Allegheny Theological
Seminary, this being the largest number
ever graduating at once from the semi
nary.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of
Camden, n. j., has recovered 81 200 from
the Pennsylvania Railroad for the de
struction of their house of worship, the
fire originating from locomotive sparks.
The Presbyterians of the Southwest
have been planning great Southwestern
University, to take the place of the vari-
Gus colleges which they have founded.
Clarksville, Tenn, is selected as the place,
the city having pledged $lSs, 900 to secure
the location.
"A protest is made by the San Fran
cisco Post against the presentation Of
testimonials to teachers by their pupils,
and also against expensive dressing at
school commandments. Both often in
volye a cruel drag at the pockets of poor
and proud parents.
Arrangements have been made for
holding at Montreal, next October, a con-
ference of the Canadian branch of the
Evangelical Alliance, to which the lead
ing clergymen and layman of the various
PROVINCES VI 1Tedl DTlldlU anu tHc u UlLtu
States have been invited.
The Baptists outnumber all other
denominations in Atlanta Ga, having six
white and seven colored churches. Two
of the white churches have a member
ship of about 400 each, and one
of the colored about 200. The demon.
nation claims about 10000 members in
the State.
Rev. Stephen H. Tying, Jr., in his
Sunday night services discards the white
surplice-wears only the black gown
omits the whole service of evening prayer,
reads only the Apostles creed from the
Prayer Book, makes extemporaneous
prayers, and sings revival hymns printed
on slips of paper.
The Waterman and Reflector attributes
the growing brevity OF pastorates to the
oversensitiyeness of the ministers. Many
of them cannot tolerate word of criti-
cism, nor brook an averted look, nor a
dissenting voice, and thus for very slight
causes separations take place, to the in
jury of pastors and congregations.
Sir Charles Reid lately delivered a
lecture in London on Education in
America" He praised our system OF
SCHOOLS, anu Ill CoHGluslOH salu AS an
Englishman greatly admire the educa-
tioDal institutions Of America, and live
in hope that In two generations Great
Britain may own with pride people not
| less virtuous and even more highly edu-
Gated than their transatlantic cousins.
One Is foremost in the race, the other Is
swiftly pressing on, striving for the mas
terry. God speed them both--for both
shall be crowned as victors, as the cry of
both is For God and our nation"
A letter in the Philadelphia Press
says: "Seventy-six colleges in the
| United States now admit women on equal
terms with men. The presence of men
and women together in the dissecting-
room of the Boston University, which is
| open to both sexes, has an excellent effect.
One of the professors declares that he
has never known the tone of any dissect-
| ing-room to be so elevated and unexcep-
| tionable as this has been, and that he has
never been In any other room for that
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
Personal and Literary.

One of the most fourishing dress
makers in Paris is a Connecticut man.
A firm in Buffalo has raised the wind
to the extent of a snug little fortune by
manufacturing bellows
Bishop Odenheimer, of New Jersey,
has been granted leave of absence for six
months, with $1,GG3 greenback in his
pocket to make his holiday happy.
Mrs. Wynkoop, a strong-minded
woman, has opened real estate Office In
Chicago. and not one of the Chicago
papers has dared to call it hen coop.
Mr. Beecher advises respondent peo-
pie to write down the things that trouble
them, and inspect the list every month
or two, when they will find that their
great tribulations have become very
small.
Another relic of George Washington
has turned up. 1t is the bell formerly
used in his family, weighing six pounds.
As most all of his nurses have died at
advanced ages we must now hear from
ais household furniture.
--Alexandrowna recently had her hand
kissed by the Count Schouvaloff (who was
of sufficient degree to entitle him to
the honor') upon meeting her for the first
time afker her departure from Russia.
Curiously enough the Count escaped
being shoveled off by Alfred.-N. 7.
Graphic.
There is another newspaper para
graph about Mr.. Bret Harte to the effect
that, at the literary dinner party in Chi
cago which his social shyness did not
allow him to attend when first he left
California, there was check for $4,000
placed under the plate from which he
was expected to devour his share of the
tributary banquet!
Several of the most prominent citi-
zens of ST. Louis have formed themselves
into Bridge Monument Association, for
the purpose of erecting colossal bronze
statue of James b. Eads, the chief-engi-
neer of the bridge at that point, with APP
propriate Inscriptions thereon in honor
all his associates in the work of planning
and erecting the great structure. The
project is to be carried out by voluntary
subscription.
The lady who thought Niagara SO
pretty" who found Mont Blanc mice"
and st. Peters "jolly," went to see Mr..
Emerson, not long ago, and reported with
all the enthusiasm of her nature that she
was delighted with the "fluting and
frilling of his involuted words" Where.
upon the Detroit Post has expressed a
mild and innocent surprise, pointing out
that only last year the philosopher had
his words "cut biased, but with plain
border tastefully folded back and secured
with blue ribbon"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

has written letter declining denomination
for Congress.
The Vermont Democratic State Convention,
held at Montpelier on the 18th, nominated
for Governor Hon. w. ii. Ill. Bingham;
Lieutenant-Goycrnor, Henry Chase; Treas
urer, Otis Chamberlin. Resolutions were
adopted renewing devotion TO the Democratic
party; favoring the repeal Of the Prohibitory
law and adoption Of a stringent license law,
and hailing with JOY the prospect OF the early
completion Of the Caughnawaga Canal as ben
cflclai alike to the farmer, manufactures, pro-
Queer and consumer.
A Worcester tMass.) dispatch Of the 18th
says George r. Hoar had determined not to
run for Congress or any other Office next
fall
According to New York telegram Of the
2Gth Henry Ward Beecber had stated, In
answer to a query as to what course he would
pursue in view Of the recent statement
OF Mr. Tilton, that he would not
break the silence he had heretofore
observed Another dispatch Of the
same date says: "Mr. Beecher, In converse
ton with reporter, said he had at present
no intention Of saying anything In reply to the
recent statements. He had a large pastorate
under his charge and had no time for per-
sonal controversies. II, however, the exam
liners Of Plymouth Church should decide that
il would be we'll for him TO speak but in re-
gard 10 the recent letter, he would do 80 with
out hesitation"
Another case Of hydrophobla is reported In
New York, butcher named Mccormick
having died Of that disease, caused by the bite
OF a dog received little over month ago.
A number Of Brooklyn On. ~ ladies have
recently formed an organization for the sup
precision OF corsets and other anti.bealth modes
Of dress A principal article Of their Consti-
tuition is as follows: mo person shall be
eligible to Office In this society who wears
corscts, or who does not wear her clothes sns-
pended from her shoulders, and who docs not
live hygienically"
The Massachusetts Legislature has refused
TO pass License bill over the Governors
veto. The vote stood ITO To 93.
The New York Liberal Republican State
Convention Ia 10 be held at Albany on the 9th
OF September.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
General News Summary.
Washington News.

A recent Washington dispatch says secre-
tary Bristow had refused to accept pair Of
horses and carriage which were rendered TO
him by a personal friend for the use OF his
wife.
In letter TO the Cashier Of a Chicago bank
the Comptroller Of the Currency gives the
following construction Of the new Currency
act in reference TO the reserve required TO be
held by National Banks:
My construction OF the act of June ~. 1874, In
reference 10 the reserve OF the National Banks y
tbat the reserve upon circulation In abolished,
Dut that the National Banks are required 10 Keep
reserve upon deposits. AZ provided In Sections III
and 80 Of the National Bank act, certain proper
ton OF which must be kept on hand, and certain
other proportion with the reserve agents In the
cities enumerated In the sections referred 10.
The banks are also regnised 70 kteep an a dnno.
with the Treasurer OF the United states, which
amount may be deducted from the aggregate
amount Of the reserve required 10 be kept upon
deposits
The Secretary Of thc7 Treasury has in
structed the Assistant Treasurer at New York
TO sell 81 100000 In gold on each Thursday
during July
Recent Washington dispatches state that IT
has been discovered that, by the provisions OF
bill which was quietly passed by Congress
at It's recent session, on complaint for libel In
Washington, an editor Of a newspaper can be
arrested anywhere and conveyed To the ma
tional capital for trial.
The sums designated by the Appropriation
bills as finally passed by Congress during Its
recent session amount in the aggregate 10
$17701s, 1890. The total amount appropri-
ated by the same bills last year was s2oi $780,
1865.
A Washington dispatch Of the Both nlt. says
Minister Gushing had made pcremptory de-
mand upon the Spanish Government for full
indemnity for the Virginius prisoners who
were slain by order Of Gov. Burriel, Of Cuba,
and for consequential damages. The same
authority makes Secretary Fish say that
the American Govcrament had made n
prompt demand, and one quite as decided
and peremptory as that made by the British
Government, for indemnity for the prisoners
who were destroyed and the loss to their
families. Secretary Fish had also stated that
this demand Is in accordance with the pro
tocol concerning the settlement Of the Vir-
ginius affair, apart from the duty imposed
upon the Government 10 claim satisfaction
for such wrongs
large number OF lady clerks In the Treas
ury Department at Washington were dis
charged on the 30th ult.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
Foreign GOSSIP.

The startling declaration is made by
an English writer that the whole civilized
world, regarded as mass, is living be-
yond its means"
The Train-tearing Society of Vienna
and Frankfort-on-the Main each has sew
eral thousand members who are pledged
to omit no opportunity to step on a
woman's train and ruin the dress to which
it is attached if possible.
The past winter in Iceland is re-
ported to have been more severe than
any since 1922. The west coast has been
invaded by quite unusual numbers of
polar bears, unwilling visitors, drifted
thither on floating ice from Greenland.
All the parties implicated in the
burning of the alleged sorceress in
Jacoba, Mexico, are in prison. None of
them can read except one, who is a vii.
lage schoolmaster who SAYS the outrage
would not have been perpetrated had not
the Project sent orders to hurry the exc
cution.
"A barber on the Rhine has recently
celebrated his sixtieth year of service with
the razor. He had during that time
shaved 200,0l2 persons and earned 8. 900
thalers, from which il may easily he
computed that the average price of a
shave in Germany for the past sixty wears
has been less than one cent.
The present Lord Lytton, "Owen
Meredith scarcely comes int possession
OF his baronial title, and the princelv
knebworth, before he is called upon to
mourn the death of his only son. who was
a precociously promising lad, and to fear
that his only remaining child, delicate
girl, may also be taken from him.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
Miscellaneous.

"A story is told of an English wed
ding. While the bridal party were
kneeling around the chancel grooms
man poked the groom in the ribs and
caused the poor fellow to laugh aloud.
The bride followed suit, the bridesmaids
ditto, and the clergyman rose up in his
wrath and said he would not marry such
an impious couple. He retired and
would not return; twelve o'clock came
with the knot united No marriage can
take place in England after that hour, so
the bridal party returned home and
waited another day.
A writer in the F0rtRightly ReUieD
challenges the attention of the British
farmers to the fact that the wages of
agricultural labor have risen all over the
continent within ten years to point
quite as high as the rates which the
Iocked-out farm laborers claim. The rise
of prices at the foundation of value is
one of the great economical mysteries of
the time Is it due to the continued in
fation Of the supply of gold, or is it not
rather due to the prodigious drafts upon
the labor market to supply the immense
armies that now eat up the substance Of
the earth Z?
An article in the Americ0n Journal
of Science and Arts presents the unpleas-
ant animal called the skunk in a new at
titude. 1t appears that at the West
these creatures have a habit Of biting
people at times, and that the bite always
results in hydrophobia. A large number
of cases are cited in illustration. The
hydrophobia produced by other animals
is much less fatal than that from the
skunks From this it is possible to
infer that the disease originated with
these animals, and they have transmitted
it to others, its power being, as always
lessened by transmission. They are its
originators. Then, to carry out sugges
ton offered in the article, it is noticeable
that the odorous secretions of the skunks,
when administered in proper quantities,
have a very beneficial effect upon all
sorts of convulsive trouble and attacks
of that kind. The inference is then made
that the liquid is an antidote for the
poison of the bite, and the idea is thrown
out that in the skunk the source and
cure of hydrophobia may be simulta-
neously discovered if any scientific per
son feels inclined to wrestle with prob
lem of such innate strength.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

"A flock of some zoo silly sheep in a
province of Southern France becoming
frightened, lately, by violent storm Of
wind and rain ran straight into a pond
and were all drowned. A faithful sben-
herd dog that tried to stop this wholesale
suicide was also carried into the water
with the flock and shared the same fate
--Adolph Garden, of Paris, has, in the
course of his life drawn 447 drowned
bodies out of the Seine, and has saved
from drowning 100 persons. His latest
exploit was to rescue man who tried to
commit suicide by leaping off the Point
Neuf, and who was so indignant at being
ayed that he tried to bite off his pre-,
servers nose.
The London Times of a recent date
publishes this advertisement: Should
this meet the eye of the lady who got
into the IL: 80 train at New Cross Station
on Friday, May Is, with two boys, one of
whom was evidently just recovering from
an illness, she may be pleased to learn
that three of the four young ladies who
were in the carriage are very i'll with the
measles and the health of the fourth is
far from what her relations could desire.
--Alphonse Karr writes in the Figaro..
France is in greater danger now than
she was at the epoch of the Prussian in
vasion" 1--WE see around US only greed
and appetites; there is no longer any
question of duty" France is a country
lit is no longer fatherland" "Or
rather it is a gambling table on which
men play with loaded dice and marked
cards" "There are people who inhabit
France-there are no longer any French
men"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

ballot, and favoring the substitution Of
grcenbacks for National currency and the re-
turn to specie basis as speedily as compati-
Bile with the public interests. The following
nominations were made: State TREASURER,
Mai. Little, Of Pana; Superintendent o.
Schools, Mrs. Jennie r Willing, Of Blooming
ton. Professor in the Wesleyan University.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

purpose in which there has been in so
marked degree an absence Of whatever
has the semblance of immodesty or vul-
parity'n
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

THE explosion of 1000 pounds of nitro
glycerine In the Government magazine,
four miles above Shreveport, La, scared
the people worse than the yellow fever
did, but no one was killed by il.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
The East.

The Rhode Island Legislature has adjourned
till January without choosing United States
Senator. The last ballot resulted as follows.
Burnside, AZ; Dixon, 26; Barstow, 10; scat
tering, 10.
Hon. Henry L. Dawes, Of Massachusetts,,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

The Paris Noaiteur holds England re-
sponsible for the escape of Rochefort and
his companions, and declares that the
British Government cannot refuse to en-
ter upon an inquiry as to whether one of
its subjects, in assisting convicts to escape,
has not transgressed international law.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-16

Centdtr Lfnumen.-There is no pam when
the Centam Liniment will moi tctrve,no swell
ing it will not subdue, and no lame lcss when
1t viii not cure. This is strong Language, but 1t
is true. Where the parts are not gone it, elects
are marvellous. II has produced more cures OF
rheumatism, neuralgia, palsy, loekjaw, spiails,
swengs, caked breasts, scalds, burns, salt
rheum, ear-aehe, &c., upon the humaA frame,
and of strains, SPAWN, gals, &C., upon animals
In one year than have all other pretended rem
edes since the world began. II is countrr-ir-
ritant, an all-heaiing pain-reliever. Cripplrs
throw away their clutches, the lame walk, poi
sonous bites are rendered harmless, and the
wounded are healed without scar. 1t is no
llumbug. The recipe is published around each
bottle. 1t is selling as no article ever before
sold, and il sells because il does just what IL
prctends to do. Those who now sullrr from
rheumatism, pain, oil swelling, deserve To sulier
il they will not use Ceuttur l.inment. More
than 1000 certificates of remarkable cues, i'll
Guiding frozen limbs, chronic rheumatism, soli,
running tumors, &c., have been received. We
will send circular containing c''rtiiiclrs, the
recipe, &C., gratis, TO any one requesting it.
One bottle of the yellow wrapper C"ntadr Lin
iment Is worth one hundred dollars lur slaylucd
or sweenied horses and mules, or for screw worm
in sheep Stock-ownefs--this Imminent is worth
your attention. No family should hr wllh"nt
Centaur Liniment. Price, - cents q bottle
large bottles 81. 900. J. Is. l.o.E y Goa,
- Broadway, New York.