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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.


A Florence fsfass) man, while en-
joying bis sausage, recently. found him
self eating twenty fiye-cent scrip. The
dog had probably swallowed it.
John Clark, the engineer Of the
water works at Harrisburg, Pa, was
lately killed by the pressure Of the water
forcing off the cap Of twenty.inch
main.
An Ohio brakeman named Mullins,
in trying TO get off train the other day
while in motion, at London, missed his
hold and had both his legs cut off just
above the knees
Samuel Payson and wife, of North
Warren, Me-, were recently found dead
in their beds, having been sufocated ~
the gas which escaped from coal stove
during the night.
"A farmer named Lewis, living near
Mansfield, Ohio, while cutting fodder
with steam cutting machine the other
morning, had his left arm drawn in and
cut off inch by inch nearly to the elbow
before the machine could be stopped
"A man named Patrick Norton, of
Bangor, Me-, being incensed because
some boys threw mud at him, entered
the school-room and beat two innocent
boys and then Selling the mistress threw
her down stairs, injuring her severely.
"A daughter Of Hon. George r. Tai
bot, of Portland, Me-, was taken quite
i'll at a hop at the Falmouth Hotel In
that city the other night, and 1t appears
that she wore an arsenic-green tarletan
dress and was poisoned by absorbing the
arsenic.
Two colored girls in want of a new
bonnet placed distractions on the Will
mington e. Weldon Railroad, near War
saw, N. c., the other day, 1t is
said, for the purpose of killing some
ladies on the train that they might Sc
cure the bonnets.
Roland Patterson, a colored man of
almost gigantic size and great strength.
died recently in Lancaster, Pa, Of hem
orrbage brought on by injuries received
by performing some extraordinary feats
Of strength. He was almost seven feet
in height, and in his best days
frequently carried barrel of -four
under each arm, and could, unaided, put
hOgshead of sugar on end.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31

mated that 10 per cent. OF the value OF
the California wheat crop Is expended In
the purchase of coarse jdte, cotton and
linen bags.
Prof. Dana, OF Yale College, has been
making a geological tour through por-
tons OF Connecticut, and recently visited
the region of the great swamp on the
Housatonic Railroad, where he dis
covered indications of the great glacier,
which geologists believe made its way
from Canada to the ocean, and marks of
which are found all over New England.
Some rocks, just uncovered by the open
ing of a new road, showed the scratches
distinctly.
"A printers tournament recently took
place at Washington, ID. G. There were
eight entries in the first class: type, non
pariel; time, three hours The first
prize, a solid gold composing-stick, was
won by s. N. Bennerman, who set 5,070
ems. The second prize, solid silver
conrposing-stick, full newspaper size,
was won by r. A. Mclean, who set 1908
ems the third prize, Menamin's Encyclo-
pedia Of Printing, was won by w. w.
McCollum, who set 4,720 ems. In the
second class-time, one hour and thirty
.minutes--W. w. Maloney was awarded a
silver composing, stick, newspaper size,
having set 2,278 ems; Frank A McGill,
German silver composing-stick, full size
1880 ems; H. NJ Hartman, Harpels Ty-
pograph, 2,187 ems. In the long-primer
class-time, one hour and thirty minutes
j. II. Mcbride was awarded the first
prize, solid gold composing
breast-pin size, he having set 2,l28 ems I;
O. j. s. Hunnicut, an American En-
cyclopedia of Printing" 2,037 ems; and
II. G. Turleton, Thermometer, 1883
ems
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31
Miscellaneous.

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When man is weak and weary at
night no friend will stand by him longer
than lamp-post.
"A woman's chief pride is in preserv-
ing her hair. This observation does not
apply to female cooks.
"A Milwaukee paragraphist recently
referred to his fool luck. A simple state
ment that the luck was his would have
been Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Western ice-dealers are already pre-
pairing to double their prices next sum-
mcr, upon the ground that the crop will
be almost entirely eaten up by the grass.
hoppers.
The "voice Of nature" is particular
ly distractiDg to the young father who,
in the middle of the night, clutches fran
tically at the paregoric bottle and finds
it empty.
Sick people, as rule, like to lie on
the side facing the light. It's different,
however, with man who comes home
" sick" from the lodge. He'd just as lief
shove his head into coalscuttle as
not
"A gentleman who has watched the
weather forty years says that when the
first snow is followed by rain, such is the
case with every snow-storm OF the win
ter. This he claims is not theory, but
is knowledge gained by actual obser-
walton by himself for the last forty
years and by his father for thirty years
previous.
The Lynchburg Virginian says:
" Within the memory of the oldest in
habitant there never was anything like
the influx of tobacco we are having now.
The town is daily inundated with it. The
warehouses are all over-run with the
weed, and the streets are blocked with
wagons. The sales are protracted into
the night and it is difficult then to get
around Notwithstanding the manner in
which the market is crowded, the prices
keep up, and the planters are reaping
harvest"
John Fl. Austin, of New Britain,
Conn, lost valuable horse in singular
manner the other afternoon. 1t was
hitched to an iron capped post, and be-
came frightened by the cars, reared up,
descending on the post, which pierced his
body, where he remained transixed for
half an hour, uttering pitiful screams,
1t being impossible to release him, owing
to his desperate Efforts to get free. The
post was finally sawed Off with long
saw, but he was Immediately shot, his
wound being considered fatal
How is this for pictures Pretty,
bright, blue-eyed, country girl, sitting In
the rear Of market.wagon beside bar
rel of big red apples, which the same
her cheeks resemble, munching at fall
pippin in maiden meditation fancy free,
swinging distracting pair of round
ankles hither and yon, while "the feet
beneath her petticoat stole in and OUT
not exactly like "little mice" but, say,
like yearling shoats A little brother
wallowing in the straw beside her like
goodnatured Newfoundland pup, paw
Ing her and teasing her, and giving fur
tive kisses between bites on the ripe and
rayishing red lips. 1t is such piety as
this that teaches US to be contented with
our lot, even if it has several mortgages
and special assessments on it.-Ohio
State Journal.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31
New Way to Cure the Nose.BIeed.

Many and various are the methods
now In use for curing the nose bleed,
but the following Is the most original
mode that has ever come TO our notice
An elderly gentleman stopped at Noyes'
restaurant the other day to obtain din
ner He was early and but one or two
others we're in the diningroom at the time.
No sooner had he seated himself and Civ.
en- his order than his nose began to bleed.
He took things very quietly, pulled out
his handkerchief and proceeded to
staunch the blood. Now Noyes has q
fne-looking, handsome German girl who
waits on the table. She has got heart
as big as an OK and she could not refrain
from rendering some assistance to the
suffering gentleman; so she rushed back
INTO the kitchen and, procuring large
glass OF ice-cold wster, returned to where
the man was sitting. She approached
him from the rear and when she got
within reaching distance leaned over
and let him have the ice-water fun on
the back of the neck, at the same time
making the remark: Dere, now, take
dat, dat does you goot." The elderly
gentleman did not wait to see what effect
II would have, but, letting yell out Of
him, fell backward, upsetting the table
In such manner as to throw the caster,
dishes, meats, coffee ard everything else
full on top of himself. Noyes rushed tc
his assistance, and the poor girl fled the
house and was not seen for twenty -four
hours afterward. When the old man
rose to his feet he looked as though he
had been in the swill business all his life
He was covered from head to foot with
his intended dinner. As soon as he re-
gained sufficient presence of mind to re-
member what had happened he said he
never experienced such shock since the
day he first saw light, and If he was ever
taken with the nose bleed again he
would be certain that no German girls
were around him to tender their assist
ance.--Gold HiA (Ncp.) Ne,cs.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31

Prof. Tyndall Is on the war-path.
His cry is up, an atom" - Commercial
AdpertSser.
"A sewell's Point (Me.) mans twenty
seven children have just congratulated
him on his eighth marriage.
The badge worn by the editors of the
Yaie Couraat is a delicate gold quill with
the name of the paper engraved upon It.
A Sillygism: The good die young
BRIGHAM, the Mormon, will die Young.
Therefore, Brigham Is good.--LosceH
Courier. f4
Gen Longstreet is in very bad health.
His right leg Is crippled by disease, and
his suiferings have left their marks upon
his face.
The Boston editor will never use the
word although" where notwithstand-
ing" will answer the purpose. -Ail,oaukse
Sentinel. ). 49, EkE
Horace Greeley once said that
whether woman was equal to man or not
depended on who the man was and who
the woman was.
Mark Twain denies that he has any
use for cane on account of lameress,
but could find use for one were he to
meet the fellow who says he is lame.
Emerson Wight, the newly-elected
Mayor of Springfield, Mass, has two
wooden legs, having lost both of his
natural ones by railroad accident
several years ago.
AT the close of one of his mastery
efforts, Lyman Beecher was met at the
foot of the pulpit with the inquiry, How
long did 1t take you to prepare that dis
courses" /" Forty years." was the lacon-
ic reply.
Brigham Young is himself again;
that is, he liz the same old Young he ever
was, being again quite restored to health
He was recently at st. George, Utah, in
company with q few other leading
polygamists.
Charlotte Cushman, In her affecting
farewell speech, said she expected to
give readings hereafter. This calls TO
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31

1t is sometimes as convenient to be
great in little things as it is important TO
be great in big ones, and landlady tes-
titles that the greatest man who ever
boarded with her was gentleman who
never complained if there were not
Knives and forks enough to go round,
but placidly went to work with his fingers
as If knives and forks were the super
fuous outgrowth of too luxuriant civil
iZation
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31

"A seller of goods, chattels or other
property commits no fraud in law when
he neglects to tell the purchaser of any
flaws, defects or unsoundness in the
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31

ANNA s. GETsINGER, Of Honesdale, Pa,
writes the following: "After suffering for
nearly two years from neuralgia in the breast,
passing up into the throat, face snd head, |
was entirely cured and restored tn health by
using DR.. L. Q. C. Wisharts Pine Tree Tar
Cordial"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31

FEARFUL-the amount of money thrown
away in not buying shoes protected by Sill
YER TIPS. Parents ne wise and insis that
your shoe-dealer should keep them.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31
Religious and Educational.

The reputed grave Of ST. Patrick is
marked only by an "unsightly hole"
but the Pilot suggests a way to remedy
this neglect; Half dollar apiece from
the men who usually parade ON st. Pat
rick's Day would raise over the grave of
the saint the grandest marble monument
in the world"
1t seems that the Austrians propose
TO make an actual trial of the model
American school house exhibited at vi.
emma at the Worlds Fair Baron Schwarz-
Sanborn, the Austrian Minister 10 the
United States, reports that 1t is now
moved and used as school-house of
Kalsburg, a suburban town near Vienna.
The Zezidis, curious sect, who, to
the number of 10000, maintain them
selves in part of Kurdistan, believe
that Satan, after having by a long pill
grimage through the world atoned for
his pride and revolt against God, has
been pardoned and resumed his place
before the Superior Being, of whom he Is
the lieutenant and the word"
The statistics Of German Methodlsm
in the United States for 1874, according
to DIR. Liebhart, of Cincinnati, are as fol-
lows: Members and probationers, 80,
17S; local preachers, 1878; churches, 552 !;
value, 81, 039, 215; parsonages, 554; value,
$341 ,475 expended for church build
ings, $1S7, 090 for ministerial support,
1886, 200, Sunday-scbools, 647; officers
and teachers, GAS; scholars, 32,011; IL
brary books, 65,046.
These are the wise injunctions of
the Rhode Island SchOotnaaster:: Teach
the pupil to think for himself. Avoid
routine. Do not be more anxious to dis
play your own knowledge Of the subject
under discussion than you are to draw
out that of the pupil Make haste slow
ly. BE sure of each step before you at
tempt the next. BE thorough. De not
permit the brightest and most forward
In the class to do all the answering. De-
vote the greater portion of your atten-
ton to the dull and backward ones"
The Philadelphia Ledger has the fol-
lowing In reference to the neglect of read.
ing in our common schools: "There is
one part of common school education
which should have the most careful study
of school boards and teachers. Children
are taught the alphabet, and they then
receive some rudimentary lessons In
reading, that is TO say, In the combina-
ton Of letters TO form syllables, and of
syilables to form words. They are taught
spelling as an act of memory, and when
more advanced they are exercised in
definitions or expositors, or diction-
aries in various forms, which seem de-
signed to give each word its distinct and
separate meaning, the pupil taking one
word at time and consideringit as ii it
were the only thing of the kind In exist
cnce. When pupil has become tolera-
bly, well advanced in the various studies
which form the school course, as geogra-
ply, physiology, grammar, arithmetic and
other branches, he has only incidentally
learned to read and perhaps has learned
to like reading But to reading, rs q
separate and important branch Of educa-
ton, the prevailing idea Of teaching does
not give due prominence"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31
Industrial.

--Ashtabula, Ohio, is engaged In prep.
arations for the manufacture of cheese
to weigh fourteen tons, for the Centen-
nial. f
The manufacture OF brushes, feather
busters and the like Is fast becoming an
important feature among the industries
of Detroit
ALI the iron and steel works and the
lock factory in Norwalk, Conn, employ
ing over 900 men, are now idle. About
500 men connected with building and
quarrying are also idle. e.s
The coal field of Indiana covers near.
ly 1000 square miles of the southweste n
section, capable Of yielding 20, 0O0, GOO
tons, and Is traversed by five Weston
railways. All qualities Of coal are found
In this field, from the block"--a min
cral charcoal, free from sulphur and
phosphorus-to the strong steam and
gas making bituminous. saH
The jute cloth which enters SO large.
" into the manufacture OF grain bags in
this country, especially in California, is
mostly made at Dundee, Scotland, where
there are fifty-nine immense mills, one
OF which EMPLOYS 5000 workmen, en-.
gagged In the manufacture. Il Is esti.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31

Whenever man Is ashamed of his
religion, whatever b Is, il Is pretty Ger.
tain that he has but little of 1t,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31

"A recent patent. for a map consists
In having those portions Intended TO rep
resent the rivers, lakes and oceans filled
with actual water. This is done by at
taching the map to q back of wood Of
sufficient thickness. The rivers, ETC., are
dug out, filed with water and glazed.
Such maps may be hung upon the wall Ia
the usual manner.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31
WlShAR1'S
Pine Tree TarC0rQial

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visit TO Philadelphia three years aeo. wassus
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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-31
Foreign GOSSIP.


h0gshead OF sugar on end.
Foreign Gossip.
in Australia apples are sold at twenty
five dollars per barrel.
"A Spanish woman's mantilla is held
sacred by the laws of Spain and cannot
be sold for debt.
The most beautiful of all hot-house
plants, the camelia, grows wild in the
hedges Of japan.
AN American dentist has just opened
a shop in the Eternal City. He proposes
to make "Rome howl"
In China they do really chop a con-
tractors head off il he makes false esti-
mates in Government work.
-Constantinople has lately organized
a fire brigade, consisting of 2, 800 men,
regularly drilled and equipped.
The police, assisted by force of
volunteers, forcibly drove the gold brok-
ers off of the streets of Havana the other
day
The house in which the late Prof.
Agassiz was born, at Molier, Switzerland,
has had memorial tablet placed upon
It's front.
"A woman who was recently hanged
in England asked to suckle her infant as
the last act before ascending the scaffold
Boston Post,
In New Zealand they want a
man to gil public office, the salary Of
which is 81 800 gold, and they have to
advertise for him.
On French railways there is sensibly
less travel on Fridays than on other days.
Receipts for that dav by comparison
with other days are AZ six to ten.
Notice to Cannibals--M. Moca,
French scientist, has discovered that the
flesh of the Caucasian Is bitter and salty,
while that OF the black Is Of finer flavor,
and will keep much longer.
-" Practical instruction In beggary"
is given in London by Prof. Rosnoy He
furnishes dogs taught TO lead the blind,
twin children of unhealthy appearance,
and other accessories Of the sort.
To avoid mortifyinga lovers family,
who arc very poor, Montreal heiress
was married the other day in plain
Swiss muslin costing $40, while her un-
derclothing was valued at $4,000.
AT Ennis, Ireland, recently, man
three feet four inches In height was mar
ried to woman who Is five feet ten
inches. He probably wanted to have the
figures average as well as possible.
In Queen victoria's crown there are
1893 brilliant diamonds, 1878 rose dia-
monds and 147 table diamonds, one large
ruby, seventeen sapphires, eleven enc
raids, four small rubies and PIT pearls.
Building In Italy would seem to be a
peculiarly dangerous occupation. A new
Office Is being erected in Rome for the
Ministry of Finance. The other day a
workman fell from the scaffolding and
was killed, making the hundredth victim
Of accidents upon the same building.
The London correspondent of the
Belfast Neps Letter says: 81 was as
sured the other day that when the Red
Gauntlet, passenger ship employed in
the station between London and Bonn
bay, was unladen at the latter port it
was discovered that cask of gunpowder
had been slowed Unfortunately in the
hold with other goods, and that it was
found next to a large case Of matchesl"
IMduafrfNl.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-31
DODD'S EXPRESS COMPANY.

Express Companies Not Liable to Tax ON
Their Gross ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS De-
cisiOn.
In the United States Circuit Court yesterday
before Judge Nathaniel Shipman, an action of
somewhat important character was tried. Alexan-
der Spading, Collector Of the Eighth Internal
Revenue district caused q duty OF three per cent
Oh the gross receipts of Dodd's Express Company
to be levied. He claimed that his action in this re-
spect was sustained by section 1o4 Of the Act Of
1854 This law Is to the effect that all persons do
ing express business are bound to pay q
tax OF three per cent on the gross re-
amount claimed under protest and then brought
the present suit to recover back the sum thus
paid Counsel for the express company con-
tended that the business they transacted was
merely OF
ALOCAL CHARACTER,
the city; that, under the terms OF the law, they
could not be regarded as an express company,
and that therefore the government could not
legally demand the tax from them. The Judge
stated that his opinion was that the act
had reference only to large express COM
advanced the proposition that the act applied TO
all who did any business as express companies.
The amount claimed in this case Is but $780, Judge
Shipman directed verdict for the express COM
pany The matter thus disposed OF was q test case,
but other suits in relation to the same point In
had been under the consideration OF the Secretary
OF the Treasury and the commissioner OF Internal
Revenue and the conclusion they arrived at was
that it was not within the power OF the Collector
TO exact the tax, but pending the result OF TINS
suit they had declined making any final decision.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-31
THE COURTS.
THE PROPOSED PARADE GROUNl
The Grand Jury on HarbOr Distractions
End Street EnCumbranceS.
Express Companies Not Liable to Tax oil
Gross Receipts-Important Decision.
BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS.

The Grand Jury, in the Court OF General Ses-
sions. closed their labors yesterday Before their
discharge they made an important presentment to
the Court in which they reviewed the subject OF
the harbor obstruction arising from the discharge
OF river silt excavated from the docks, and OF coal
cnders and ashes from steam vessels on the
waters OF the bay and rivers adjacent to the city,
the discharge OF liquid refuse from gas works into
the sewers under the streets leading to the rivers
DC; and submitting tnat in their opinion, the law
was violated thereby, and requesting the attention
or the Mayor and the Departments OF Public Works.
Docks, Health and Buildings to the same, 30 that
measures may be adopted to remedy the evils
arising therefrOm
In to-days law reports will be found that OF
suit against the city in which not only the verdict
was recorded against the city, but o severe Gen.
sure passed upon the Comptroller The jury, In its
verdict, says 'that the Comptroller was guilty Of
negligence amounting to bad faith," this alleged
bad Iath having reference to the retention OF pa
pers necessary for levying the assessment for the
grading and regulating OF a portion OF Seventy
ninth street.