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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-08

In kis interesting Memorials of Mil
ss.nk aaa Charters in Prison Hisfzszy,
lNra Gr4sfSssss telss The following story ~
ssas az fae cid inmates Of Nillhank, uhlea
sAowy sAN !, i moi always beauty, wealth
ans rs0rxi worth that win woanAn
hear The hero. who i called Is bad
tskfa ais agraosna A. surgeon, and hsa
fyrarsSrsea a. such In many parts Oh lsf
raansrv His ofen~c was bigssny on
1.rce scalc-~he was guilty Of series Q
I,nsrrsess ae~gtssinns. sn.tlsas IL was slid Tie
srTre h es,s1rf When this Blue Beard was
faasi, arrasgnei snd All his victims ap-
Tsr.,rd a~aiEss him Was painful in the ex-
$500 IT, vras brought % book by the
frsord "a \ Young lady 20 whom hc Was
,-,-.v., 4, ray Ms attentions This gentle
c..n ring @gynewi hal suspicious, niaaie In
,yg,svss.s asa discovered enough 10 have h ar
rs..s,d Fe,ur different certificates OF mar.
rsare vrre pus In evidence. IL seemed
fbas although already married in Cornwall,
he yuoytri thence and took practice In
aY,oiAer county. where be became acqnaint-
"a wiiA 4 lady residing In the Deighbor.
br..l Who had little money Of her owTl
r.. ,n,,le her an offer, married her, sad
tben found tina, BIZ marriage she forfeited
ne annuity abe previously enjoyed. After
4 sl,ort time he deserted her, having first
olaained t,csssssion Of all her clothes, fur
ufture. tyfnkets and 80 forth. which be sold.
Eis next affair was on board an East India.
man hound h Calcutta. in which he sailed
- s,,rg.on-wishjng. doubtless, to keep
ou, ~ the way for while. Among the
,a4senoers was Miss Il, only fifteen
ycars al age, who was going out 10 the
Fas, xith her mother and sisters. He sue
s..,Ieti in gaining her affections and OBJ
,a,ped the mothers consent TO the mar.
rIage On, arrival al Calcutta. He made out
ly means Of fraudulent documents pre-.
nar.d on purpose that lac had inherited
q 90 from his father and offered 10 settle
81 600 on his bride. The marriage came
nfT IN due course at Calcutta and then the
bant,y pair returned TO England. Soon
aftsr their arrival 3 deserted his new wife
IN 4 hotel in Liverpool. Before long he
began The affair which led To his detection.
n Z remembered In Millbank as man Of
considerable atiainments He was well
educated and spoke several languages.
One III his fayoriie feats was to write the
Lords PRAYER on scrap Of paper not
larger than a sixpence in five different
languages. In his appearance there was
nothing 10 justify his success WIN the ie'
male sex. If anything he was plain, there
Inv supporting Wilkes, who asserted that
hc was only five minutes behind the best
looking man In room. In complexion
u. was dark, almost swarthy; in figure,
stout He could not be called even gentle.
manlike in his bearing. But he had a good
address; spoke well and readily, and he
was extremely sbrewd and clever. Asa pris-
oner bjs conduct was all that could be de.
sired He passed on like the rest cventu-
ally to Australia, where he again married.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-08

on every side By thick growth OF iaurei,
ard was well filed with large rocks
marked with crevices and large seams re-
-emIling an abandoned quarry. The m
s,an, the man stepped into the place, ne
was startled by the sound OF ratilesnake,
Giving him warning TO pause. LOOKING
down he saw the snake coiled up ABOUT
fonr feet away, in readiness TO spring ~
The fsrst proyocation. The backwooasman
had seen such things before, ana, picking
m = club. dispatched the snake at one
blow. He was not prepared Tor inc ue-
yplopments that followed, however. 5ianc.
inc about him. he made the unpleasant
discovery that he had intruded ID place
pre-empted bv a colony OF rattlesnakes; IN
shors. he was in den OF deadly rep'lies.
From creyices and creascs in the rocks
and on the ground he saw numbers Oh
them living in various positions, balnlns
their slim proportions in the sunshine.
The man made up his mind that the place
had no particular charm for him, and was
about 10 beat a hasty retTeat, when MS
eves fell ON a scene that transfixed him
with horror.
On a low. fiat rock, not more than SIX
feet from where the man stood, lay the ap-
narently lifeless form of the little boy they
had been looking for so long. Stretched
by his side, not more than three inches
away from him, was a huge rattlesnaKe,
while near his feet two morelay coiled up,
all evidently undisturbed by the presence
of the child While the man did not sup
pose for an instant that the boy was alive,
he determined to rescue the body IRON SO
horrible sepulcher, and with weil-dl-
rected blows from his club killed the
three snakes that held possession OF the
child Every blow was responded to BY
the bIood.curdling din Of rattles from the
snakes that lay near the rock. Whlie he
was examining the ground between him
and the child to see ii any Of the reptiles
Law on that side, he was startled TO see The
supposed dead infant rise with an effort 10
sitting position, stare wildly about with
crazed, haggard look, and then sink back
upon the rock The next instant the stout
hearted woodman had sprung upon the
rock, and selling the child bore him away
quickly from the loathsome den, and in a
few minutes placed him in the arms OF his
distracted mother, amid the general re-
ioicing Of the whole village. The child
was unconscious, and is yet lying in crit
ical condition, being delirious with fever
brought on by the unparalleled hardship
and privation he suffered in his three days
wandering alone in the forest before which
the stouthearted hunter would have
quailed-Port Jerris IN ~ linton.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-08
That Hired Girl.

When she came 10 work for the family
| ON Congress street the lady Of the house
| sat dowE and told her that agents, book
| peddleTs, hatrack men, picture,sellers ash
buyers rag men and all that class Of peo-
pie must he met ut the front door and cold.
| w repulsed and Sarah said she'd rcpulsC
EN- III she had 10 break every broomstick
Ia Detroit.
And she did. She threw the door open
wide, blufied right up 10 'em, and when
she got through talking the checklist agent
was only too glad 10 leave. II got 40 after
awhile that peddlers marked that house
and the door.bell never rang except for
company.
The other day rs the lady of the house
Wis enjoying nap and Sarah was wiping
off the spoons the bell rang She has.
| tened 10 the door expecting 10 see lady,
but her eyes encountered slim man
dressed In black and wearing awhile neck.
| tic He was the new minister and he was
going around to get acquainted with the
members Of his flock, but Sarah wasn't
expected 10 know this
Albums Mrs.--ah---p
"Gitp exclaimed Sarah. pointing 10 the
gate.
Beg pardon, but I'd like to sec-----
sce----in
Meander" she shouted, looking around
for weapon, we don't want any flour
siilers hcrcln
"You are mistaken" he replied, smiling
blandly; called to- So
Don't want anything TO keep moths
away--fiy" she exclaimed, getting red In
the face.
as the lady in'" lac inquired, trying 10
look over Sarah's head.
Yes, the lady's In, and I'm in, and
you're Quit" she snapped "and now !
don't want 10 stand here talking to fly
trap agent any longer. Come, lift your
bootsW
II am not an agent" hc said, trying to
smile, II am the new
Eyes, / know you--you are the new man
with patent tlatiron, but we don't want
any, and you'd better go before call the
dogln
"Will you give the lady my card and
say that called
"No, won't. We're bored to death
with cards and handbills and circulars.
Come, can't stand here all day"
Didn't you know that was minis
terri he asked as he backed of.
"No, nor don't know It now; YOU
look like the man who sold the woman
next door dollar chrome for eighteen
shillingsl'
But here IL my card"
II don't care for cards, | tell you! II
you leave that gate open III hcaye flow.
| er.pot AT your
II will call again." he said as he went
| through the gate.
II won't do you any good!" she shout.
cd after him; "we don't want no prepared
| food for iniants--no piano music--no
stuffed birds know the policeman ON
this beat and II you come round here again
he'll soon find out whether you are a con.
fdence man or a vagrant!'
| And she took unusual care 10 lock the
door,-Dstroit Free Press.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-08

Says lady in the Woman's journal !:
/" You can't imagine the Indebtedness Of
unbusiness women set down to conduct or
share in committee work. How to move a
resolution, or what to do with 1t after it
was movedt Pass II Scertainly--two ladies
voting for il in whisper, the rest timidly
and deprecatingly silent II Is carried.
Then Is the signal for discussion. Ii
wasn't right; they didn't want 1t; II must
be done some other way"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-08

In 1874 only about $4,000 emigrants
left Bremen and Hamburg, against 1884,
600 In 1873 and ia, 200 in 1872. The
financial panic of1S13 and the subsequent
dizziness of business throughout our coun.
try explain the cause.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-08

Gen. Hazen says the upper Missouri
for about 1900 miles is merely standing
pools or petty rivulets in the summer. He
pronounces the country practically bar.
rem, plagued with insects and sterility.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-08

THREE States take dccennial censuses
this year Massachusetts,, Rhode Island
and New York.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-08

The common weal--three weeks old
and under
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22

The Jews.

The JeaUiSh Times remarks: What n
thin skinned, sensitive people we Jews
are in some respects How fearful we
are of the slightest reflection upon our
faith, how indignant at the most harm
less criticism of our institutions And,
strange to say, how many of us there are
who find excuses for still grumbling that
prejudice against our race has not vet
altogether died out 1t is certainly
astonishing that nation which has en-
dured SO much bitter persecution in the
past should be so impatient of the
merest breath of intolerance in their
present vastly improved condition. For
our condition is vastly improved; i'm
proved so much, indeed, that it is safe
to say that we are now no worse off than
any other people,; and, in many respects,
we are better off than others.
True, there are few (perhaps not n
dozen) second rate hotels. in few OBJ
scure summer resorts, whose proprietors
do not receive Jews" But what of
that Does that prove that the Jews are,
as some assert, still hated and despised
as social outcasts Not at all. 1t simply
proves that some ill-bred Jews of the
lower classes have frequented these
second-rate hotels, and there misbehaved
themselves Gas it is the habit of ill-bred
people of all races to do), and that the
proprietors, and few ignorant people
among their guests, mistaking these per-
sons for representatives Of our race, de-
termined to exclude in future all Jews
unfortunately. Let some gentleman
visit one of these exclusive hotels. hay
ing first ascertained that there are rooms
unoccupied and for rent, demand ac-
comodations, get refused, and then, by
way OF making test case, institute pro
ceedings at law against the proprietor
We certainly have no reason to inveigh
against the prejudice of a people because
OF the stupidity of handful of block
heads, to whom prejudice comes as
naturally as thistles to asses. .
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
Incidents of the Flood.

The following are among the numerous
incidents related in the Paris journals
In the flooded plain between st. Jory and
Castelnan, boat containing fifteen
persons came into collision with poplar
tree and was upset. Fourteen of these
were drowned, and the survivor, girl
fifteen years of age, has lost her reason.
At Anterive a family of four persons
took refuge in the branches of an elm, a
great part of which was swept away by
the torrent, and the four people clinging
to its branches were drowned. At
ROques and at Pinsaguel, it is stated,
the crosses, the statues of the Virgin,
and the images of the saints, are the
only things that the waters have spared.
A poor peasant woman in this district
remarked: "God Furnishes France. In
the north it has been war; in the south
it is the inundations. 1t is time for us
to open our eyes" At st. Gaudens a
Newfoundland dog saved in succession
twelve persons, dashing into the rushing
torrent bravely, but making the attempt
thirteenth time the poor animal was
drowned. At Huos, at the confluence
of the Garonne, the family of NJ. Tour
ment had succeeded in getting into n
boat, which was overturned. NJ. Tour
ment the younger, however, with des-
perate efforts, managed to save all his
relatives. In the apartment for the
injured at the Hotel Dieu, in st. Cyprien,
is young man whose foot has been
much hurt. Unaided he had saved
sixty persons. At Castelsarrasin a young
mother took her two infants Twins at
the breast), tied them together, and
placed them in large wooden trough,
used for kneading bread, and committed
it to the waves, hoping that it would
save her children's lives, as she felt that
her house was about to fall. The i'm
provised boat swan safely for time,
but soon afterward the current dashed it
against the trunk of tree, where it was
broken. The poor woman, to whom
maternal love gave superhuman force,
succeeded in seizing branch and
climbed into the tree. But it was too weak
and began to crack ominously. She
then rapidly tied the infants to a branch,
kissed them, made the sign of the cross,
and leaped into the waves. The two
little twins were saved, but the devoted
mother was drowned.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
A Woman with a Wicked Mania.

The London Ne,Os has received the
following narrative from the secretary of
the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals: 1t will be remem-
bered that on two different occasions
during the past three years proceedings
have been taken against Mrs. Chantrell
by this society for cruelty starving a
large number of cats and dogs at her
house in Nottingham, near Brighton.
1t was determined to search her house,
to which she offered such resistance that
it was necessary for the officers to force
their way. An indescribable scene of
misery and suffering pervaded the place.
The attenuated frames of living cats
were found with the carcasses of dead
animals, and in cupboard skeletons of
upwards of fifty cats were disclosed.
In other places a number of dogs were
found in the last state of emaciation and
disease, upon seeing which the veterinary
surgeon assured Mrs. Chantrell it was
was an act of cruelty to permit any of
her animals to live. The actual back
bone of one of the dogs was exposed to
view, and another dog, a shriveled, wan
looking creature, gave birth to pup
otllnS tho Nlolt, uuti, DelnS preSSeu Dy
hunger, shortly afterwards devoured it.
Those persons who witnessed the eager,
ravenous struggles of the wretched
brutes to obtain food which was thrown
amongst them will never forget the
scene of weakness and ferocity which
followed. Mrs. Chantrell obstructed the
search with threats of violence and per-
sistently refused to permit any of the
animals to be destroyed. Her loud Ian
guage caused large crowd to assemble
round the house, which at one time
threatened to break in for the purpose
of putting an end to the cruelty and
venting their indignation on the strange
person who had caused it. The police
managed, however, to keep the crowd
back, and sufficient quantity of poison
having been procured, the whole of the
animals, excepting two, were put out of
their misery. These extraordinary pro-
ceeaings caused great excitement, which
was protracted by Mrs. Chandrell's s will
ful resistance until midnight, the entire
neighborhood having turned out to wit
ness tho termination of nuisance as
well rs the cruelty to the animals which
have unhappily been continued by her
for three or four years in defiance of
the magistrates, the police and this So
ciatv
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
A Vision of Death,

Sheriff Ramsey, at Ellis, on the Kansas
Pacific railroad, got after a thief with
the determination to catch him or perish
in the attempt. The desperate character
of the hunted man was well known. He
was a daring marauder, and, having long
lived in defiance of the law, it was pretty
certain he would not allow himself to be
taken alive. Mrs. Ramsey, the wife of
the sheriff, was extremely anxious for the
safety of her husband, and dreamed a
bad dream one night. She was terribly
distressed about it, and expressed the
conviction that her husband was killed.
She enlisted the sympathies of DIR.
O'Brien, of Ellis, and the two started
out toward Hays, where the sheriff was
supposed to be in quest of his game. On
the journey the doctor and Mrs. Ramsey
met a wagon ten miles from Stockton,
containing the corpse of the sheriff, shot
through the body in his encounter with
the thief. The sight of her dead hus.
band dethroned Mrs. Ramsey's reason,
and she is now q raving maniac. Her
dream was fulfilled in every particular.
Many miles away she saw her husband
fire the first shot at the thief, hitting
him. They both fired simultaneously.
The thief fell dead with bullet i'll his
heart. Mr.. Ramsey fell also, mortally
wounded, the ball having passed entirely
through his body. He lived only an
hour. All these things happened in
reality. Then the woman saw the wagon
starting with her husbands lifeless body
in it. When Mrs. Ramsey, travelling
with the doctor, saw the wagon on the
road she knew it afar off. 1t was all
very like dream even to the doctor, as
he drove along with the woman, whose
vision was turned in the direction of the
unknown, which she pierced so clearly.
Her eyes, are still looking for the coming
of her husband, and they will look on
forever. To her he is not dead, but
coming. She stumbled over his corpse,
and in her mind he rose from the dead.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
A New Use for Cork.

A company is said to have recently
been formed in Paris for the purpose of
testing the non-conducting property of
cork. A number of steam pipes at
several important establishments had
been covered with cork, and it is said
that, after standing some eig hteen
months, the covering remains intact, and
is as perfect o non-conductor rs on the
day it was laid. Although the durability
of cork had been proved before, in the
case of buoys, which are partly immersed
and partly exposed to the weather, its
ability to stand such high temperatures
rs those of surfaces intensely heated by
steam had not before been shown. The
lightness of cork the readiness with
which it yields so rs to surround cylin-
ders or pipes the facility with which it
is put in its place, taken down and put
up again in the case of the inspection or
repairs of boiler or steam pipe, to-
gether with the fact that its non-conduct-
ing power effects great deal of fuel,
are regarded by engineers as greatly
in its favor for the outer coating of steam
vessels.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
The Great Medical Reformation.

The satanic theory that preparations
which infame the brain are, in any
sense of the word, remedies, has been
overthrown, and can never be re-estab-
lished. The wonderful effects which
have attended the use of DIR. Walkers
Vinegar Bitters as an mtidote to the
causes of disease and cure for every
controllable ailment, have demonstrated
the utter fallacy of the doctrine that
alcohol is tonic as well as stimulant.
The new and Incompatible vegetable
remedy which has superseded the death
draught of rum bitters is as free from
every intoxicating element as the dew of
heaven, yet see how it is inyigorating
the nervous, relieving the bilious, curing
the dyspeptic, purifying the blood of the
scrofulous, strengthening the debili-
tated, arresting premature decay, and
replacing dependency and weakness
with cheerfulness and activity. Truly q
grand medical revolution isin progress. =
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22

To CLEAN GUNs.-Guns and rifles can
be easily unleaded by the following If
a muzzle-loader, stop up the nipple OF
communications with little wax, or
if a breech-loader, insert a cork in the
breech rather tightly next pour some
quicksilver into the barrel, and put an
other cork in the muzzle then proceed
to roll it up and down the barrel, shaking
it for a few minutes. The mercury and
the lead will form an amalgam, and leave
the barrel as clean and free from lead as
the first day it came out of the shop.
The same quicksilver can be used re-
peatedly by straining it through wash
leather, for the lead will be left behind
in the leather, and the quicksilver will be
again fit for use. .
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
The Changes in Our Postage.

In 1892 the first postage act was passed
IN this country. Every separate sheet of
paper, large or small, without reference
to weight, was considered a letter, and
two or three small pieces in one envel-
ope paid double or triple postage. The
lowest rate was six cents to places within
thirty miles, eight cents to places within
sixty miles, ten cents to places within
one hundred miles, and so on up to
places within four hundred and fifty
miles, the postage then being twenty
five cents. In 1899 a new law was
passed changing the rates. The lowest
rate was eight cents, and the lowest dis
tance was forty miles. In 1916 the
minimum rates were again reduced to six
cents, and the distance to thirty miles,
only five rates being established. Eight
cen and one-half cents carried letters
four hundred miles, and for longer dis
tance twenty-five cents were charged.
These rates continued until 1916, when
the first material reduction took place.
Five cents became the postage of letters
carried a distance of less than three
hundred miles, and ten cents for
greater distance. At the same time the
drop letter system was introduced, the
postage on such being fixed at two
cents. In 1S45 the half ounce weight
was made the standard instead of The
number of sheets. In 1851 the single
rate was made three cents for all dis
tances under three thousand miles, and
six cents for greater distances, if prepaid,
this being the first inducement held out
to prepay postage. Unpaid letters We're
CHARGED five and ten cents according IN
distance. In 1855 prepayment was re-
quired, the rate as to distance remaining
the same. In 1868 the present rate of
three cents, prepaid, for all distances.
was established. .,,. ...4.-
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
A MAN NE A THOIrSAND.

A CONSUMPTIVE CURED. - When death was
hourly expected from Consumption, all remedies
having failed accident led to discovery whereby Dr.
H. JAMES cured his only child with preparation of
Canhub Tndica. He gives recipe free receipt of
two stamps to pay expenses. There is not single
symptom of Consumption that 1t does not disspate-
Night Sweats, Irritation of the Nerves, Difficult Expec.
t2ration, sharp Pains in the Lungs, Nausea at the
Muscles. Address CRADDOCK co. 1882 Race
Street, Philadelphia Pa giving name OF this paper
"BUY ME, AND Pill DO YOU GOOD."-
In the busy walks of life you will find and
who suffering from dyspepsia, liver complaint, head
ACHE vertigo, debility of the SYSTEM constpa-
tion acidty, dependency, and many other maladies
caused from impure state of the blood. This state
things need not exist. DIR. LANGLEY'S ROOT
AND HERB BITTERS will eIpel these diseases,
and insure as II were new lease of life. Sold by al
druggists. GEO. q. GOODWIN d CO., BosroN
Wholesale Agents.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
Horse Disease in Connecticut.

The New Haven Journal says that
new horse disease has broken out in
East Hartford, and several animals are
stricken with it. 1t is entirely different
from the epizootic, comes in a different
attack, and so far as is known, is fatal.
The hind part of the animal seems to be-
come paralyzed, while he froths and
foams at the mouth. No reason has yet
been aseertained for the cause of the dis
ease, Erli --r ,f'4