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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

BussTNG.-April Sth, 1874, at his home
in Knoxville, Iowa, OF congestion
of the lungs, Mr.. VIM. Busting,
aged A. years.
Deceased was born near Albany,
New York, Oct. %, a. ID. 1927. IN
1871 he removed with his parents to
Mansfield, Ohio, where he was mar
ried in 1851 to Miss Margaret II. Mar
shall, and soon after he removed 10
Warsaw, Indiana. After residence
of some three years there he removed
to Washington county, Iowa, thence
to Davis county, and thence to TINS
vicinity, where he has resided for tho
past rs years. His business as miller
has prospered, and his reputation as
an upright business man has been
always of an enviable character. lie
was the head of the firm of VIM. BUS
sing & Co., proprietors OF the 'i'y
Mills, of this place.
Mr.. Busting was member OF the
United Presbyterian church ~ years.
and an elder II years, prior 10 his
death, and proved by his walk III"
faith in the religion he professed. lie
leaves wife and three children 10
grieve the loss of kind husband anu
father. He enjoyed in high degree
the esteem Of the people of the COM
munity, who will not withhold their
sympathy from the bereayed. There
mains were followed Ia the cemetery,
two miles southwest Of the city, ny
numerous friends, Oh Saturday, lo'h
inst
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

WHEAT was sown In some parts Of
this county last week, but the rains
put stop to the work, and farmers
are impatient at being delayed. There
il yet abundant time for sowing If the
favorable weather should come soon.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

BAPTIST CHURCH MEEIiNG.-W Ne
are requested 10 say to the members
Of lie Knoxville Baptist Church, that
II meeting for tie transaction OF bus
mess OF vital Importance will be held
~ the church on Saturday next. 18th
ipet. ut . y. m, and that all members
ure urgently requested to attend.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

PUBLIC SALE.--A. Il. Storer,
miles southwest of Knoxville, will
sell at cutlery on thursday, April -,
1875, ninety head of cattle, mostly
young steers and spayed heifers, a
pair of match mares, buggy, sewing
machine, farming implements, etc.
II months credit without interest.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

The THIRD Quarterly Meeting OF
Knoxville NJ. Il. church for this year,
will open on Saturday, April 18th,
with preaching at 2 p. m. Rev. Y. n.
Power, p. T.. will be present to con-
duet the meeting.
T.. Fl. WARING.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

MILNEK a. PALMER have received
their spring and summer goods.
They have large stock of peice goods
at lower prices than ever.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

FoR SALE, six Poland China sows,
with pig to thoroughbred Poland
China boar. Enquire Of or address
Il. w. DEWITT.
Knoxville, April IL, 1875. i5 2w*
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

THE LADIES are all going to Kerr's
to SEQ the new spring styles in dress
goods and everything required for an
outfit.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

STILL THEY COME tn buy goods
where the best bargains can be had
The store Of Kruek Il Ely IL the place.
South side OF Square.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

REMEMBER the spelling match at
the court house next Friday evening.
Admittance only ten cents.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

THE LATEST STYLES of hats and
CAPS at Miner e. Palmer's.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

KRUCK & ELY have just received a
new supply Of glassware. Call and
examine goods and prices.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15
DIED.

MCCLURE.-At the residence of J. B.
Robinson, in Knoxville, Iowa April
5th, 1875. Ida Bell Mcclure, aged IL
years.
Deceased was born at Albin, Hum
bolt Co., Iowa, Jan, %, 1861. Her
father died about six years ago, and
she was received, as an adopted daugh-
ter, into the family of Mr..
James b. Robinson of this
place, where she found pleas
ant home and all the tenderness and
care due natural daughter. Ida was
a pleasant child, q favorite with her
companions and fond, of the Sabbath
school and Church. She had not
been unmindful of her Saviour, but
had sought Him early. Her funeral
services at the NJ. E. Church were at
tended by large number of her COM
panions of the NJ. F.. Sabbath-school
and by her teacher and schoolmates
of the public school. In hope of the
resurrection we may cay of her. 1.-The
damsel is not dead, but sleepeth."
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

NEW GooDs now being received aud
opened at Kerr's.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

Go 10 KERR's and see The piles III
new gpods just opened.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

Tile meeting closed with three rous-
ing cheers for Mr.. Buell. and the
| road.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-04
Walking Horses.

IsAw notice in the Prairie Farmer of
Feb. 10 that the agricultural societies
were preparing their premium lists for
the coming season. They are discussing
the propriety of awarding premiums for
running and trotting horses, but say
nothing of walking, which is the gait
that farmers are mostly interested in. l
have often wondered why that was over
looked, and had hoped that some one
would bring it before the societies.
What benefit is race horse to a farmer?
If he wants to run or trot him for premi-
ums or stakes it will not do to work him
as farm horses have to work. Besides,
fast horses generally are not able to
stand heavy work, and are not apt to be
extra walkers.
What the farmer wants is close
made, muscular horse, weighing 1000 to
1900 pounds, that can walk at least four
miles an hour with cultivator, or at
that rate while crossing the field.
1t costs no more for hand to drive a
team that will pillow three acres per day
than it would to drive one that would
pillow only two acres, and good hand,
or one that tries to earn his wages, would,
if given his choice in the two teams,
take the faster team. OF course the
more horse does the more he will eat,
but the difference in feed would be
small compared with the difference in
work-Cor. Prairie Farmer.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-04
Action Of Lightning On Trees.


In tree which has been destroyed by
lightning the layers are Not only shat
tered and separated into strips, but the
wood also appears dry, hard and brittle,
as though it had been through the proc
ess of curing in kiln This is attrib-
uted to the instantaneous reduction of
sap into steam. When the sap is album
dant, as in May or early in June, the
amount and force of the steam not only
bursts and separates the layers and
fibers, but rends the trunk in pieces or
throws off portion of it. When the
amount of steam thus suddenly gener.
ated is small, owing to dry condition
of the steam from continual evapora-
ton and Rehabilitation, there may be
no external trace of the lightning stroke !;
yet the leaves will wither in few days,
showing that the steam has been rem
dered incapable of conveying supplies,
and the tree will either partially or en-
tirely die. Still, lighter discharges may
be conducted down the moist stem with
out any injury.-Buslding Neacs.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-04
The Mental Attitude Of Primitive Man

COMPREHENSION Of the thoughts gen.
Grated in the primitive man by his con-
verse with the surrounding world can be
had only by looking at the surrounding
world from his standpoint The &C
cumulated knowledge and the mental
habits slowly acquired during education
must be suppressed, and we must divest
ourselves of conceptions which, partly
by Inheritance and partly by individual
culture, have been rendered necessary.
None can do this completely and few
can do it even partially.
1t needs but to observe what unfit
methods are adopted by educators to be
convinced that even among the disci-
plined the power to frame thoughts
which are widely unlike their own is ex-
tremely small. When we see the juve-
nile mind piled with generalities while
it has yet none of the concrete facts to
which they refer-when we see mathe-
matics introduced under the purely
rational form instead of under that
empirical form with which it should be
commenced by the Child. as it was COM
menced by the race-when we see a sub
Iect so abstract as grammar put among
the first instead of the last, and see it
taught analytically instead of syntheti.
cally, we have ample evidence of the
prevailing inability to conceive the ideas
OF undeveloped minds And if, though
they have been children themselves, men
find it hard to rethink the thoughts of
the child, still harder must they find it
to rethink the thoughts of the savage.
To keep out automorphic interpretations
is beyond our power. To look at things
with the eyes of absolute ignorance, and
observe how their attributes and actions
originally grouped themselves in the
mind. imply self-suppression that is
impracticable.-Herbert Spencer, IN Pop.
ular Science Monthly for March.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-04

JAKY WATTS and Benny Richards were
sitting in the dark in Watts kitchen the
other night cracking hickory-nuts and
telling one another how good their re-
spective fathers were. Jaky heard his
fathers steps upstairs and suddenly be-
came silent Mr.. Watts had thrown out
a hint at the dinner-table that he would
tend to Jaky when he came home, for
tying his sister up in bag. When Jaky
heard the old gentleman's steps ap-
preaching the kitchen stairs he said:
"Benny, something makes me feel as II
| had forgotten to shut the back gate !;
I'll be back in a minute" and hurried
out OF the door.
Mr.. Watts came down to the kitchen
shaking with suppressed rage, and see
ing lone figure sitting in the dim light
of the fire he grabbed it by the ear
and raised it out of the chair. Benny
set up terrible bowling. Mr.. Watts
waltzed him around the room, jerking out
such remarks as I'll teach you to per-
petrate such things in my house; you
thought you'd maltreat your little sister,
did you? l suppose you'll want to put
me in bag next" The Richards boy
set up prolonged howl, interrupted &C.
casionally by quick "ouchr' and a
vigorous effort to cover some tender
spot with his hands.
Mr.. Watts gave him final wrench
and slung him up against the table, with
the observation that he guessed he
wouldn't forget this right away. Benny
rushed out of the house shifting, and
uttering all sorts of threats against
Watts. Jaky stopped him in the yard
and, with an expression Of -mouthed
wonder, exclaimed: Why, Benny, what
in the world is the matter? Do you feel
sick?" Benny did not stop to explain,
but snaked over the fence and home,
dropping bad word at every step.
Jaky looked very weak as he came in
to the house, rubbing his legs and show
ing disposition to run at every motion
his father made, and looked exactly as if
he had been whipped. Mrs. Richards
called the next day in high state Of in
dignation. She took up her quarters in
the basement hall, with Benny under
her arm, and told the Watts folks just
what she thought of them. She became
highly infamed and choked with pas
sion, and reminded them that they
couldn't ride over her, if Mr.. Watts did
hold Government Office, not if she
knew herself. She'd like to see herself
associating with people as would set
upon and maliciously maltreat tender
infant
Then she danced away with the assur-
ance that they hadn't heard the last Of
it. Mr.. Watts investigated the matter a
little, and he and Jaky held business
meeting in the wood-shed, much to ia
ky's disgust. The matter was thorough
ly explained, and Mrs. Watts sent bowl
of currant jelly around to Mrs. Rich
ards. Mrs. Richards says she never
really knew what dear, good lady Mrs.
Watts was before; but Benny says that
all the currant jelly in the district can't
efface the memory Of one night, and he
longs to be man so that he can re-
venge himself upon Mr.. Watts-Wash-
ington Republican. =
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-04
French Manners.

A WRITER says: "The French are
said to be the politest people in the
world, and in some respects they are so.
Their politeness may be only skin deep;
it may be only stilted etiquette, with
out heartfelt emotion. But, on the
whole, it is better than studied indiffer-
ence and rough incivility. If not abso-
lutely sincere, it has the external ap-
pearance of being so, and saves the feel
ings from sense of outrage. A French
man always takes off his hat on entering
a shor or an omnibus or any other pub
lie conveyance. He is expected always
to bow first to a lady of his acquaint-
ancc; it would be thought quite out of
place for the lady to take the initiative
On entering drawing-room French peo-
pie bow to every one who may be in the
room, whether they are acquainted with
them or not. The omission Of these
trifing civilities by the English causes
them to be considered rude and boorish
The line Of demarcation between differ
emit classes of society is less strongly de-
fined in France thar In England. Serv-
ants consider themselves pretty nearly
upon an equality with their masters and
mistresses, and their manners are marked
by 9 free-and-easy GOODNESS which would
be considered the height of impertinence
in England. They wish you good morn
ing and good night as = friend might
do, and expect to be thanked whenever
they open the door for you; French
man of every class touches his hat to the
servant who opens the door for him. The
lower classes in France live much more
frugally and inexpensively than people
Of the same rank in England. Soup and
bouiNi form the usual dinner and supper
Of the upper class Of farmers, workmen
and servants in French families. The
richer farmers have the pot au fsu every
day, others only once or twice q week.
and live on bread and soupe aur csour on
the other days, with relish of cheese.
salt fish and sometimes butter.n
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-04
A Few Words to Feeble and Delicate
Women.

vi Id
DIsPENsARY, Buffalo, NJ Y.
Knowing that you are subject to a great
amount OF suffering that delicacy on your
part has strong tendency to prolong, and
the longer it is neglected the more YOU have
to endure and the more difficult of cure your
case becomes, l, as physician, who is daily
consulted by scores of your SEX desire to say
to you that | am constantly meeting with
those who have been treated for their all
ments for months without being benefited in
the least, until they have become perfectly
discouraged and have almost made up their
minds never to take another dose of medicine
nor be tortured by any further treatment.
They had rather die and have their sutferin ps
ended than to live and suffer as they have
Ihey say they are worn out by suffering and
are only made worse by treatment. OF any
thing more discouraging we certainly cannot
conceive, and were there no more success
ful mode OF treating such difficulties than that
the principles OF which teach the reducing
and depicting of the vital forces of the sys.
lem, when the indications dictate treatment
directly The reverse of the one adopted for
them their cases would be deplorable indeed.
But, lady sufferers, there is better and far
more successful plan of treatment for you-one
more In harmony with the laws and require
ments OF your system. A harsh, irritating.
caustic treatment and strong medicines viii
never cure you. If you will use rational
ihcaLS, such as common sense should dictate
to every intelligent lady, take such medicines
as embody the very best invigorating tonics
ana nervlnes, compounded with special refer
ence to- your delicate system. Such happy
combination you will find in my Fayorte
Prescription, which has received the loudest
praise from thousands of your sex. Those
Ianguld, tlresome sensations causing you to
feel scarcely able to be on your feet or ascend
a Hight OF stairs; that continual drain that
Is sappng from your systems all your former
elasticity and driving the bloom from YOUR
cheeks; that continual strain upon your
vital forces that renders you irritable and
iietful, may all be overcome and subdued
by a persevering use of that marvellous
remedy. Irregularities and distractions to
the proper workings of your systems are re-
lleved by this mild and safe means, while ne
riodical pains, the existence of which is a
sure indication Of serious disease that should
not be neglected, readily yield to it, and if its
use is kept up for a reasonable length of time
the special cause of these pains is perma-
nently removed. Further light on these sub.
jects may be obtained from my pamphlet on
diseases peculiar to your sex, sent on recent
OF two stamps: Ny Favorite Prescription is
sold by druggists.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-04
The Cheerful Face.

NEXT to sunlight of heaven is the sun
light Of cheerful face. There is NO
mistaking it, the bright eye, the I'M
clouded brow, the sunny smile-all tell
of that which dwells within. Who has
not felt its electrifying influence? One
glance at this face lifts us at once out
of the arms of despair; out of the mists
and shadows, away from tears and re.
pining, into the beautiful realms of hope.
One cheerful face in a household will
keep everything bright and warm with.
in. Envy, hatred, malice, selfshness,
dependency, and host of evil passions
may Turk around the door, they may
even look within, but they never enter
and abide there-the cheerful face will
put them all to shame and flight.
It may be very plain face, but there
is something in it, we feel, we cannot
express, and its cheerful smile sends the
blood dancing through our veins fol
very joy. We turn toward the sun
and its warm, genial influence refreshes
and strengthens our fainting spirits.
All, there is world of magic in the
plain, cheerful face! 1t charms us with
spell Of eternity. and we would not
exchange it for all the soulless beauty
that ever graced the fairest form on
earth.
1t may be a very little one that we
nestle upon our bosom or sing to sleep
in our arms with q low, sweet lullaby
but it is such bright, cheerful face
The scintillations of joyous spirits are
flashing from every feature. And what
a power it has over the household, bind
ing each heart together in tenderness
and love and sympathy! Shadows may
darken around us, but somehow this
face ever shines between, and the shining
is SO bright that the shadows cannot re.
main, and silently they creep away into
the dark corners, where the cheerful face
is gone.
1t may be wrinkled face, but it is all
the dearer for that and none less bright
We linger near it and gaze tenderly upon
it and say: "God bless the happy facer
We must keep it with us as long as we
can, for home will lose much of its
brightness when the sweet face is gone
And after it is gone how the remem
brance OF it purifies and softens our
hayward nature! When care and sorrow
would snap our heart-strings asunder
this wrinkled face looks down upon us
and the painful tension grows lighter,
the way less heavy AS is the spirit,
mind, disposition, SO are the features
chronological Journal.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-04

Invite relatives q friends TO examine and
admire both the materials and workman
ship, % II it were some beautiful picture
or statue Of which they had just cause TO
be proud. Upon the coffin is carved an
inscription with the name and title Of its
occupant; il . woman, the name Of her
husband. At the foot of the coffin are
buried two stone tablets face to face;
one bears the name and titles of the de-
ceased. and the other short account Of
his life, what year he was born in, what
were his achievements as scholar and
how many children were born to him.
Periods of mourning are regulated by
the degrees of relationship to the dead.
A son wears his white clothes for three
years-actually, for twenty eight months;
and . wife m0urns her husband
for the same period. The death of
6 wife, however, calls for only 3
single year of grief; for, as the sacred
edict points out, if your wife dies you
can marry another. The same time
sufices for brother, sister or child. Mar
riages contracted during these days Of
mourning are not only invalid, but the
offending parties are punished with a
greater or less number of blows, accord
ing to the gravity Of the offense. In
Vulnerable other petty restrictions are
imposed by national or local custom,
which are observed with a certain
amount of fidelity, though instances are
not wanting where the whole thing is
shirked as inconvenient and bore.
Cremation, once the prevailing fashion
in China, is now reserved for the priest of
Buddha alone-that self-made outcast
from society, whose parting soul relies
on no fond breast, who has no kith or KIN
to shed "some pious drops the closing
eye requires;" but who, seated in an iron
chair beneath the miniature pagoda
erected in most large temples for that
purpose, passes away in fire and smoke
from this vale Of tears and sin, to be alb
sorbed in the blissful nothingness of an
eternal Nirvana.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-04

II Is true the additional weight Of the
brine would add something to the cost o.
transportation, but not enough per pound
to the butter to be onerous. Besides
when it has to be transported compare
lively short distances, the brine may DC
poured of, and thus save the additional
expense of transportation.
When butter is packed in firkins OF
jars, if, instead of placing layer OF salt
over the top, it be covered with q brine
Of sufficient strength to bear an egg, and
containing quarter of pound OF salt
peter and one pound of sugar to each
three gallons of brine, it will effectually
exclude the air, and, if the butter is kept
in cool, dry cellar, it will be found &c
retain its sweetness and flavor perfectly
-Western Rural.