Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

If rocks ever bled, they would bleed
quartz. Danbury Netes.
king Alfonso's betrothed, the Princess
Mercedes, Is but fourteen.
In an English court boy has been
sentenced to five months Imprisonment
for throwing a stone at railway train.
Willie was disputlng with his sister.
1t is true" he said, firmly, for mother
said SO, and if she says so it is so, If it
amt so.n
A deaf and dumb woman named Mrs.
Mary Welsh, living in Lynn, Mass, was
recently found locked in her room with
dead infant in her arms and herself hope
lessly deranged.
They tell us that postal cards are 3
German invention, and were first intro
duced by the German Government during
the Franco-Prussian war, for the conven-
fence of the soldiers.
Sidney Smith says marriage resembles
a pair of shears, so Joined together that
they cannot be separated. They often
move in opposite directions, yet always
punish anyone who comes between them
All, that eager grasp of the hand that
anxious inquiry about your wife and the
babies; that kindly solicitude concerning
your financial welfare; yes, there's no
mistaking it. He's candidate. --Ne,c
York Commercial Adrertissr.
If you would rise as far as possible
above the brute creation cultivate your
thinking, reasoning faculties, for it is
thinking anG reasoning that make the
difference, not only between man and
brute, but also between man and man.
There is no other one way by which
friendship may be so quickly broken or
SO thoroughly and completely crushed out
of existence as by GOODNESS of manner;
hard words are no competitors at all, for
they are often satisfactorily explained.
An old writer in the american Rural
Home thinks the reason the qualify OF
flour made in the famous Genesee Valley
of New York has deieriorated is that
farmers have continuously cut the wheat
before fully ripe, using this wheat for
seed.
DIR. Cressy, of Amherst, Mass, has
returned from a professional visit to the
epizootic region in Connecticut, where
the disease is more violent than In this
State. The doctor recommends careful
treatment and general regard TO the
dosing .-SprtnQfeId (Hass,) Republican.
Temperance, cleanliness and indus
try! This is the hygiene of the Bible. A
"pathy" as old as. the race. A system OF
medication applicable TO all chimes and all
constitutions; always safe, always Ell
ficient, and to which human sagacity, In
the space OF six thousand years, has not
added one radically new idea.--hdasds
Farmer.
When the soil freezes 1t is greatly ex-
banded and the expansion is all upward,
because the unfroZen earth below will not
yield to the frozen stratum; and there Is
no vacant space TO be filled by the lateral
enlargement. For this reason the surface
of the soil is often elevated two, three Oh
more inches higher than ii stands when
the ground is not frozen.
The best gait horse has is the fast
walk A slow walking horse Is an abom'
ination. Who has patience with such a
horse? If you ride him or drive him he
exhausts your patience. II he is used To
pillow or harrow or go on the road he
mopes along at a snail's pace. He does
only about half the work of the rapid
walker. If time is money ysu make
illDDty beCdust YOU shNC biiiC Wy hhN ia
horse that walks fast.-N. 7. Herald.
The New England Sabbath is be.
spoken space" at the Philadelphia Cen
tennial, by the Congregationalist, which
declares that nothing is more worthy of
being shown on that occasion. Nothing
so truly fully represents the secret and
ground Of American prosperity as this
holy day with the ideas for which II
stands. Nothing Is more needed by ma.
jority OF the nations of the earth, this
hour, than this same Sabbath, with It's
truths and ordinances"
Home presents noble field for the
exercise of our graces. We should be
ambitious of shining there If we cannot
shine anywhere else. The inmates Of our
houses have the strongest claim upon our
capacity for contributing to the happiness
of others. And these claims, grounded
on natural affection, are made the more
potent by considerations that affect our.
selves. BY making homes pleasant We
administer largely to our own happiness; ;
for what delights are comparable 10 those
enjoyed in the bosom of one's own fami-
ly "a Farmers Wye's Letter.
New York city is badly afflicted with
horse plague, but the eastern shore OF
Maryland seems TO be also In very dess
perate plight from the same cause. The
disease is a peculiar one, bearing no re-
semblance to the epizootic. The horse is
suddenly attacked with dizziness, and
spins around until he drops dead. The
disease has been especially fatal among
valuable blooded stock, and no remedy
has as yet been discovered. In one county,
that OF Kent, the loss in horsefiesh
amounts to $25 000.--Ercltange.
An unknown man about thirty years
old il in the practice of loafng around the
dental offices on Woodward avenue, and
whenever he sees a victin about To go up
stairs he confronts him and asks: Got
the toothacheT' Yes--oh blazesl yes"
Is the reply. And you are going TO have
1t pulled" Eyes, guess So" " That's
right; you'll think the whole top Of your
head is coming of when he pullsl It's
awful TO have tooth jerkedl ! wouldn't
have one pulled for n thousand dollars,
but then II you are bent on il, go ahead
I'll see you when you come out, and In
case of any accident I'll go for a doctor. !"
And the toothache goes right away then,
aud the victim goes right home. Detroit
Free Press.
There are persons who carry two
r,o.a nra for their families and the 9th 4.