Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-23

A drop too much--The drop Of The
gaiIows
The Reading pal Times 4 crus.dins
against merry making ~ funerals
The threshing season has bern re
moved from the farm 10 the schoolroom.
Eli. boyss
The man whose presence VIII most
give weight 70 the North Carolina consti-
tutionaI convention kicks the beam at 34U
pounds.
A Chinese woman st Portland. Ore,
.Las iust taken the veil. II belonged TO
some one else. 10 that she will be secluded
for the space of four sears.
On brick pile Ia New Orleans q boy
was found tied up In sack. He had been
nut there by bis father. who had left him
withou, food for three days.
A fatal cattle disease has broken out
among several droycs Of cattle near the
Aneram lead mines, In the vicinity OF
Rhinebeck, N. r., and nearly all have
died
There are two times in mans life
when he eagerly scans the newspaper
once when he has been In an awful mean
scrape and again when he Ii looking for
puff.
According 10 the Chicago Tribune the
Superintendent OF the Illinois Deaf and
Dumb Asylum "wiil be glad 10 hear from
those desiring 10 enter the institution"
especially from dumb candidates.
According 10 the Tamaqua pa ITEM
imosquItocs, which have never before in
yadcd that retreat In the mountains, have
this year made their appearance, and are
tasting Of adult and infant Tamaquans
"A Chicago man who has got astray In
the wilds OF New York city says; The
only relaxation Western man has here IL
10 visit the rooms Of advertising agents
and read the Chicago papers In order to
know that the world still move" --B ostop
Tlobe
Jesse PomerOy owes his life thus far
10 deadlock The Governor urges com
mutation, but the council rauses 10 com
mute, and the Governor refuses 10 sign
the death warrant So Jesse can neither
be hanged nor let off ill they get new
administration.
The latest instance 81 financial doubt
IL that Of Boston man, who ncgiccis TO
scut the coupons from his bonds because he
would not know what 10 do with the
money If they were turned into cash. He
might find relief by applying 10 some Of
bis poorer relatives.
The London 1xmes, in a recent lead.
ing article commenting on the reception
In New York Of the American rife team
ON liz return home, gives them high
praise for their bearing and achievements
during their European trip. II thinks
their visit there and consequent riyalries
will be beneficial In many ways.
The man In Ohio who was going
to reyoutIoDizc his cheescmaking by cur.
ing bis cheese In two on three days by
steam, rises To- explain al last that II II
"BO 20" Although the steam promotes
the chcescing Of the curd, IL extracts the
flavor, which IL AS serious u drawback AS
for salt 10 losc Its SAVIOR. The steam drives
out ali tayors, good and bad, and Is death
ON shippers"
II was acquainted once with gallant
soldie gho assured me that his only
.meth0a ST courage was this; Upon the
first fire IN an engagement he Immediate
IN looked upon himself IA u dead man.
lie then fought out the remainder 0f the
day perfectly regardless OF all manner Of
danger, ~ becomes d dead man 10 be. So
that ali the life or limbs he carried back
to his tent lac rcekoned as clear gain, or,
M he i imaef expressed II, $50 much out
of TIE fire. '-Ste,Hs
This good little boy was sitting on the
front steps whiting up his sisters en-
broideFyirames, and mutiering 10 him.
self. This amt 10 good world 10 live
in unless "a icller Ii his fathers and moth.
er's only orphan boy. What makes me
git so mad IN 10 have my sister go and
take all my ripe peaches 10 give 10 That
big lOaief Of "a sweetheart Of hers that
comes round here seven nights la week
10 git square meal, aud make out AS II he
wanted b. talk politics with the old man.
wish they'd marry and go TO Texas, !
dor And then he threw the remnants OF
the frames into the street and seemed
lighter hearted - Atlanta Constitution,
"A few weeks ago ge gave some space
to AN account OF the termi,es, or white
ants" Since then the following wonder.
ful incident illustrating the extent and
method OF their rayages has come under
our notice Ii In related by Forbes In his
+" Oriental Memoirs" On opening nm
apartment that had been some weeks un'
used, the author discovered a number of
she wcll.known covered galleries OF the
aermltes leading 10 some engravings hang.
sng on the wall. On inspecting the pict-
urcs closely they looked peculiarly dull,
while the frames were covered with dust.
con attempting" says Mr.. Forbes, TO
wipe II of. | was astonished 10 find the
glasses fixed 10 the wall, not suspended
In frames as lcii them, but completely
surrounded by an incrns'aiioD cemented
by the white ants, who had actually eaten
up the deal frames and backboards and
the greater part OF the paper, and len the
glasses upheld by the incrustation or
covered way which they had formed dur
ing their depreciation - GhteaGo Tribune.
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