Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-02-11

Canada cattle, and shipping ths
joints to England. That co,nn ns prime
expected, will employ over 5n0 Is
and slaughter 400 animals every Janus nanlos,
The workmen OF the Troy Bessema.
steel works, who recently subm;t.ss
gracefully to reduction of 20 per csn.
IN wages, and continued at work arc ~
ready reaping the reward of their coa a
mon sense. The production of steel hn.
been increased over IS per cent o Voc
that OF the previousworking season sinca
the resumption OF work, and already the
mems wages have been advanced K nv.
cent. more than even before the redpo
ton i'uuc-
The manufacture of isinclass oo,
orally supposed 70 be confined To COM
tries where the sturgeon is found -
abundance, is carried on to a cons;aar
able extent in India. principally from the
air-vessels of several varieties Of percb
and other fish. There is room for
great extension of the trade, az isinplass
the purest known form of animal ieliv
has, in measure, had its consumntion
checked by its high price, and substitutes
are employed, such as gelatine.
miscellaneous.
Manufactures at Meriden. Conn
arc greatly embarrassed by deficiency
OF water and some of the shops are like.
ly to be closed in consequence.
In 1847-'48 potatoes formed the only
sustenance Of the Irish peasantry. The
intelligent compositor put it thus: "Tn
1S47 forty-eight potatoes formed the only
sustenance of the Irish peasantry."
Lewis, the wit of the Detroit Free
Press, is youth of about twenty nine,
with dark, rolling eye, and mustache
like the shadow Of great sorrow. He
Is engaged to lady whose papa is worth
half q million.-Brook1yn Aryus.
"A finely.dressed young lady slipped
and fell near the POstoffice yesterday.
and the boot-black who assisted her to
her feet inquired: "Did you break any
bones, madam" "No, l guess not" she
replied, "but Pm just as mad as if l had
broken dozen of 'em "-Detroit Free
Press.
The Norwich Conn Advertiser SAYS:
"A young lady, very pretty, walked
around the new road (seven miles, in one
hour and forty-five minutes. We re-
member escorting her around the road
once by moonlight. Time, four hours
and forty-five minutes. But then
she said she wasn't in a hurry. The old
folks had gone to camp-meeting."
"A queer old fellow wanted room at
the Richmond House the other evening,
and, having obtained the key of the same,
threw down quarter of a dollar on the
desk to pay for his lodging, and was
walking away, when the clerk reminded
him that it was only halt enough. "Why,
that's all right" said the antique stranger;
"you see, don't expect to sleep only
half the time."-North adams Mass
paper.
-" According to Gunter Edward
Gunter was distinguished English math.
ematician, born in 1881. He invented,
among other things, Gunter's scales, an in
strument by means of which questions
in navigation, trigonometry, ETC., are
solved The calculations were made
according to Gunter," which signifed
that they were correct. The expression
means that the work is correct, or that
everything is exact, ETC., etc.
"A man who had been in the Auburn
IN. " State Prison for twelve years,
and whose term of service had expired,
liked his quarters so well that he refused
to go out; nor did the jailer know how
to get rid of him. So he was sent out
with broom to sweep the sidewalk,
when they locked the jail-door upon him.
After many attempts to break in he was
compelled sorrowfully to seek other
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