Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-11
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tn. Ws.tern Methodist has invented
- name for an old woman" Matri-
sonM sdria boasts the possession of col
-. for the instruction OF students In
Tae builders say it will take 81 ,600.-
oon x.orth of timber to complete the st.
Go:hard tunnel
mont imagine that you were born to
80 the world. You can't split
raountain with toothpick.
% Why do they call il autopsy" she
..ke5 because they take OFT the top OF
~ head TO see into it, was the answer.
A brute whom it were a base libel to
III a man recently tied rope to balky
sorse's tongue and pulled it out by the
nots.
Old lace is the latest fashionable
rsnia. All the factories in the world are
,-nning double-time to supply the de-
nsnd.
The latest trick of the petty swindlers
;sto sell fifleen-cent paper of stove-polish,
with chrome, for one dollar, anu forget
10 deliver the picture. 1t has been sxten-
s;yely practiced in New England.
IT is said that nearly all of the fat cat
,Ie in Southern Colorado have changed
hands recently or will do so soon. Never
in the history of the country has the trade
in cattle been 30 active.
Centennial coats' are coming into
fashion. Not coats that have been worn
hundred years or ereabouts--though
they are vet seen-but new article, with
long skirt and fiaring collar, called the
Centennial"
The boundary line in the far North
west Is being marked out by castiron
pillars, eight feet high, set in the ground
four feet, at distances of a mile from each
op or. The English and American Gov
eaments set the posts alternately.
A cat belonging to Mr.. Michael How
ard, of Ellsworth, Me-, has been lately
supplying her masters table with eels. A
few days ago she brought in one alive
and squirming which weighed nearly
three pounds
The limited amount of live stock in
Harris County, Georgia, is thus incident
ally alluded to in the Judges charge to
Grand Jury: "If, by any accident, there
should be a hog in the county, and if, by
still greater accident, it should stray away
from the owner and get to neighbor's
without being slaughtered, the jury should
inquire as TO the Estray law being COM
piled with"
There is a man In Indiana who takes
thirty.tw papers Need we add that he
walks eight miles every morning before
breakfast, reads without spectacles, smokes
and chews, gave Gen. Washington glass
Of water, frequently falls heir to large
estates in England, never pulls his gun TO
him by the muZzle, is always elected TO
Office, has his winter fuel given to him,
finds pocket books on the street, never
knew days illness, and has brand-new
Ulster overcoat. No. To detail that in
formation would simply be WORK OF
supererogation.--Chtcdgo Inter-Ocean.
in connection with the fact that an
election for members to convention to
form Constitution and State government
has Just taken place in Colorado it may
not be generally known that such Consti
tuition as may be adopted by the people at
an election in July next is TO be duly GER
tilted to the President of the United States,
whereupon ii is made his duty by law TO
issue his proclamation declaring the State
admitted into the Union on an equal foot
ing with the original States, without any
further action whatever On the part of Con-
gess. Accordingly Colorado will take
part in the next Presidential election, hav-
Ing three electoral votes.-BOst0n Ad
srtisr.
--Plummer, who escaped from the
County Jail in Portland, Me-, the other
day-he has been retaken--left behind
in his cell the following curiosity of lit
or hair
tell em am coming to, have gone to git
some Breakfast and may stay to dinner
but will come back wen the wood bine
twineth Tell the boys have gon camp
ing" What rendered it more aggravating
was that this defiant valedictory was writ
ten on the back of tract. When the off,
GERS of the Jail read this note they did not
enjoy 1t much. In fact, IL so annoyed
them that they pursued the fugitive Plum
mer like sieuth hounds, and he Is now
where he can give his whole time to the
of his photography.
The Garden says: Hyacinths may
be potted from September to Christmas To
secure a succession OF bloom. October is,
perhaps, generally the best time for pot
ting. If new pots be used they should be
soaked in water before placing the soil In
them. Five and six inch pets are the
sizes ordinarily used. In potting, one
third of the bulb should be left above the
surface of the soil and the pots should be
placed Oh the level ground, out-of-doors,
having previously taken precautions To
prevent the ingress of worms through the
holes at the bottom Of the pots. Cover
the crown Of each bulb with small pot,
and the whole with six inches of cinder-
ashes, coarse sand, or any porous material,
leaving them 50 covered for at least a
month, then removing them at intervals,
as required, TO cool frame or forcing
house. As the leaves expand place the
pots close to the glass, give plenty Of air
and water and protect from frost"
"A correspondent of the Gardeners
Chronicle diiates upon the ingenuity
which the Chinese have displayed in the
construction of the national wheeibarrow.
The one large wheel used il placed in the
center of the vehicle, so that the entire
load rests directly upon It. The streets Of
Shanghai are filled with these carriages,
which ply in the place Of hacks and drays.
Two persons can conveniently ride In one.
sitting on the wooden platform at either
side Of the wheel, resting one arm on a
framework raised over 1t, and planting
one foot In stirrup Of rope. 1t is by no
means uncommon, however, to zee as
nany as four persons conveyed without
saw Uarfirular 0<f,nrt lfh<a fyrd,fnd hoip N