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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-23

A RUNAWAY thief having applied TO
blacksmih for work, the latter showed
him sons handler Ifs and aslrd him IL he
understood such kind OF work why,
yes, sir" said TIE other; q i guess I've
had a haad In n afore.''
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-23

SwiT2kHLASp consasas at present ne
less than 500 hotels and boarding h. as M
for strangers; OF these about fifty ans ".
tablishments Of the nrst. class and are
owned by joint stock companies. In 1874
255, go tourists visited SwitzcrlAri, OF
whom 85, 900 crossed the Gothard Mount.
ain; about n, 600 crossed the Siuploa or
Spmgen, and 100000 assembled dae Rigi
mainly by the railway, The gwater mum.
her OF tourists now visit the Bsxaese 0ser.
land.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-23

THE military pension-roli Of Germany
now contains the names of ~, 727 invalid
soldiers and officers, and "a 100 widows.
The privaes get about $50 year, in.
fantry sergsants $66 and cavalry sergeants
roo
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-23

LET me tell how 10 make what i call
convenient milking stool: Take piece
OF board about eight inches wide and two
feet long nail short pieces across the
ends TO increase It's strength aud TO bore
holes through; put two legs eight or ten
inches long in one end, and one a trifle
shorter in the forward end. Place the
stool where you intend 10 sit, the one
legged end where you usually set the pail.
Place the pail on that end of the stool and
sit on the other. If you DO this you will
have The pail out of the dirt and the COW
cannot easily put her foos in II, rs often
happens when the pail is ON the ground.
Some cows are so low that you are obliged
To set the pail on the ground. In such
case turn your stool around.-FarB1er's
DdugltseY, IN Western RurA
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-23
Won't Get Anything In Their Stock.
ings.

There are two residents OF Detroit who
won't get any Santa Claus gifts in their
stockings. They live on Adams avenue
husband and wife. She had the front
steps washed the other night while he was
down town, and when he returned home
and rushed for the door in his usual wig
orous style he rushed on his head As he
was falling around the wife opened the
door and inquired:
"What made you fall down, Peter?"
He pitched against the door in his eff
forts 10 stand up, and answered:
Don't you know anything, you numb
head, you"'
"What is it--ice ~ she asked.
"You don't suppose I'd fall down on
sand, do youg'' he shouted. / was go
ing TO put something in your stocking, but
now | WON'T"
"Well, keep your brass jewelry, then"
she spunkily replied.
And you keep your old calico dress
ing gowns"
1t il sad to see folks living this way
Detroit Free Press.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-23

ECLIPsEN
There will he four cclipses In iS1G-two
u sish luminary.
4. A partial eclipse OF the moon In the
night following March D.; visible from
every part II the United States and Can
sdss, IL weather permit. The following
sre The times Of the passes az seen from
Chicago
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-23

IT Is one of the rules Of the Supreme
Court that mo one sSse the attorney or
clerks may put pen o. pencil to paper
anywhere within us preciacts.--CsT. y.
y. Tyibxne.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11
INTERNaL FIRES.

The water encountered In the main
east drift on the 2,O00-foot level of the
Imperial Empire Mine, says the Nevada
Territorial Enterprise, is the hottest
ever struck ON the Comstock lode. Ac-
cording to two good thermometers, the
thmpersture was found to be 1904 deg.
This stream of water is but an inch or
two in diameter. The temperature of
the atmosphere in the drift was yesterday
us deg. Notwithstanding the bot air
and hotter water, men are at work in the
face of the drift. Going down by de-
grees as they are, our miners are becom-
ing Injured to the heat, and expect to be
able to continue right on down to where
the rocks are in molten state without
experiencing the slightest difficulty At
the Consolidated Virginia they are al
ready making their calculations for
pumping up the molten silver when they
shall have followed the big bonanza down
to depth of about 800 feet.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11
HUMOROCS.

The Changers trump-Spades.
A 2sS-PAINTER's oath" Hang it ~
TRAscE-MIGRAr1oN of soles- Sleep
walking
To be pleasant is duty Sour faced
men are affections.
You thu. have coal to shed prepare to-
shed it now.
THE Cornner of Milwaukee denies that
he cuts holes in the ice.
WHY is 81 eat on it's hind-legs like the
great Fall OF Niagara. Because it is a
cat-erect
IT is better 70 be alone in this world
than to bring, up a boy to play on the ac-
cOrdeOn.
A HOTEL out West says, generously, of
competing establishment, that it stands
without arrival
A BOOK has been published called
Half-Hours with Insects" The author
was not regI,lnr boarder
WHY is an old mans farm in Texas like
the focus of sun glass Because it's
place where the sens raise meat.
THERE is hope for the young man who
chews caraway.. No matter to what posi-
ton he aspires he Will suck seed.
WHAT is the difference between King
Henry Will and a man in deep thought!
One was fat king, and the other is
thinking
Mrs PART1SGE9S, reading Of the strike
of the wire-drawers, remarked: "Ah,
me, what new tangled things won't they
wear nextl"
AN Omaha paper advises the people
''not to make such q fuss about the shoot
ing of one Constable as there are over
forty candidates Cor the Office
A NEVADA nersethief before he was
strung up, reminded the mob that George
Washington would have been hung if
caught. Moral-Never steal horse nm
less he is faster than any other horse in
the neighborhoSd.
Do-THE-GIRIS HALL. YORKSHIRE
Breakfast conversation-Wic pupil
Please, Miss Jones, the wind blew 30 hard
last night that woke UP. Miss Jones
(tartly and conxentionallyl-Well, don't
let it happen again.-Ihoseh.
MUGeINs says be never tried bark but
once, and then it was SO mixed with bite,
it was questionable whether it did him
much good. Ii was recommended by
gardener AS a cure for an appetite for
other peoples fruit
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11
AUCTION EXTRAORDINARY.

dreamed dream in the midst of my slumbers,
And as fast ! dreamed it, it came into number
NY thoughts ran along il such beautiful meter,
I'm sure 1 ne'er any poetry sweeter:
1t seems that law had been recently made
That tax on old bachelors heads should be laid;
And in order to make sheln all willing to marry,
The tax was as large as a man could well carry
The bachelors grumbled and said twas no
Twas horrid injustice and horrid abuse,
And declared that to save their own hearts blood
from splitting,
OF such vile tax they would not pay q shilling.
But the rulers determined them still TO pursue,
SO they set all the old bachelors up az vendue:
crier sent through the town, 10 and fro,
To rattle his bell and his trumpet 30 blow,
And TO call out to all he might meet N his way,
Ho! forty old bachelors sold here to-day"
And presently all the old maids in the town.
Each in her very best bonnet and gown,
From thirty to sixty fair, plain, red and pale,
Oh every description, all hocked to the sale
The auctioneer then in his labor began,
And called out aloud as he held up a man,
~How much for a bachelor ? who wants to bvy7r
In twink every maiden responded, Ill
In short, at highly extrayagant price,
The bachelors all sold off in a trice
And forty old madens, some younger, some oieer,
Each lugged an old bachelor home on her shousier.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11
A STRONG MAN,S FEAT.

Patrick Fitzpatrick, an employee of a
firm of -four dealers in Lowell, Mass,
carried barrel of -four, weighing alto
gether over two hundred and twelve
pounds, on his back from the Framing
ham freight depot to the store of the firm
without stopping, the distance being
mile. The barrel was fastened on his
back by rope. Mr.. Fitzpatrick
weight is about hundred and sixty-five
pounds, and he seemed but little fatigued
when he arrived at the store, stating that
he would carry it back again at once for
hundred dollars. He received the
-four and ten dollars additional as re-
ward for the successful performance Of
the feat
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11
Il BID BOZ DECIDEDLY.

The enterprise of young America has
been written and talked about for years,
stils there ars grades of opinion in regard
to young Americas sharpness, and
among those who have been most struck
With the precocity of the rising genera
ton isDetective Kennock of the United
States secret service, New York. A
few days ago . small boy applied at
the secret service Office on Blocker
street. and said that he knew of a man
who had counterfeit money to sell.
The boys story was apparently reliable
and Detective kennock, was detailed to
effect capture OF the cOunterfeiter, with
the aid Of the youth bringing informa-
ton. Ala specified time the detective
accompanied the boy to the appointed
place and there instantly recognized one
Coffee, an old offender, to whom he was
well known He had barely time to
give the boy q roll Of bills in good money
to exchange for counterfeit and conceal
himself, when the counterfeiter came up
and began negotiations with the young
informer- The boy agreed with Coffee
to give q certain sum in good money for
a certain number of counterfeits, and re
ceived the latter, when, instead of hand
ing over the genuine notes, he cut and
ran. At this iuncture the detective
sprang out and arrested the counter
feiter, and then waited for the return of
the boy But the boy didn't come. He
had passed away like morning mist,
and they couldn't find him any more.
He bad the genuine money with him and
the counterfeit too, and the detective
and the rogue were equally Disguised at
the turn of affairs. Since the arrest the
counterfeiter has been discharged, from
want of evidence against him, and thus
the last drop of bitterness is added to the
cup of the chagrined detective He
wouldn't trust his own baby now, so
thoroughly is he convinced of the moral
obhquity of young America.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11
THE TILLIGE BE4UTY.

1here she stands just within the trellised porch,
Her fair face turned to meet the summer, air,
Half standing, and half leaning lazly
Against the lattice thick with fowerets fair
Here bend the roses heavy from the stem,
And spreads the jasmine in profusion sweet;
The grand westera jroops above her heal
While pink-fringed daisies blossom at her feet.
The eglantine caresses her young cheek,
The soft wind frolics with her shining hair.
And truaRt lock, escaped rom the band.
Flutters its gold on her forehead fair.
Aer hat hangs listlessly down from her hand
While her fingers toy with its ribbons blue:
From under her simple but dainty dress
Peeps tiny foot in bucklrI shoe.
She gazes dresmily out on the scene
OF coppice, and lane, and sunny field.
With eyes whose luster their la shes strive
In VAN to conceal. though they may shield
stiffness lies in the scented air,
A delicate languor broods over all
And naught is heard save the hum of bses
And he murmur of some brooklets fall
Ask not her thoughts, seek not to understand
The subjects which engross her maiden mind.
for if we knew them, they perchance might be
What IN so sweet place 'twere strange to hnd
But fondly hope that they would be at theme
For painters canvas, for poets sonnet;
How ii would mar the tender scene to know,
Her thoughts were conferred in her next ne,
bonnet.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11
THE FI2HT WITH TIE JINEs
DGSPER

Yesterday q rumor reached our city
that the residence of the mother of the,
notorious. James boys had been invaded
by detectives on Sunday night, back of
Kearney,. in Clay county, and that des-
perate fight had ensued. The report
gave rise to,many sIlrmises on the streets,
soma doubts, and many predictions. yet
in the absence Of facts all opinions ex-
pressed were drawn wildly The arrival
of the train last night on the Hannibal
and St. Joseph road at $50 brought a
confirmation of the story, yet no particu-
lars. The attacking party, it is said,
were four detectives, who had learned
that the two boys, the James brothers,
were at home. On Sunday night they
visited the house, and In attempting to
gain ingress were met with opposition,
and a desperate fight ensued between the
inmates of the house and the detectives.
Quite a number of shots were fired on
both sides. Two shots from the detect
ives took effect, one breaking the left
wrist of the mother of the boys, and an
other killing their haG-brother, whose
name we failed to learn. The boys, Jesse
and Frank, escaped, and have not been
seen since. The wounding of the mother
and the killing of the boy is greatly re-
GREETED, yet till full particulars of an
authentic nature are obtained, we are not
prepared to condemn. We hope the
affair is not as rough as report makes it.
Kansas City Journal Of Commerce,
Jan. %.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11
THE IyC.IP4BLE HOUsEVTFF.

Her dress is always stained with The
droppings OF her teacup, and she has nc
intermediate state between untidiness
and finery. She puts ON her best clothes
for morning walk, and keeps nothing
for her visiting days. Her piano always
wants tuning, and she never remembers
the date of the tax-collector's visits. She
forgets her glove or card-case till she has
arrived at the hall door, and when they
are brought the gloves always want but
tons, and there are no cards in the case.
She never learns the rate of postage. ard
writes her foreign letters after the mail
has gone out. A drive in cab involves
a fight about the fare, and she brushes
the muddy wheel with her dress in get
ting out. She expects her servants to do
everything without instructions, and
usually speaks of them as wretches. -
While she exacts obsequious respect
from them, she talks before them of
their shortcomings. She gives them
needless trouble by her laziness or care
lessness, and, while she does nothing for
their comfort, expects them to study hers
constantly. She will thoughtlessly ring
them up to the top of the house to put
on the Goals which re in the scuttle
beside her chair, and will heedlessly send
them three or four errands when q little
forethought on her part would have made
one enough. She never interests herself
In their welfare, hardly knows their
names, never spares them when they are
i'll, or thinks of how she may save them
trouble. She provides no wholesome
literature for their leisure reading, and
does not inquire after the proper invest
ment of their little savings. Their wages
are always in arrear, and she habitually
tempts their honesty by leaving her
purse or her letters lying about, and yet
frequently suspects them without cause.
She charges them with theft and untr,ah-
fumess' on the smalle + grounds, and
constantly fancies that they are looking
at her through the keyhole or listening
behind the door. She is indignant when
they give her notice, and refuses them "a
character when she finds that they cannot
compel her to give them one. She knows
nothing of them after they leave her,
and never concerns herself to get them
places She expects them both to be
up before her In the morning and also
sit up late for her at night. If she is i'll,
they must attend her like nurses, rise to
Yer call as all hours of the night, and
work for fer in every respect as if they
owed her.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11
MARTHA RrGDEy,s RonaycE


1t is about suit in England, in which
Capt. Charles Frederick claimed to be
the lawful descendant of his grandfather.
In 1773, Capt Charles Frederick, a
handsome, gambling spendthrift of the
Grenadier Guards, ran away with beau
tiful Martha Rigden, the daughter of a
malster. They took up their abode in
an obscure part of London, and whether
they were married or not nobody could
tell, but. two daughters were born.
Finally the dashing Captains debts were
SO pressing that he exchanged into an
India regiment and became Colonel.
Mrs. Frederick, nee Rigden, followed
him to Bombay, where she was received
in the best society as Mrs. Col. Frede-
rick. He also wrote home, declaring that
Martha Rigden was his lawfully welded
wife before leaving England, which af-
or circumstance he entered in his Bible.
There was no evidence, however, of the
marriage in the registry OF the ittle
church of Stratsfeld. After the
Colonel's death the pension of the East
India Company was paid to the widow,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11

but neither her relatives, nor the rela
tives of her aristocratic husband would
ever believe there had ever been anv
union. There was much perplexity Ill
the case, but the sentiment of public
opinion was with the young fellow suing
for his own from the first, and that
probably carried it with the jury, for
they brought in a verdict confirming the
marriage despite the absence of all proof
OF registry by overwhelming presump-
ton. And, so, after century, Capt.
Charles Edward Frederick takes ND his
own on the baronetage of the nation.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11

A SCHOOL not twenty miles from White
hall, VT, is presided over by cross-eyed
teacher. A few days ago he called out
1.-THE boy that 1 am looking at viii step
out ON the floor" Immediately twenty
seven lads walked out in front of the as
ton;shed peaagogue.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11

A DIsREPUTABLE son asked his father /:
"Why is neighbor Smiths liquor shop
like counterfeit dollar z" 81 can't tell,
my son." Because you can't pass it, %
said the boy. - shas.u
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11

THE portion of Florida lying by the
St Johns river bids fair to become a
vast orange orchard.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-11

ST.. LOUIS is aeitated over new social
evil law. -c =1s5
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-23

scottyille (Ky.,) Argus: We hear a
desperate cutting affray occurred at
Smiths pond, III Simpson county, last
week. 1t appears that two young men,
Ensley HOgwroter and John hcCrcary,
became involved in 4 quarrel, which re-
suited in the cutting of the former, and,
from what we learn. his recovery is i'm
possible. DR.. Gaines was summoned,
and Immediately repaired TO the snene
of the bloody action, where he found
Hogwrotsr completely butchered, his
throat being cut, which rendered him
speeches.. \ bed standing in the room
bore marks ola desperate struggle, and
the pillows were covered with blood.
McCreary states that it took place on the
floor, upon which there were no blood or
marks ola struggle, and the opinion OF
the physician is that McCreary must have
done his bloody work while the unfortu-
nate man was in bed. The parties were
on good terms, and McCreary says the
qUarrcling commenced before they got
out Of bed. and that they got up simulta-
ncously, and that the onslaught was made
first by HOEwrotcr; but as the two were
alone during the affair, only an unsatis-
factory statement can be obtained. At
last accounts 'Iogwroter was still alive
No arrest has been made.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-23

UOEpIELE DEATH.-On Wednesday Of
last week one Of those hrrible accidents
that happen only once in hundreds OF
years, and by which human being was
unexpectedly, in the twiukling OF an
eye, hurried into eternity, occurred on
the farm Of the Widow Kettles, in the
town Of JuniUs, few miles south Of
here. Parties were engaged in threshing
grain, and at the time of the accident
were thrcshing loose bats, and Theodore
Bodine was feeding the machine. In some
unexplained way a coil Of fence wire had
been brought in with the grain, and, un-
seen by the pitcher was pitched upon the
platform and showed into the machine
with the oats. One end Of the coil was
caught by the rapidly revolving cylinder,
and the other end, in a very mysterious
way, wound around Mr.. Bodine's neck,
and in shorter space Of time than ii is
possible for one TO conceive, the unfOrtu-
nIrc MANS hEsze-yTas drawn Unto tlae-Ifia-
chine, torn into atoms and carried out
with The straw, while portions of the
brain passed through the separator and
came out Of the spout below with the
grain. II was some time before the other
wOrkmcn rerlized the nature of the dread
ful accident. Mr. Bodfnc was seen lean
ing over the platform III front of him,
but his position being somewhat elevated
IL WasuOt discovered that his head was in
| the machine, and IL was only when blood
and braine5 were seen coming out of the
| spout with the thrcshed grain that the
man attending to that part Of the work
called the attention Of the others to the
| fact that something awful had taken
place. We understand the unfortunate
man leaves a vito and two children to
mourn his terrible death.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-23

perses fumes and yapors, it fortiiies tn,
breast. il strengthens the vital spirits, J..
increases the lymph in the blood, and II
prOIOugs life. Even the dying are com
forted by it, and feel from its use less
rcuugnancc 10 their medicines
The old historian first named, slalt-
that fl has many virtues, but Is chiefly
valued for being q strengtheHer Of IN LHt
stomach, and q purifier Of the blood. INC
Chinese are so fond OF it, that they tniih
they can never pay too dear for II. Inc
government sends out 10000 Tartar sol,
diers every year 20 gather this root, and
every one Is obliged 10 bring two ounces
oftIc best ginseng gratis, and for tue
rest they paid its weight ia silver. II has
a yrrv sweet taste accompanied with q
lioEi bitterness and warmth. The lar
r..T roots are carved into various forms
and are worn ON different parts Of the
body for physical disabilities and for am
ulcfs and protection against evil in
Gueuces. These are about all the uses "a
which ginseng is applied, and these only
among the Inhabitants Of the Celestial
e.-Manuiacturcrs and Merchants
Advertiser.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-23
gu 4|l4ia apd T4(ptrs
WAITING

"Fise yeals '7u4.,.' Den. DO TO-
~ Innocent lla.syet maid.
For tie gears I-ag la--a lifeline.
While yasr youhr.Ir 81 trHH.
while yolr eyes ase rsl ri.4 weeping,
Aud watching lhg .le-a1esaas ..4s
Iii yol sing rhe snaE Of iaaa One.
clio asvcr cs-as I-... taH.-.r
FE- y.lr. t9valt vhIeoH.-
are dancing ile .-r. %. gu...
And .ha ore. uolar. you arr 900. H.
I- Hr.-l.ar Eis VOWS f4a.aH-
Ira.'. vol, :ar lIy l1.e. by aadaa
Who ha. sailed 'ar over ,lg sea,
IHayears o.. ten, ag twenty
SAID tAs blga-cysl maid 90 fHa.
So che wrote hsr loraslc.ieHl
Or tended her garden Govsrs,
or watched the restless H.l0vs
% the bsstling el.G ior hours;
While she turned her su.t0.s p.niaE
Away from the cottage door
And waited, patiently waited,
One long, long year ormogs.
"'Tls very weary waiting"
Said the Blue-eysd maid TO me,
AID she glanced bar last new sgitor
And then a. the restless sea;
As she glanced At the rssss fading
In hsr garden fair and bright
rW.cs come. twice gone since BE- !.' Dos
Two yearb before thst lishL.
Ard she married her Last new sait1s
Before the winter sped
AID she wrote 20 her absent lover
on the day that she wss we'd,
"sAe hoped be would not suffer,
That The shock would soon be o'cI,"
And the answer soon informed her
lie bad married year before!