Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-02-18

Dry goods clerks are paid the mrn;s
cent sum of three dollars per weeL u
Savannah. N
"A Connecticut firm has just received
an order for wooden type from China ~
be cut in Chinese characters. "
Salem, Mass, is making a practice,
experiment OF lighting her street lamns
by electricity. It works well.
Good looking iasses and good look;n,
glasses are not very far apart-generaIIv
st. joseph (No) Herald
"A rooster was frozen to death in
vacant lot in Bridgeport, Conn.,, the Other
day while standing erect.
Massachusetts is to have an asvlpm
for INDECENT persons who are nervous
without reaching the point of actual in.
sanity.
One fortunate thing in being king
is that kings never have to get up nights
and lug the potatoes in beside the coal
stove.
Boston men complain that the coast.
ing boys in the Common "catch pedes.
TRANS by the legs as tack puller does
tack"
There is some probability of the re-.
vival of crinoline in all its glory next
summer. The news ought to occasion
regret.
1t is singular that the man who bor.
rows paper is always the man to find
the most fault with its contents.-Rome
Sentinel.
"A gentleman in Cleveland now
jumps up and says that Benedict Arnold
was as true man to America IS George
Washington.
The school-teachers in Ireland ask
an increase of wages, and the fact that
they venture to do this is hopeful sign
for that country.
-Toothsome--A Washington dentist
advertises for "the front tooth of A
young girl fourteen years of age. Will
pay literally and replace artificially"
A Vermont lumberman recently had
the misfortune TO have log roll upon
him and break in twain one of his legs;
yet he loaded his wood and drove home.
The Rev. Mr.. Julien, of New Bed.
ford, Pa, says there is more heavy lying
done to the square inch in that city than
anywhere in the world except Washing
ton.
The people of the Pacific coast have
become thoroughly convinced that the
highest prosperity rests on manufactures
and are continually engaging in new en-
terprises of that kind.
Quiz asked his landlady yesterday
whether the quaint old Dean of st.
Patrick had any reference to butter when
he remarked: "Only woman's hairw
and John Henry told him he'd butter
shut up.
in Rhode Island, the home of Roger
Williams, the Baptists have fifty-nine
churches, forty-two pastors and 10000
members. In 1874 there were 487 Bap-
lists, being an increase over the aggre-
gate of the three previous years.
Cure for Neuralgia.-Take potatoes
and slice them thin as you can and bind
them ON where the pain is and it will re-
lieve it in few hours. Keep putting on
until cure is effected, which will be in
two or three applications.-Oor. Cincin-
nati Times.
To Keep Earth Worms from Pots
To keep earth worms from pots CORE
spondent of Wick gives the following rem
edy: 81 put ten drops of carbolic acid
in pint of water, and poured that on
the earth in the pots, and it acted like
charm, killed all the worms, and the
plants improved at once. 1t has been
three weeks since it was applied, and
they are all in nice growing condition,
and think it is time enough to show
what it will do"
According to the Herald Of Health
marble-top tables are to be avoided. 1t
says: "They are cold, and rapidly alb
sorb the heat and vitality of the body,
robbing it Of its life. We have heard of
one invalid whom the doctor could not
cure until one day he noticed she used
marble stand, and suspected it had
something to do with her i'll health. So
he forbade her touching it. Soon she
was cured. We know healthy people who
feel the twinges of pain in q shoulder by
sitting near one. They are handsome, but
unhealthy for all that"