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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09
AneedOte of DIR. Bethune.

On one occasion, when Son our way %
our favorite resort for little fly-fishing
in Eastern Maine, we stopped over night
in Boston, where the doctor was to speak
at some anniversary meeting. As was not
unusual with him, he was little late in
his appearance at the gathering and
the speaker next preceding him on the
programme was evidently talking against
time on his arrival Seeing the doctor
walk up the aisle, he suddenly brought
bis remarks to close by saying " that the
distinguished gentleman who would next
address them had now arrived, and he
could not understand why he (the speaker
had been appointed to precede him, unless
it might be on the principle by which the
smaller wheel of a carriage is made to
precede the larger" There was slight
twinkle in the Doctors eye as he unbut
toned and laid off his great brown over
coat, and commenced by saying: Mr..
President, ladies and conference.-the
closing remarks of my friend who has
just addressed you reminds me OF a
Highlander, who, on visit to Glasgow,
caught his first glimpse of four-wheeled
carriage. Fixing his eye, with amaze
ment, on one of the forward wheels, he
exclaimed: 'Weel done, little wheel; the
big wheel u nae catch YOU" A hap
pier opening could hardly have been
made, even if there had been month TO
consider it.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

The New York HeYaH relates the FOL.
lowing incident; Mr.. William Fouh, OF
Hobokeu while driving through New
Durham. on Sunday evening, Was accost
ed on The road by sprightIylooking man
about thirty years OF age, well dreoseh aan
OF some culture, who declared nc wa
fn,igued and sadly in need Of a ride. The
driver repealed him At first, but the sIan,
ger renewed his application witt such
1nncyed words thai Nr Ponb took him
mn The conduct Of the lunatic who ac-
o1mpanied Hood in the balloon was gen
lie COMPARED with that 81 this stranger.
lie began by twisting his face into q VAR,
CIV of conyolutions, then his eyes glared
AZ n with rage or torture; he stared men
acinely At the driver, and made power.
suI ei,3rt 10 snatch the reins Mr.. Fouh
affected not 70 notice this much, ana are"
40 the horse. lie coaxed his dangerous
companion 10 allght and adjust the bit IN
Tho animals mouth. The lunatic jumped
GU, and then Fouh piled his whip win
fury The horse flew away, and the driver
was blessing his stars, but, on looking De
hind him, 10 his horror he saw % man
olIneing 10 The vehicle, and leaning over
him with Il huge knife flashing 10 his
hand. Fouh seized his whip and dealt
him heavy blow on the head, Telling him
ON The road. The horse still rushed on,
and lbe mailman rose and followed close.
ly for some time, when his strength faiicd
him and he was lost sight of. The maniac
II probably AN escaped lnnatic or per
son whose insanity Is OF recent oaie'
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

visitors "a the coast. and was asxsnszfreS
with rnoney which was 81 ssiae soy thas
special purpose by the Bank a eAii'of-
MIA. Many one who hiss BEEN erseF-
tanned beneath this ko@rItaslle Foof nas
closed his eves and wondered bow long
that style 81 erravAgsnce could rc'ss isis
last
Not only was Ralsson exarsssgAni sn
HIS manner Of entertainments bns nc
scattered money with . lavish hand whef-
ever II was sskes. and cs.en where II ras
least expected The bank became f0en'
tilted with many interests which wers con
sidered exfrsvagan;. The mining solvent
ufs~ "A gersda were prufuse and Ainlos'
,nraraIJeEed Il owned mills and COO.
trnlleud stocks to an almost unheardoi
degree. Finally, II put It's hand up,
on the mining stocks OF the Coast si1a
nlayed with them 81 viii. IL built me
ryess hotel Of the Psei3c. IL ruled tht
STATE. Il made snd unmsde Senators and
Governors ; IL did just about ~ IL pleased
| and in Il and above II all WAS distinguish
able the hand and connivance OF the man
Ralston.
II would seem that TO every game thefs
| must come, sOoner or later. q day al reck'
oni.g. and IL reached Ralston when, affei
thu failnre Of The great money center O
the golden State and the precipitation d
the avalanche Of disaster, he stepped %
| the wharf on North beach yesterday after
noon and ended his great and peeuiial
| career -CAtcag0 Times.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

As The boat shoots under the arches and
10 The river the bridge comes into view
The busiest place In all busy London.
About 60 people on foot and 800 yeilis
clss pass over II every hour In the day.
The rumble Of the traffic, as II comes 10
US on the boat, ID like the roll Of distant
thunder. / can compare il 10 notbingsls
trI,e a. the simile is. In the background
you can see the Tower, In which Offenders
Of the Government were imprisoned In The
t,arfarDus times Of old and Billisgsgaie,
the largest fisi1-market In the world. The
dealers and their customers are notorious
for the use of bad language, and the word
BiIlipgsga,e" IL commonly accepted In
writing and conversation as meaning
abuse or profanity.
The bridge has been rebuilt several
times, and The present one cost $40 900 90
in gold ~ you may imagine how sub
stantial IL Is. In the reign Of Queen Eliz-
a,eth there we're stores on each side, with
arbors and gardens, and At the south end
there was q queer wooden house, brought
from Holland. which was covered with
carving and gliding. In the middle ages
II was The scene of afirays Of all kinds,
and II was burned down several times,
ostD pfJrDfs pfftsHtHR iii otiN nv hAap'tN''
| The heads Of rebels we're stuck on the
gate.houses, among others those Of Jack
| Cadc, and Of Garnet, who was concerned
in The gunpowder plot 10 blow up the
Houses Of Parliament. The heads Of
good Sir Thomas More, brave Wallace OF
Scotland and the pious Bishop Of Rochcs.
YER we're also placed there, and, until a
comparatively recent date, such CHASTITY
trophies glanced down on the passers.by.
They were fastened on iron spikes and, In
. gale Of wind, they sometimes rolled 10
the ground or into the water.
Three hundred and fifteen years ago the
Lord Mayor Of London was Sir William
IIewet. IIewct lived in a house on the
bridge, and had an infant daughter named
Anne. The current Of the Thames was
then very strong, ~ there was fall OF
several feet underneath the arches. One
day nurse was playing with baby Anne
ut window overlooking the river, and in
careless moment she lei her little charge
fall A young apprentice named Osborne
plunged into the boiling stream after her,
and with great difficulty saved her, thus
earning the lifelong gratitude OF his mas
ter, the Lord Mayor. Anne grew to be q
beautiful woman, and, n her father was very
wealthy, many noblemen, Interchangeable
and baroncts, sought her hand. But she
| loved Osborne the best, and 10 all other
suitors her father said No; Osborne won
her and Osborne shall have her" So he
did, and he afterward became the first
| Duke Of Leeds - Fr0m A Loadon OhtLds
| H0ilf1y.n in So Nicholas for SeptsUlber.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09
The Wrong Funeral.

The other day an ex.ofiicial of this
county went into the Sherif,s office and
said he had just been 10 poor Tom Me
Namara's funeral" Then he fell into q
series Of reflections on the mutability ol
human affairs, addressing his remarks Il
himself or 10 anybody else who might
happen to hear him. lie looked very
grave and sorrowful. Poor Tom he
said" declare you wouldn't have known
him--was worn away. before he died
almost Ia skeleton--its awful what
changes come over u man sometimes be.
torch pegs out--plcnty OF young. stout fel-
lows about here may 20 down the same way
never felt anything touch me 50 in all my
lite--he was pale as a fresh shirtbosom.
and cheeks oil followed out, and even the
peck marks In his face gone tell you
what II Is, | didn't know him myself"
Then one OF the deputies asked him how
he knew Tom looked that way.
Why, I've just been to his funeral. y
81 guess not''
Well, | ought 10 know. I've just
come from there. knew him ever since
he came to Pittsburgh, and WASH Z going
10 let him be buried without taking last
look AT him.
why" replied the deputy, 81 was at
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09
The Bank OF CaIifsrniz.

San Frsncisco dispatch OF Aug ~
saws. : The failure Of iiae Park Of taii-
font vi sic Immediately caused ~ &c.
pe.i,.,gs ran. was directly the osscs1ii.s on
: eos.tgg4f gs.tweef two classes 81 iAlsfor-
~. ss,sf.s la,s,s~--4gsse u the Bank ~ Call
G,ruis ,,artv hesded E,y Mr. ksIsson and
ri, 1865. ard the other headed by
NJ F,ood OtBrien and Hidenfesdi
The iicf party have ss'an.i.nea : ana
Seyag's, ssfss cash eapiiai o. $siV1 VI
gold AID tie Il glst % increase % asptsSu.-
600. Incidental 70 ibis hgiit there have
been lie mining properties Known ~ tiie
say2we. he Caledonia. tie California. e
Ophir ard ihc Consolidated Virginia. The
three latter are known a. the Big isonafi-
"a Mine, and the Bank u GallfoFni. pariy
obtained control Of them In getting this
control tic saock Of the California was
run up from so 10 SO. and sas then
multiplied by Ave, which would
make the highest price leo "
has since declined 10 80 The Ophsr
stock, while they were getting control,
advgnccd from 70 10 200. and MAS multi
piled b. Ave. making 100. representing
l4D in ncs stock Il has since declined
10 rs. The Conroiidassa Virginia. dur
ing the prpcess ~ getting control, al
ysneesI from IS 10 7sD II Was yesterday
2y7. That the bank had been strained o.
late and pinched has been evident 70
banker 1ere. who have Stunned their
bills from the fact that IN the last sixty
DAYS most Of The bills offered 10 this mar
kei have been .h0se ~ other institutions
indorsed by the Bank Of California The
Inference has beer thai the Bank OF Cali.
fprnia had hypofhecated securities With
those Who lcnt their bills, and thai this
borrowed exchange was used 10 obtain
funds needed % carry on the l1ge opera
tions ~ the bank. The borrowed Diiis
which have 80 appeared were t'ioNe % lie
Bank ~ British Columbia snd the Bank
of British North America
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

81 b." sends to the London Times the
following account he has received, under
date of Aug. /, from Galatz, ROumania,
of swarm of locusts: We have had
rather more respectable weather lately,
and have been able to sleep properly, since
il has not been so hot. | do not know
whether you read in the paper | sent last
week a short notice of the locusts which
have been doing SO much damage here.
Well, we have had them lately, and now
| am going to tell you something which
you will think awfully exaggerated, and
which, indeed, must be seen to be be-
lieved. A few days back they passed over
Galatz and settled on the Turkish side of
| the river Looking at them from be-
meath as they passed over the town was
| like looking up during heavy snow.
storm, the air was so thick; the cloud ex-
| tended the whole width of the town, say
| three to four miles, and was about five
| hours in passing across, say fifteen miles
| long, and who knows how thick? Yes
terday they shifted their position on
the Turkish side, and, seen from the gun
boat where | was, the cloud of locusts
had the appearance of the thick, black
smoke from steamer, a long black streak,
which extended up and down the stream
as far as could be seen with powerful
telescope, or at least twenty miles 10
length. The vertical thickness of the
flight, as far as we could judge, must have
been at least 100 feet; the width we could
not see, but 1t would probably be two or
three miles. Reckon how many millions
il would take to make such cloud when
each individual locust is flying at a dis.
lance of not more than three or four
inches from its neighbors. No wonder
they devour whole districts OF corn, etc.
All over this part of the country lately all
the horses in the village have been kept
saddled, and the instant the locusts are
reported in the neighborhood all the peo-
pie turn out, gallop after them and raise
an awful din with pots and pans, and so
on, TO prevent them from alighting If
once the flock alight it is all up but by
this means they manage TO frighten them
from alighting and cause them to move on
elsewhere. Lots of them fall in the town.
They are just like our brown grasshop-
pers, from two and half to three inches
long.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09
How the Fly Eats.

The proboscis or elongated io,n
The fly is an object equally interesfIne =
Ehe anatomlst and TO the microsces.st
is capable of being entirely retrac,e w;,i y
i'm cavity in the lower part of In. NJ Ne
Ind Of being protruded at will II 90
.sists of hollow, fleshy sort of tube w
Dated at the end into two lobes. and c. "
bile of being fattened out beneath ;n, @pa
sucking disc. This disc is furnished ", I
"a pair Of horny branches, which omen IN asli
laterally for the purpose of keeping !, o ~
banded, and also contains two tubs rv;..
"a profusion of lateral branches tn
tubes seem incomplete upon their 49,
surface and serrated at the edges. IT,
office Ms not yet been determined NJ
own idea-and / venture it here with ~
greatest diffidence--is, that only the elaa
tic coating Of the tubes is incomplete ana
that by forcing air into them, by means -
organs in the thorax, the tenseness and "a
sistance of the disc of the probosc;s ~.
be regulated at the will of the insect !.
the character of the food might reoni,s
In other words, air here is made 10 ns.
form the same office which the blood era
cutes in the erectile tissue Of the vertebrs,s
animals. ue average uldIuctef OF the
lateral branches Of these tubes, asce,
tanned by careful measurements, conduct.
ed by ,my friend bod, is the one-thop.
sandth part OF an inch. Through the pro.
boscis the fly imbibes its food, which. of
necessity, must be, to certain extent
liquid. If the article upon which it fee5s
lbe dry, as lump of sugar or crumb q
bread, a species of saliva is forced down
through the organ and the dissolved pan.
'cles are then easily sucked up. On each
side of the proboscis is labial palpus, d,
feeler, by means of which the insect !,
probably enabled to gain more correr
idea of its food and the surroundingsthn
it could otherwise acquire. A little abs,
the insertion of the proboscis, and betws
the eyes, are the two delicate antenH
which are thought by some naturalist
contain apparatus for hearing. II tine
permitted, IT would be most interesting 10
note the wonderful changes rung upon
these three organs-the proboscis, the
palpi and the antenn8-in different specie
for, in one, shape or another, they are
common to great number of insects.-
L. d. Horse, in Pen and Pl0n.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

the frner-l myself, and could bold up
ray hard and say yuE wasn't there al al. {
s.Os course Was there just drove
IN from the coantry-harens BEEN oyer
home ret -,
Wen asked the deputy, where did
wa go to the fuaeras y
why. UP on Cliff street, Of conrse-
where the poor fellow lived
81 thought II was something ike that
said the oshev. Tom MCNAMARA never
did reside on the hill. He liFod al his
life in this city, and died IN she Ninth
Ward, and was buried from taers- lou
hsx,. hse,, 10 the wrong plAce, old man
SoiiuaS. He had attended the wrong
funeral He had moralixed over the
change In appearance Of the corpse Of 8
mar whom he hsd never seen In life. But
b. attended funeral, atallevenis.-Pit,
bsgvok Lss1dsY
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09
japanese Paper.

The Reuue Ortentak Hensuelle gives some
curious details concerning the manufact-
ure of paper in Japan. Most Of this ar
ticle is prepared from the bark of Brous-
sonetia papyrifera, the paper mulberry
cultivated in our gardens. The other ma.
terials that contribute share are the bark
of Passerina gampi and some species OF
Edgewortbia, which generally yield a
sort not unlike our straw paper. But the
firstnamed plant gives all kinds, from the
coarsest packing to the finest note paper,
and even that which is used for filtering
the wellknown japan varnish. The most
remarkable property of this bark is the
tenacity II imparts to the paper made OF
it, which is owing 10 its fibers being pre-
served throughout all the manipulations it
undergoes, whereas in our European
sorts they are reduced to pulp, both
by chemical processes and the effects
OF machinery. Certain 1t Is that our
papers, dating from two or three cen
turtles back, are infinitely stronger, though
less pleasing TO the eye, than our modern
ones, which, when once folded, are sure
to tear in a very short time along the fold
japanese paper, on the contrary, like our
old kinds, does not tear easily in any di-
rection, and this Is why it can be EN-.
ployed in many ways unknown to us in
Europe. They make umbrellas, parasols,
bags, and even carpets, windew-panes and
ropes, of it; it is woven into stuffs with
silk or cotton. If dipped into the oil OF
Perfila gegoma il becomes excellent pack
ing paper; and the sort called Grape"
has wonderful elasticity, superior to that
Of our textile fabrics. Our paper has lost
the qualities we find in that OF old books
first, because rags are seldom used alone
on account OF their high price; then be-
cause also they have lost much of their
tenacity by being woven by machinery
also, because they are bleached by means
of chlorine. Ii would be well if osr pa
per-manufacturers were to borrow few |
hints from their predecessors of at least
century ago.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

the hall, with lots yeeatsn ic6Ti confusion, and lis
own name uttered in uncomplimentary
terms, caused the redoubtable Mike and
his companion to depart for the scene OF
conflict with some alacrity. / could bear
il no longer. raised the window, all in
a tremor, TO leap from it and take to my
heels, when iol sudden crowd Of figures
darkened il, a man sprung rapidly
tbrough-another and another-the room
was filled with them; they carried clubs
and revolvers, and there was CLEAN OF
stars and gilt buttons. One of them caught
sight OF me as shrunk half fainting be
hind the big chair. "Oh, here she isl
thank the Lord you're safe, miss" He
held me up, for could hardly stand, and
Kathleen, laughing and crying, threw her
arms around me. Thrice came sudden
shrill whistle, and from all sides the po
licemen rushed to the attack. There was
no retreat--the house was surrounded by
alert detectives. All of the gang-three in
number-were captured.
After the sharp skirmish was over, the
captives hand-cuffed and placed h0rs d.
combat, and the wounds bound up, Mike
Rusher for the first time caught sight Of
Kathleen and me.
Houly mither o. Moses! we thate NV 8
gur-r-l thin! was it you as whit traispasin
off to the station an brought this drove
down on u.s. Whin | seed We drink thu
coffee wild me own eyes, an looked at "
slapin' in yer bed not five minutes agop
"Thafe of a gur-rl yersilf, Mike Rush
err' quoth Kathleen, facing him will
arms akimbo. ~ did all that, an didn'
| dhrink ypr coffee Int pOllred il down IN,
buzzum, an it's wet as drownded rat
was, sure, an ye looked at me piller wiz
me night-cap on in me bed, bad luck TO we
Take woman after this TO desave WON
an, will yer an none NV yer blunderin
| Irishmenl"
With which fiat on the woman question
our Kathleen retired on her laurels.-
| Woonsocket OR. IL Patriot.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

"A philanthropie Frenchman has
achieved great success over the medical
profession. He has discovered a new and
highly scientific method of administering
medicine without the knowledge of the
patient. He keeps a medical dairy OF
goats and the animals take the medicine
instead Of the patients. Then the sick
person requiring any special medicine
drinks the milk of the goat which has
used that medicine Thus there Is a
quinine goat, camphor goat, buchu
goat, etc, and every disease can be ac-
curately treated exactly as druggist
would I'LL out prescription. The goat
which imbibes its regular dose of fluid
extract of corn is most patronized by the
American patients
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

1.-THE Cuban war keeps on fifteen or
twenty years longer, and uses up men as
ii has been doing for the past ten, people
will begin to realize what long -drawn-out
and destructive conflict it is.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

The flutter of the financial pulse of
London has subsidized.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09
JONES' ADDITic

Lies within about a quar-
n mile of the business !
of the city, and is one OF Kno>
handsomest and most valuabl
nrha. IL embraces sixteen hlOI
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

He has fifty lots which be vi
at fair rates on easy terms. Iiis
all good lots for residences, lynn
| beautiful plat of ground just y
j Knoxville Wooden and FIGURING
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-06

The bird of liberty was well ridded
yesterday.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-06

Zoeckler, Esq, proposed that we should
all take a drink, and the audience acqul-
escing in this idea, the speaking was
ended
The addresses of the above gentlemen
were greatly appreciated and enjoyed by
those present, and at the conclusion OF
which there was a general disposition to
enioy themselves according to the incii-
nations. One of the primary incidents
of the affair was the bag race between q
lot of small boys, which was greatly en-
loved by all who saw it. Altogether the
picnic was one of the grandest ever held
in Wheeling. The officers and commit
mittee deserve great credit for the way
they carried ont their arrangements.
The picnic at Thompson's grove, by
the St. Alphonsus Society, was largely
attended and grand, good time was
had. There was mnsic and dancing and
other kinds of amusement, and we under
stand more delightful entertainment
could not have been had.
The picnic at Mass Garden by some
of our German friends was well patron
lied, and those who were present can not
complain of not having good time.
There were also number of private
pic-nics, and all those who attended had
a good time.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-06
Index to New Advertisements.

w. Va. Stencil and Seal Works.
Furniture-G. Mendel, Booth X Co.
Stray Cow.
Railroad Tickets Bought and Sold.
Lnst-Sleevc Button.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-06
ESTHER EXCURSION.

A meeting OF the Esther Committee
was held in Waverly Hall last evening"
at which reports were received from SUBJ
committees which showed that most OF
the tickets are sold, and pleasant time
may be expected. On account Of the
great expense attending the excursion,
there will be no free tickets. The com
mittee have the tickets in charge, and
none can be purchased of the officers Of
the Hudson, who have no authority to
issue free passes. iH.. n-rE..-. I
There will be a full meeting of the en-
tire chorus at Waverly Hall, Thursday,
at s p. NJ, sharp, where they will receive
their tickets, &c. A full attendance is
requested.
by order Chairman Committee.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-06
BUCKEYE.
STANDARD.

PERsoxAL.-Major A. L. Bennett,
Auditor of State, has retained to the
city.
Capt. J. S. Burdett, State Treasurer,
has returned to the city, and has quar-
tiers at the Mcclure House.
Col. w. }. Armistead and Judge
Robert w. Tucker arrived in Wheeling
from Parkersburg, yesterday, for the
purpose of celebrating the fourth They
did it, and returned in the evening. Both
gentlemen are trying to induce their fell
low citizens oftbat city to benefit their
families by insuring their lives. We
wish them success.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-06

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