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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04

We are at the hilltop now, and here is
the house. For my own part, cross the
| threshold of Washington's residence with
deep feeling OF reverence. The majority
| o! visitors, ] am astonisbed To see, are in
the highest and noisest spirits possible,
as ii the Invasion Of the dead hcro's home
were connected with burlesque IL its most
grotesque form
No sooner have we entered than we find
we arc in the hands Of guide, who
drones information ut US and drives US
about from room 90 room like cattle. The
crowd Is so great that, before ascending
the staircases, he requests the majority 10
stay on the lower floor and come up aud
90 down In attachments, lest, aiming for
| the attic, they find themselves unexpected
ly in the cellar. The old house is not
very strong.
fear the enumeration of the "relicso
at Mount Vernon would prove dull read.
| ing Yet the eyes of the curious will rest
with interest IL not creduiity on an old
chair which Is said to have come over In
| the Mayilower. II has been newly seated
and repainted, and seems as If it could
endure the pressure OF another hundred
thousand or so of persons anxious to sit
in ii, one million having already enjoyed
that privlege--if we can trust the yeraci-
| ty of the guide. He requests the ladies
present 10 add TO the large number quoted,
but extends standing invitation to the
gentlemen In the hallway OF the Wash
ington mansion il seen large key, which
is said to be the key Of the Bastile--a key
of one of the wards OF the Bastile would
perhaps be more accurate. 1t is quite
iatherly sort Of key, to be sure; its pecu-
liarity being that II has not IA hoop at the
top, but solid mass OF iron, like a ham
mer head. In u glass case In the $ east
room" (you box your compass In rooms
quite faithfully at Washington are con
| lned--lest they should cscapc-several
articles OF clothing said TO lave been
| worn by Washington; an ancient British
flag, torn and tattered and, in the securi.
ty Of an iron rendered fireplace, Is box
Of bottles which we first understand TO
he Washipgton's medicine chest.
Gracious, ii is very clear he wasn't a
homeopathistm says Mrs. Wilmington
The bottles are great corpulent vials
which would hold medicine enough Ia
dose regiment. The size OF these bot
ties is viewed by a different standard when
il Is explained to us that this was the
Generals liquor case, not his medicine
chest.
"Oh, that's white horse of different
color!" says Mr., Wilmington, as he turns
toward the lawn TO see that the lunch is
made ready in a pleasant spot for his
guests. In vain his wife strives to de-
tain him by the tempting assurance that
the rooms where everybody died are up
stairs.
We go up and see the room where
Washington died. Everything just AS
he left it, says the guide. But l am
bound to admit that the bedstead looks
| pretty modern, and Mr.. Heartman says he
would like TO find takers for a heavy bet as
| 10 the antiquity of that five dollar mat
| tress.
This Is room whar Jayneral Gee-orge
| Washington died, y droned the guide Mrs.
| Washington died In the attic"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04

her husband went on business ~.
Arizona, where he WIS thrown ftp %
wagon and fatally injured. He snrv; n :
the accident some time, and while ,,r IS.
death-bed WAS attended with more al us
brotheriy care by the gentleman wh1 a q
now the spouse or the heroine. Ha
prom0ent young banker, and thru
the business relations which exis,ads
close intimacy had grown up between :.
and the husband of the heroine dur;n. . ~
stay Of the latter in Arizona. The f,ssvs ale
had heard from his friend the story ~ I:l
wife's adventure In Eiko, and na,s.. MS
had curiosity to see the lady. but NJ. s..y
expected that in the ordinary conrsa ).
events il would be gratifed. Cnrion.,a..
enough, however, the young wifiow a,s
the Arizona financier met about ,b-a4
months ago in Oakland, at the RESIDE
of the former Elko agent of Wells Parne
81 Co. The rest Of the story. win Z.
happy termination, has already been ,o,S
in the Oakland journals, which pushas
etfusiyely over the princeiy mapnifieenca
Of the wedding feast.-Saa Franei..o
Post.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04

he planted little cross in such way that
IL would be concealed from a strangers
view. but be easily recognizable by his son
or himself. One arm Of the cross pointed
10 the buried treasure. Then the two led
their horses several times across the spot
TO obliteraae the marks OF their work.
and departed, Don Tiburcio next busted
himself In securing the goods Of his store.
These he carefully packed in boxes pre-
paratory to sending them away, but first
he resOrfed to q stratagem worthy OF the
shrewd old Spanish stock. he said to
his son. Ramon, / viii place guam
tity of lead in the bottom OF these boxes,
and when they are filled with goods, go
YOU and call in some of the nelghsoring
rancheros to assist Us in loading them up
on the carts They viii perceive the
great weight of the boxes, and will say
that Don Tiburcio has sent away all his
money by ox-teanis-" So the goods were
dispatched to Don Tiburcio's Cucamongo
ranch under the charge of his son Ramon,
and the inhabitants Of the town whispered
II about that the Don had sent away all OF
his gold. Now, while the steady going OK
teams are slowly toiling up the valley OF
San Jose. bearing their freightage OF
goods to place of security. Don 1iburcio
rests himself at home in the full belief
That he has outwitted the rascal Castro
and his band. But alas, what an uncer-
tain thing is human lifei Ramon had
been gone hardly three days with the
teams when Don 'Tiburcio is stricken
with paralysis and laid At the door
Of death. A messenger is dispatched
in haste for the absent son. As soon
as the distance can be overcome
by the fieetest horse Ramon returns, but
only in time to witness the dying breath
of his father. There were few TO mourn
the death Of Don Tiburcio, aud when COM
paratiye safety is again assured TO the
town Ramon repairs TO the bank OF the
Arroyo Seco 10 unearth his fathers gold.
The cross Is there with its arm pointing
to the hidden treasure, but when the sand
| Is turned up there are no iron bound box
es. The gold has been taken away. When
| Ramon dug up the cross he found be-
meath il three ounces which had dropped
unnoticed into the hole on that eventful
night. but this was all he recovered.
| Then the truth flashed upon the son. His
father had removed the boxes TO secrete
| more money in them or take some out tor
his use. As il was never his custom TO
secre.e his treasure the second time IN one
place, he had buried them elsewhere.
But where The secret had died on Don
Tibrucios lips. The inhabitants of the
| town searched up and down the stream,
blowing many furrow in its banks in
hopes to discover the secreted fortune
But their efforts were bootless; and TO this
day the iron bound money boxes OF Don
Tiburcio, with $4,000 in Spanish doub-
looms, lie securely hidden somewhere on
the banks of the Arroyo Seco.-Los Ange-
les (Cdl) Herald
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04
Thanks "From the Depths Of the
Hearth
WELLINGTON, Lorain Co., o., An
Dir. X. v. PIERCE. Buffalo. N, Y:


Dir. X. V. PIERCE. Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sr-Your medicines, Golden Medi-
cal Discovery, DIR. Sage's Caterrh Remedy,
have proved Of the greatest service 10 me.
Six months ago no one thought that i could
possibly live long. had complication OF
diseases-serofula, manifesting itself in
eruptions and great blotches on my head that
made such sores that could not have my hair
combed without causing me much suffering;
also causing swollen glands, tonsils enlarged,
enlarged, or thick neck" aud large and
numerous boils. also suffered FROM ter
fible Chronic Catarrh, and in fact was so
diseased that life was burden to me- 1
had tried many doctors with no benefit. l
finally procured one half dozen bottles of
your Golden Medical Discovery and one
dozen Sage's Catarrh Remedy and com
menecd their use. At first was badly dis
eouraged, but after taking four bottles of
the Discovery began to improve, and when
had taken the remaining | Was rel. In
addition to the use of Discovery applied
solution OF Iodine to the Goitrc or thick
neck, as you advise In pamphlet wrapping,
and IL entirely disappeared. Your Dlscoy-
cry Is certainly the most wonderful blood
medicine ever invented. | thank God and
you, from the depths OF my heart, for the
great good Ii has done me.
Very gratefully, Mrs. L. CHArFEE.
Most medicines which are advertised as
blood purifiers and liver medicines contain
either mercury, In some form, or potassium
and iodine yariousiy combined. All Of these
agents have strong tendency TO break down
the blood eorpuselcs, and debilitate and
otherwise permanently injure the human.
system, and should therefore be discarded.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, on
the other hand, being composed of the fluid
extracts Of native plants, barks and roots,
will In no ease produce injury, its effects
being strengthening and curative only.
Sarsnparilia, which used 10 enjoy quite
reputation as blood purifier, is remedy
of thirty years ago, and may well give place
as II Is doing, 10 the more positive and val
liable vegetable Alternatives which later med
zeal Investigation and discovery have brought
W light In scrofula or Kings Evil, White
Swcllings, Ulcers, Erysipclas. Swclled Neck,
Gotre Scrofulous Infanmations, INDECENT
Inflammation, Npcrcural affections, old
Sores, Eruptions of the Skin and Sore Eyes
as In all other blood diseases. DIR. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery has shown It's
great remedial powers, curing the most op-
stinatc and iniractabic cases. Sold by all
dealers Ia medicines.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04
u The a.ticr, echoes Mrs. wilmington

I'm the atticr' echoes MIS-. wilmington
In dismay- - x..-
with tie tess of her head exactly the same
that she employedto such good advantage
when she used to say to Ssr Peter 1sasss:
q And sffer having married you. should
never pretend to taste again"
aWelI. uevert--in the atticm mum
bled all the ships crew of women.
tell you this woman's-rights move
men, has struck deeper than you think
We view the rooms named after States
the New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland,
ctr. rooms. Each OF these States, II
seems. has undertaken 10 ct up room at
Mount Vernon with furniture Of Wash
ington's time. The New Jersey room is
complete, the guide says.
We are Getting very hungry. and lunch
Is waiting tor us on the grassy lawn. Mr.
Wilmington is opening champagne The
first we know Mr. Heartman is ON his feet
making a speech.
II have been profoundly touched. y
SAYS this jolly union club man, at all
that has transpired this day. the memo
ry Of the great Washington. | could
drink basket of this very champagne
Which cost me nothing, 10 the repose OF
our country's hero" e.
Everybody laughs and appiauds except
Mrs. Wilmington; shadow seems TO
cloud her fair brow. We inquire the cause.
why, do You know" says she,
can't gel oyer Martha's dying in the attic. =
Then, with lofty mien, che turned TO Dir.
wilmington, and continued, Mr.. With
ingt0n, remember II you please, and once
for all, that 1 die in the best room IN the
house.f
And 50 say we all Of us. The best room
or none. ~
" But didn't you understand" observes
Heartnlan, 1.-THE reason why Martha died
in the attic:"
No; that was the only thing we didn't
hear the guide say, and il was the very
thing above all others we wished to know.
THE Virginian custom at that time was
that room in which death had occurred
should he lest unoccupied fo- two years
Mrs. Washington closed that room after her
husbands death, and as she could not see
his grave from the windowsof any other
room on the floor she went into the attic,
jus. above Washington's room. She died
eighteen months after her husband; there
fore tbetw years were not up and the
room was never again used. -Ottoe L0gaa,
IN ". 7. Graphic.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04

To remove the burden of disease, the
heaviest that poor humanity is compelled to
bear, is certainly grand object, a glorious
mission. Assuredly the discoyerer of a rem
edy which accomplishes this result is enti-
tied to the gratitudeand respect Of mankind.
Such remedy is Hostettcr's Stomach Bit
tiers, whose great success is attributable to
the fact that its restorative action upon the
debilitated and dlsordered system is in ac-
cordance with the principles of common
sense. IL inyigorates the sick, and, as their
strength increases, the burden OF disease
grows lighter. 1t reforms those physical IT.
regularities which render weakness chronic,
and thus eradieates the evil at its very
source. Liver complaint, malarious feyers,
constipation, urinary troubles, uterine weak
meas, and many other causes Of general de-
bilty and i'll health, are completely removed
by the combined tonic and Alternative opera
ton of the Bitters.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04
HALP CONFESSIONS.

uHo Il /. meet ~ s-e.
Wnh wsa~ozne face ass simple eres~:
who u - I'd never tesSe.
I~En not tel. ban yvn snSs gsess.
W'ko ID ss that aEs*pers sgs.
Win caanccs cry thai ls5f yts.
w-hn Il 81 fhxs szyf nez mo-
wfIi nca ts.5I hzt yru mxr Fness.
Who II Ia VISTA h{HshIrz cheek
Ard te1s-ta3e evss thst stu cozscss
Lave fuY me sbe ws3l NOT speak,
l wiii not isy., %. yoG fnAy SHsss
w-ho II il that lots me- kiss
Eer spex-6ror hnss1. her golden treas,
who n IL makes all ing n.se.
/ w1il nos taL. bit veg fp1g guess.
Who e II wEsIbe ray wife
wheA once i vsE Der worc 70 bss.s.
Who'll be mine. nay OWE Scr lie.
I MlIl n0t teII. haf Fog mas -nes-
: 3grry CosoaeA Cart. ~ HesEsg' . B1saF.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04

win hrssely; thea ain, and only ias; vin /;
thea tie SWINE ncw antagonist: then lose
and, urged isy friends whose srsor i
danped. retire: bat he viii Son de.
Tae falling OF which hxs been observed
i.y patrons or admirers before actual fall
ure means not want 81 skill nor Stiffness
OF joint, but scsaal overworked, woTn-o1i
bearr And blood vessels; il means. in fact,
nox race for life rather ihAn for fame
--.Scseas &c -infrscSn.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04
A Mouse Trapped by Spider.

YESTERDAY quite crowd gathered NJ,
Greatman street, at a carpenters shon
Near bench in the shop hung a mouss
medium sized. head downward and
around its body was c0iled a singla
thread of a spiders web, which reached
to a corner of the bench above, and had
its fastening there. On the mouse,s tai
quietly sat the spider, which seemed 10 ha
manipulating the thread. and working II
as with pulley. When caught the mouse
was on the ground. and after five or sir
hours work, the spider managed 70 hois,
ii about an inch, and there il hung.
The explanation concerning this sinru.
lar circumstance is that the mouse was
accustomed, wher on predatory exeur.
sion, to emerge from a hole under The
bench and pass into an inner room. Tbs
spider laid trap in its path, it is Con.
iectured, and yesterday morning Is The
mouse was making its accustomed asily
rounds il was caught in the net and
securely held, the spider taking up a 10.
sition on its tail Although the mouse
hung suspended, a dead weight, he
thread did not give way. and there it hung
helpless between earth and heaven All
night the carpenter closed up his shop, but
the spider was still at work, and had com.
pleted about an inch in the elevation.
Neac Orleans Picay,ae.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04

JupsING from the reports in circula-
ton all over the country that the frui.
buds have been totally destroyed, there is
every reason 10 believe that the coming
season will be an excellent one for all
kinds of fruit --Erchdnge.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04

ENGLAND has queer jurymen, too. In
murder trial in London verdict of ac-
quittal was rendered, contrary TO the ey-
dence. " That is your verdict," said Jus
tice Mellor TO the jury, but it is not
mine. There is not the slightest doubt
that the prisoner was guilty. You are
masters OF the situation, however, and if
you choose to find the prisoner not guilty
| cannot help it,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04

=. Four children In Pike County, Georgia
were poisoned recently by eating red
stick candy.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04

"A burglar recently met with horri.
bic death while pursuing his nefarious
avocation in Pittsburgh, Pa. About three
O'Clock in the morning, gentlemen On
Pennsylvania avenue were awakened by
cries OF Come quick! j am dyingH'
They arose, procured lantern, and
went TO the rear yard, whence the cries
proceeded. They had not searched long
before they found the burglar in sitting
position near one of the basement win
dows lie was covered with blood, and
had evidently fallen back into the posi-.
ton he occupied from weakness Upon
examination it was found that he had
broken pane Of glass in the window.
When he put his arm through the broken
pane il caught on the ragged edges Of the
glass and cut frightful cash in the flesh,
severing one of the main arteries. His
clothes and the ground for some yards
were soaked with blood, and the wretched
man died before the inmates of the house
could summon physician.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04

The London Underground Railroad
carried 26,500, 900 passengers last year,
and earned dividend of four per cent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-10-19

lines. luminous Or cob:web specks, and
long retention Of images on the retina,
with other and analogous symptoms
| affecting the ear, namely, inability to
detlne sounds clearly and the occur
renee OF a sharp ringing sound like that
OF Q whistle or a bell. Its effect on the
bralrRi is to impair the activity of that
organ and to Cypress it if it be duly
nourlshed, but to soothe it if it be ex-
hausted. 1t leads. to paralysis in the
volltional and in the sympathetic or
organic nerves, and to over-secretion
from the glandular structures. Science
was not wise enough to prepare so for
mldable, an indictment of the nicotian
weed. as the above in King James, time.
else that monarch might have. had bet
ter ground than his personal dislike for
stlgmatlzlng the habit of smoking as a
"custom loathsome to the eye, hateful
to the nose, harmful to the braine, dan
gerous to the lungs, and in the black
sinking fume thereof, neerest resem-
bling the horrible 5Stigian smoake of
the pit that is bottomlesse." ,a ,~.,.fs'
And yet, despite all that Science can
say, the habit is increasing. Two CEN
turies.ago the Turks regarded smoking
as a religious ofense, and paraded a
smoker through the streets of Constan-
tinople with his pipe stuck through his
nose as a warning to others. Who can
disconnect the Turk nowfrom the ideas
of chibouque or nargileh, or fragrant
Latakiap Look at the best cigar wrap
pers the world can produce, raised on
tobacco fields in the heart of New Eng
land, where the Puritan fathers once
visited the direst of blue law vengeance
on the wretch who profaned His Makers
handiwork by ''making a chimney of
his nostrils." The value of our tobacco
crop last year reached nearly $50, OOO,-
600. We consume annually some 75,-
900 hogsheads of the leaf; we import
ed about $4,000 bales of cigars, etc.,
from Cuba in 1875. ..r:.. = .r. r.
What is the end of it all? Effects
ON individuals likewise affect communi-
ties, these in turn influence the nation.
No person that smokes can be in per
feet health, and an imperfect organism
can not produce a perfect one. There
fore it is logical to conclude that, were
smoking the practice of every individual
of a nation, then that people would de-
generate into a physically inferior race.
1t would follow, moreover, that, in
those countries where smoking is most
practiced, a lower physical, and a con-
sequently lower intellectual, develop
ment must be found. Such, we think,
wnl be conceded to be true of Spain, of
Cuba, of Portugal, of Turkey, of Greece,
and of the South American countries,
where those who are addicted to the
habit vastly outnumber those who do
not smoke.-Scientifc american.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-10-19
s~EASONABLE RECIPES.

Oatmeal CGke.-Take / pint of ,oat-
meal, and just, warm water enough to
stir up a batter like griddle-cakes.
Pour it into a shallow, baking-pan, and
bake for 20 minutes in q hot oven. Or
add q handful of wheat -four and a lit
tie water, and bake as Igriddle cakes.
Sweet Grape Pickles. ITO 8 pounds of
fruit use 4 pounds of sugar and I quart
of vinegar. Place. the fruit in Jars.
Boil and skim the sirup and pour over
the grapes boiling hot. 4 Repeat this
process three or four days. Then seal
up and set in "a cool, dry place. Boil
any kind of spices in the sirup, that
suits the taste. ~. a"-'7ti- faa,
Fried Tonatoess-Take large green
tomatoes; cut off both ends, and then
cut up one in three slices. Have some
butter in the frying-pan; let it get hot;
then roll the tomatoes in -four and lay
them in the pan; salt, pepper, and
sprinkle a little sugar on while frying;
cook till they are done nice and brown,
and you will have a most delicious arti-
Gle for breakfast. " 81
Soda BiscUi.-3 pints of -four, a Ia
blespoon of butter and of lard, a tea
spoon of salt, 8 even full of cream-tar-
tar, / of soda sift the oream-tartar
with the flour dry, rub the butter and
lard very thoroughly through it; dis
solve the soda in a pint of milk, and
mix all together. Roll out, adding as
little flour as possible; cut with a, bis
cuit-cutter, and bake 20 minutes in
a quick oven. g ee~dI-FtE.at qacl
French PSckles.-1 colander of sliced
green tomatoes, l quart sliced onions, l
colander of cucumbers pared and sliced,
2 good handfuls of salt. Let all stand
over night; then drain through sieve,
and scald ] cup eelery-seed, ! ounce
allspice, 1 teacup white mustard-seed, l
tablespoon black pepper, 1 pound
brown sugar, 2 tablespoons mustard, 1
gallon vinegar, poured over hot.
Lemon Dwmplings. - Mix with 10
ounces of fine bread-crumbs, j a, pound
of beef suet chopped extremely fine, l
large tablespoonful of -four, the grated
rinds of 2 small lemons, or of 1 very
large lemon, 4 Inc of pounded su-
gar, 5 large OF 4 small eggs, beaten and
strained; and, last of all, the juice of
the lemons strained. Divide the mix
ture into 4 equal portions, tie them in
well Toured cloths, and boil them an
hour. The dumplings will be extremely
light and delicate. s.e
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-10-19
7 III tt8
Aer0lites.

Aerolites have iatefy~ attracted un-
wonted attention owing to one of1them
having come down with a. thump zen
Windsor CASTLE This incident would,
however, have caused no surprise in
countries where the fall of ,meteoric
stones from the skies is almost as COM
1mon as the shower of stones and other
missiles hurled by the playful youths Of
Londonfrom railway bridges at passing
trains. I'm the Mysore Provinces the
fall of aerolitess is, says a. Bangalore
paper, common enough, and DIR. Haynes
in his Statistical fragment on Mysore,
drawn up in the year 1900, States that
"Masses of Immense size are said to
have fallen from the cloads at different
periods. In the latter part of Tfppoo
Sultan's reignib is on record, and well
authenticated, that d piece fell near
sSeringapatam of the sizeof an elephant,
which, by the Sultan's' officers was re-
ported to produce the efeetiof fire on
the skinlof those who gtou he'd lit d
comparison naturally made, by persons
ignorant of the sensation of extreme
frigidity. It is stated that two days
elapsed before it was entirely dissolved,
during which. time it exhaled such a
stencil as to prevent people from, ap.
preaching it. This account is in the
public record of Tippoo's reign, froma
gentleman of the greatest respectability
of character, and high in the civil ser
vice of the honorable Company
Lom0on ~O6seTger,f s~4sc4 y.,gs n1au 3