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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15
Not Any for Him.
detroit Free Press

This Is the season when advertise
nents of refrigerators aud iee-chests
spread out In newspaper like n
mortgage on small corner lot. IL
was advertising In the Free Press
that attracted Nankin farmer into
Detroit and into Woodward avenue
hardware store yesterday. When
he mentioned the fact that he would
like n refrigerator the proprietor
welcomed him tn sunny smile
aud the clerks cheerfilly barkeh
their shins against the stoves "a they
flew around.
swim you look at these lee
chests" asked the proprietor, ~
they came 10 u long row.
"What do want to keep ic. in 4
chest fnr?" growled the farme~.
"What want is sometime 9 tn keep
provisions cool and rice In hoi
weather."
"Well, here you Fave 1t. Here i.
the best refrigerator nade.n
The farmer opened the doors
looked the box over and around, and
seemed nurlh pleased with 1t. Pres.
emily he i,Iqnired:
WINGS the principle Of tho thing
hey does sh~ cool Off the PROV Is
] j0sN n,
Yeu put. The icc right In here.
shnt t.s box and away She goes, =
was the reply.
"I0elr sasped the farmer.
"Why, OF course. You can't run a
refrigerator without ice, can your"
The farmer turned without word,
walked down stairs and out 10 his
wagon, and was getting in when
the hardware man hurried up and
asked:
s.Nyllat's the natter"
'sDo you think Pm a four-corner-
ed fool" howled the agriculturist.
ssDo you think Pm going to buy
that high-priced provision asylum
asad then keep ice, too?"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15

If the House Democrats are not n
such dead earnest as they profess to be
over the subject Of REFORM" why
don't they take hold of Schumacher,
their colleague and friend, who got
5000, 900 on the Pacific Mail job, and
then according 10 committee OF the
last Congress, lied about it? 1t Is a
terrible charge against a reform "
Democrat, but there he sits, a. CON-
posed rs saint, and he actually
voted for the impeachment OF Bel
KNAPP, and believes intensely In
"jurisdicri on"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15
The Miracle Of the Printing
Press.

The Printing Press Is not merely a
dissemination OF current facts and lit
srature; II IL the conservator OF all
arts and sciences. 1t has dethroned
Tradition and broken In twain its
Iron mask. In voluminous libraries
II gamers the ripe fruitago and in
spiration Of one age, for tho illumin-
alton and guidance Of the next.
Some eminent scholar, with a clear
ness and subtlety of thought, inge-
NOUS as well as exact, has depicted 4
thunder storm In drop OF water.
Itrequires no finer Imagination to
discern the political antagonisms,
the proolamatlons Of war and the
settlements OF peace, The dethrone-
ment OF Kings and the dissolution OF
empires, imprisoned In dingy drop,
ofink. A single drop, flowing from
the pen Of that crafty diplomatist,
Seward, surrendered Mason and Sill
dell, unnerved the arm Of foreign In
reference and blighted the expecta-
tIons OF the Southern Confedleracy;
the absence Of comma decided the
violent death OF the predecessor of
Edward III. Is the world seeking
a panacea for n large share OF it's ig-
norance, crimes aud desp0tismsy
The remedy Is simple compound
OF Ink and ideas, which in the gen
sral diffusion Of knowledge, consti-
tutes the healing OF nations.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15

Reports from Minnesota are 10 the
effect that aic ng the line Of the
Winona an'. st. Peter Road the
grasshopp RS have attained working
size, an, begun to harvest the crops
max ng clean sweep Of the whent
hs' lis, many Of which look as bla' k
e.s when first sVwn. The hOppeis
are now half an inch long, and VIII
get wings about July !. Their pres.
ent operations cover n t@rriiorS
fifty miles long by about "a many
wide. ---
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15

fMrs G. h. worth. In Western Farm Journal
1t pains me NJ j ride over the
country, and see the bare, unhome-
like appearance Of SO many prairie
farms; and j always feel as If there
was content and love OF home where
see young groves, orchards and
gardens Of small fruit started. 1t Is
not hard matter to adorn our home
II we only get at it; and after while
we will wonder how we lived in the
bare, cherries, place before. Every
one, II they have only forty, should
surround 1t with belts of trees, put
out an orchard, and have plenty Of
shade trees in the yard. They give ii
a cool, pleasant, appearance and invite
the little warblers to build their nests
and cheer us with their songs. We
should make our homes pleasant for
ourselves and our children. We
should surround the yard and gar
den with a neat picket fence to keep
out poultry, etc; have small fruits
OF the hardest and best varieties;
seed our yards with grass, setting
clumps OF shrubbery here and there;
train vines about the windows and
over unsightly things that we can
not remove. You will find nothing
that pays you better than this, as ii
adds value to your farm, attractive
ness TO your homes, and refines and
elevates the moral nature. Love of
the beautiful Is inherent in the hui
man heart, and should be cultivated
from infancy. II more attention
were paid 10 this, children would be
more 10th TO leave their homes, and
as long as they lived the sweetest
memory would be "Home, Sweet
Homep ....
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15

LINCOLN Journal t&f
We are glad to hear from the
omaha Heruld that they have killed
blaine again. Every time bomb
s,o,odcs in the Confederate congress
us Rave noticed that the first stun
ned chaps that crawl out from the
debris always exclaim, after they
have cleaned their mouths Of the
dust and blood Of the shock, 1--WE
have killed Blaine" and then they
scat,ered like scared sheep from the
slaughter. Every time Jimmy has
been killed, the Democrats have
found it necessary to make flank
movement, that curiously enough
.,ways carries them to tn e rear.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15

Previous TO the assembling of the
Republican State Convention the
Burlington Udpkeye said;
SPY what authority do eastern jour
nails set down Iowa fOr Blaine? who
IN II that Is farming this common
wealth out in Washington? who
owns this State Of Iowa."
The Iudianoia Herdid replies:
ave can't answer nil Of the above,
but will say the people own the State
of Iowa, and the Republican Ste =
Convention went for Blaine with ,,ucl
n shout, as was never before hv ard In
the Opera House at Des Moines
Yes, put down Iowa ~, Blaine. (,
and never vote for P.dstow.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15

At the meeting last week OF the
New England. Association OF Schoo
superintendent, Mr.. Ephraim Hunt
OF Portland, Me-. read paper on the
subject, TO What Extent Are the
Calamities ofthe Times Chargeahle
to Our Prevailing System OF Educa-
tion?" He declared that busi ness was
depressed because people paid too
little attention to the study If right
living. Mechanics Of all grades have
come to be- ashamed Of the tools OF
their vocation; the boys flock to the
counting room TO SEQ how million
Aires spend their money, and the
girls change the school for the parlor
feass!st their bratlHsss Ia their land-
able Undertaking. We spend too
1pH time 10 early edurttion upon
4 hgs and Queens, when the chill
ZEN can have no adequate idea Of
,le character OF, theruiers 50 Sproni.
/ent in history, too much time on.
he stories Of their prowess and SPLEEN
tors, thus giving ule boys and girls
i venrstion and reverence for those
sfienae least deserving It. srhe leading
object In our educational Institutions
= .nould be to assist the pupil to a life
n practical, competent labor. M
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15
Short Sermon

/ apprehend our Father who is in
heaven, go far from being pleased is
greatly panied and displeased when
any man presumes before any of his
fellow creatures to disparage and
depreciate this world where that
Father in His wisdom and love has
seen fit to give us our present home.
j. T. Sunderland. r- --
We should always keep the treas
ure of Gods Word carefully in our
hearts. If we have it only in our
houses, or in our hand, enemies
may take it from us; if only in our
heads, our memory may fail us, and
we may lose it; but if it be in our
hearts, its truths impressed Oh our
souls, it is in safe place, and no
man can take it away from us, Gods
Word is never to be given up.
In all ideas of refinement we find
the danger imminent that we will
be led to extremes; particularly in
reference to home life and woman's
dress. In no class Of society do
these arbitrary notions fall with such
tyrannical force on the farmers wife
or the woman obliged to do house
work for living. To be dainty
and neat at all times is impossible,
to be otherwise is, in many peoples
eyes, to be slave and a nobody;
consequently women avoid house
work and seize with avidity any en-
ployment in which they can appear
genteel, often at great sacrifice.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15

The Democratic party proposes
f,vhtinr the coming campaign un-
der the reform" banner. The
principa plank, and about the only
ma forthat matter, OF their platform
will be the reform, plank. How
EASY IL is to cry reform, but how
yerv different to accomplish IL.
people would more readily believe
che sIncerity Of their professions
cs az would first purify their own
q and then look after the affairs
Sthers. Reform 500 Kerr, $40
.sjbins, $4,000 Pendleton, Hend-
4cks. Tilden and other honest lead
Drs Of your gang. Prove by your
vorks that youare In earnest.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15
HAMILTON FIsH, Secretary of State

Says the Patrons HELPER: J" By
and by, perhaps, we shalt have .
drouth, and In any case our pastures
are likely to be short in the fall. Our
eastern friends have learned to plant
western corn I'm drills, or to SOW II
broadcast for fall feed, and thus 10
supplement their pastures. Might
we not take a lesson from them, and
after regular planting ID over, put Va
= few small pieces, a. succeSi i've
paintings, for this purpose. The hot
dry days which scorch tho pastures,
and make the COWS weep, will Just
make the corn laugh and The dairy
maids rejoice. The best corn for this
purpose, or for startines up the pigs
In the fall, Is sweet oorn.n
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15
Unrecog,aizable.

SWk"Eyc.J&
Mr.. bergh 10 taking steps to pre-
vent, this sup amer, the barbarous Gus
tom Of killing mosquitoes by slapping
them out as nat As waters wherever
sseyN may be taking lunch. He says
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15

Amer lean residents In Paris have
IA tied q subscription to raise funds
= the celebration OF the Fourth Of
IL IN an appropriate manasr and
nIacIng marble slab With q
seo,i1namorative inscription IN the
NH OF Lafayette.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15

Some young man gifted with the
divine siIiatus recently scratched on
the BoArdman House window, Mar
shalltown, the following starter for n
"pome:" ..... .....-
God made man perfect, ..... ..s.
But be
His meditations were evidently
broken ia upon mt this point or else
he failed to find word 10 rhyme.
The next conner, however, seemed to
have helped him oil little ways for
below in different hand Is in
scribed:
and be wauid have remained 80
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15

scaICsnS esa"A
8, ,,,.a;c;pe that can be employed: cleans
~ ;. ~ ~ ssmnsch and bowels, and even the
~ Is In small doses Of one pill day,
a.. '..;mulAte the digestive organs and
Dcomote vigorous health.
1~res PILLS have been known for
MO- .hsn I quarter Of . century, and have
ohs.;ned = world wide reputation Tor Their
~,r.,,es They correct diseased action IN
..n..v.r.l .ssimilatiye organs Of the
LII sd are % composed that obstruc-
t;ons within their range can rareiy with
stand or evadc them MOT oniy 90 they
r.rre the everyday complaints OF every
bodv. but also formidable and dangerous
d;.esses that have baffied the best OF
Lrm.n all. While they produce power
fnl efTects. they are, at the same time, the
.as..s and best physic. for children. BY
,s,s;r .nerient action they grippe much less
,hsn ,he common purgatives, and never
SO rs;u.vhen the bowels are not infiamed.
fher zach the vital fountains OF the blood,
and strengthen the system by freeing II
frym the clements Of weakness
Adapsed to all ages and conditions in
III .,;,ra containing neither calomel
nor any deleterious drug, these rms may
be taken with safety by anybody. Their
supar-coating preserves them ever fresh,
and makes them pleasant to take; while
beinp purely vegetable, no harm can arise
from their use in any quantity.
PREPARED 1T
Or. !. C. AVER 4 Co., Lowell, Mass,
pr>r4acal and Analytical Chsmists.
mr., nroV 1T nRfIGGISTS EVERYWHERE
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15
Knoxville Journal


KsoxvILLE, JUNE 10, 1876.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15
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are mild, but eff
fectual in their
operation. moving
the bowels surely
and without pain.
Although gentle
in their operation,
they are still the
most thorough-and
eearchinp cathar-
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-15

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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-11-16
The Result in Florida, South
Carolina and Louisiana.

That Hayes ha5fairly and unmista-
kable carried SSnth Carolinn, Florida
and Louisiana, there is no doubt. The
only hope of the Democrats was in
their ability to Ku Klux the returns,
so to speak, and thus prevent their
reaching the proper destination. This
contingency was foreseen by the Re
publicans in time to guard the returns.
Orders were issued in time to defeat the
Democratic plans. In South Carolina
Democrats virtually concede the State
TO Hayes, and are only contriving
schemes to secure the election of Hamp-
ton. Even this will not succeed, in
Florida returns enough have been re-
crived to make the State sure for
Hayes. The Ku KluX are now pow-
erless to present the result of tie hon.
est vote.
Reports at Washington from Loui-
siana are positive that the honest vote
of the State is for Hayes. This will be
established by an honest and legel
count, which will be had.
The votes of Louisiana, South Caro-
lima, and Florida will be received and
counted according to the laws of the
respective States. These counts will
give the electoral votes of the three
States to Hayes, and will elect him,
and he will be inaugurated President
Of the United States.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-11-16
Let Us Have Peace,

Gen. Grant has issued the following
order for the protection of the Can.
vassers in the Southern States and to
insure fair count of the.votes.
"Gen. W. z. Sherman, Washington, d. c..
"Instruct Gen. Augur, in Louisiana,
and Gen. Ruger, in Florida, to be vigil
liant with the forces at their command,
to preserve peace ard good order, and
to see that the proper and legal Boards
of CanvasserS are unmoles ted in the
performance of their duties. Should
there be any ground of suspicion of
fraudulent count of feither side, it should
be reported and denounced at once. No
man worthy of the Office of President
should be willing to hold it if counted
in or placed there by fruad. Either
party can afford to be disappointed 10
the result, but the country can not
afford to have the result tainted by
suspicion of illegal or false returns.
[Signed. "U. s. GRANT"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-11-16
Considering the Situation.
WASHINGTON, November


The Cabinet meeting, to-day, lasted
nearly three hours, and was devoted
exclusively to the consideration of the
political situation. The Attorney Gen
eral submitted very clear statement
regarding the power of the Returning
Boards ia Louisiana and South Carroll
ma. The Postmaster General said that
the two POstmasters, one in Vermont,
and the other in Oregon, had made
themselves eligible to act as Presiden-
tial electors by sending in their resigna-
tioDs, which we're accepted. 1t was
held that the Democrats would not at
tempt to make an issue over these two
electors, as there are precedeDts which
establish their right to act. Numerous
kilograms from Louisiana and south
Carolina were submitted by Secretary
Cameron and Judge TAFT, all showing
that the Republicans have carried both
States. The Cabinet was of but one
opiniOn-that Hayes has been legally
elected, and will be duly inaugurated
The President is advised that the Re
publicans will carry Louisiana without
throwing out a single parish.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-11-16

A cow was taken up on the COW.
catcher OF train on the Wilmington,
Columbus and Augusta Railroad the
other day, and carried fifteen miles
unhurt.
Some of the large manufacturing
houses of New York advertise by hav-
ing great loads of their productions
driven through the streets, sometimes
sending out immense piles of empty
boxes.
The Governor of Colorado, in his in.
augural message, recently delivered,
recommends that all public lands be
withheld from sale for few years, or
until their value can be fully deter
mined.
The importation of potatoes from
Greet Britain, Portugal and Greece, as
well as the United States, has been for
hidden by the Swedish Government,
in order TO guard against the Colorado
beetle.
A man in Indianapolis earns liveli
hood by killing English spsrrows and
selling the plumage for the decoration
of women's head-gear, etc. His weapon
$ a gun-cane, carrying bullet not so
large as pea.
One of the piers of the railroad bridge
across the Missouri river near Leaven-
worth was the other day undermined
by the current, and went down with a
crash without note Of warning. taking
two long spans Of the bridge with it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-11-16
Presidential Contests.

Five Presidential elections in which
the vote of some one State might have
changed the result occurred out of the
q from 1889 to 1872. In 1896, when
the State Legislatures chose the elec-
tors, Adams had only majority of
two over Jefferson, the vote being II
to 50. In 1912 President Madison was
chosen over De Witt Clinton by 12S to
SO. In this contest the vote of either
Pennsylvania (23) or Virginia (23)
would have made De Witt Clinton
President. In 1924 the full electoral
vote of New York (9D would have
given Andrew Jackson a majority of
all the votes cast. AS it was he receiv-
ed only one vote from this State, and
the election devolved upon the House
of Representatives.
The contest in 1914 was exceedingly
close. Polk received 10 votes; Clay,
Jos. The loss of New York ga votes)
was fatal to Henry Clay. Polk's plur-
ality in this State was only 5,106-so
that change of 2,554 votes would have
secured the election of Henry Clay,
with all IFS eventful consequences. At
the sixteenth Presidential election
.Q84O), the vote of New York (3f or
Pennsylvania (24) would have given
Cass majority over Taylor. Buchanan
won in 1855 by 80 votes. Without the
aid of Pennsylvania he would have had
only 14S notes.-the exact number ne
cessary to choice. Had PeDnsylva-
MIA gone Republican il October, his de-
feat was inevitable. Lincoln received,
in 1860, 1S0 votes, against 12S for his
opponents. Notwithstanding his great
plurality, he needed the vote of New
York to give him a majority c: all the
votes cast. Henceforth small as well
as large States may deem themselves
Of great account.-N Y. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-11-16

We close our columns without being
able to give the official result of the
elections in the three disputed States
Of South Carolina, Florida or Louisiana
The election returns are in the hands
OF Returning Boards, in these States,
which are governed by Constitutional
provisions of the respective States.
These Boards will not likely complete
their labors for several weeks, so that
the Official returns from all of these
States will not be had for some time.
South Carolina, according to recent re-
ports from both parties has gone for
Hayes. Florida is still disputed,
though indications point strongly to
the fact that Hayes is ahead there, and
color is given to this theory, by the
action of the Democracy in Ku Kluxing
trains bringing in Republican County
returns and destroying ballot boxes
where there are Republican majorities
Louisiana, still attracts the attention OF
both parties, but the most reliable
news from that quarter is that the vote
will be determined for Hayes by
the highest legal authority-the Re
turning Board. The New Orleans
Times is of this opinion, and it is con-
CURED in by Mr.. Redfield, the judicious
correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
n,ercidl, who is on the ground. Upon the
whole, we feel much like assuring our
Republican friends that the current il
set strongly towards Hayes as our fu'
ture President. Let US await patient
ly the final and official announcement,
in the meantime demeaning ourselves
as good citizens, ready to bow to the
will of the people as expressed through
the legally constituted tribunals.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-11-16

Governors in New York will here
after hold office. for three years. Hence
that State will not again vote for Gov
ernor and President at the same time
until 1888.
"Centennial Shipping Bureau" has
been organized at Philadelphia for the
nnrpose of shipping goods from the
centennial Exhibition to any part OF
the world.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-11-16
CastOpia

1t is a mistake to suppose that Castoria is
dren. They oafy reed to increase the ousnti.
ty. But children have so maIy complaints
for which Castoria is adapted-like Wind
and Group, that it is especially recommended
.or them.
Its efforts are more certain than Castor Oil.
1t contains no alchohOl and is pleasant to take
as honey. It never grfpes. By regulating the
stomach and bowels the Castorfa cools the
blood, expels worms and prevents feverish>
ness, quiets the nerves and produces health
then OF course children can sleep In quiet and
mothers can rest.
Castoria is recommended by all physicians
and nurses who have used IL, and IL is having
a rapid increasing sale. 1t is prepared with
great care after the ceeipe of DR.. samuel Pitch
er, of Mass, at the Laboratory OF j. b. Rose &
Co. OF 40 Dey street, N. Y. Sept 7-Dec
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-11-16

THE returns which the Boards of
Canvassers of Florida, Louisiana and
South Carolina make 10 the State Off
GERS must be certified; and behind this
certificate no power in the United
States, neither Congress nor any other,
can go. They are conclusive. All the
more, therefore, must we have fair
count; and everything promises that
we shall have.