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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-18


The late DIR. Livingstone In his Last
Journals, - gives the following Interesting
accounts B
AT the Loangwa OF Jumbo We came
TO party Of hereditary hippopotamus
hunters, called makqDabne or dh0mbns.
The follow no other occupation, but when
their game is getting scanty at one spot
they remove 70 some ether part OF the
Loangwa, Zambesi, or Shire, and build
temporary huts on an Island, where their
women cultivate patches; the flesh OF The
animals they kill is eagerly exchanged by
the more settled people for grain. They
are not stingy, and are everywhere wei.
come guests. Inevcr heard Of any fraud
in dealing, or that they had been guilty
Of an outrage on the poorest; their eliei
characteristic Is their courage. Their
hunting. il the braYest, thing | ever saw.
Each canoe Is manned by two men; they
are long light craft, scarcely halt an mon
in thickness, about eighteen inches beain
and from eighteen 10 twenty feet long.
They are formed for speed, and shaped
somewhat Ike our racing boats. Each
man uses broad short paddle, and as
they guide the canoe slowly down the
stream 10 q sleeping hippopotamus not a
single ripple Is raised on the smooth
water; they look as II holding Their
breath, and communicate by signs only.
As they come near the prey, the harpooneE
in the bow lays down his paddle and rises
slowly up, and there he stands erect, mo-
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-18

just burned the lock of with my cigar,
ana came away. / intended to give you
fright in return for your trick sup
pose it's what you call practical joke
In the country-but didn't think of any.
thing serious. I'm really sorry"
don't know what l said. / know
felt very foolish; but that was not halt as
bad as feeling like a murderer
l bad . pretty pair of hands for the
next four weeks, but didn't mind it as
much as If Fanny had not fed me with
hers. as
She petted me as il were hero in
stead OF an idiot. Isbelieve she thought |
had done something noble and grand.
And she's been my wife now-how
long, Fannys
Not so long as to have forgotten to be
lovers, though my boys head is on lev
ell with his mothers shoulders and my
own is turning gray ,g
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-18
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mr.. Moody, after his return from the
South, will goto Montreal.
-Regardless of the law Of Massachus.
etts, Mr.. James Parton still insists fhat he
is married. 80 s5@
Being asked which wife he is leas
willing to sacrifice, Brigham Young re.
plies Polly Gamy.n
Mr.. John Boyle O'Reilly and the
Archbishop of Boston have bought the
Boston Pilot lately owned by Donahue.e
They say that the plague has broken
out in Bagdad. This is TIE first authentic
information that we have !. eceiyed of the
whereabouts OF MI Weston for some time.
IN. Y. Dispatch.
Sen. 4. w. Pierce, OF Freetown,
Mass, made solemn vow during the war
that his faithful charger should be buried
when he died in the same lot with him
self His wife objected, but he has OBJ
tanned divorce, and finally declares that
his remains shall be placed by the side OF
his horse when the summons comes to
JOIN, etc. asefaE1 E-s t.s8s~F
The physicians say that Commodore
Vanderbilt is rapidly going 10 pieces, and
cannot live many months. 1t is said that
his business has been arranged with a
view to his death at any moment, and can
not suffer seriously whenever it shall
take place. But the Stock Exchange is
prepared TO be excited by an announce
ment of his death, whether true or false
The Danyille (Ya.) Express says
" There is widow lady living in one OF
the adjoining counties of North Carolina,
whose husband was Confederate sol
der, who during the war was in prison
at Elmira, N Y, where he died. This
lady, since the close of the war, has re-
ceived regularly every year the check OF
A. T. Stewart the deceased millionaire.
in the sum of fifty dollars. Why, she has
never known ~
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-18

and, when so approached, are very apt to
go into the doorway without looking as
to the truth When there the kind old
woman tells a pretty story of her nice
home, gives q suggestion that she is well
off in this worlds goods, and that she
wanted to fix the skirts because the lady's
beautiful face reminded her of her own
daughter. During the fixing process the
dress is necessarily handled, and though
tho work Is awkward, it would not of
course do 70 offer money to the nice, we'll
attired kind-hearted old lady, who talks so
glibly OF her property. So the other lady
leaves with gratitude, which is changed to q
somewhat different feeling when she finds
her pocket has been cut, and the old lady
has gone away with her purse.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-18
A Mind Old Lady.

There Is kind hearted old woman who
lives in Louisville, and she passes her
time in the streets on the lookout for la.
dies whose skirts are coming down.
Sometimes her anxiety leads her asuay,
and she secs in imagination skirts falling
which are perfectly secure. But she
swectly says all the same, I" My dear, your
skirris falling; ii sou will step into this
doorway win pin it up for you" LIB
dies In general object 10 falling skirts in
the street.; The very thought is terror,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-18
CENTENNIAL HYHT..


openiur of the Exhibition a,
Rr.ien ~ ~ elteIphis. BY John q. Whittier.l
1000. cod rom out whose hand
s gas centuries fall like grains OF sand,
Ing .s,ser to-day, united, free.
We Iioys, to our land and Thee.
Ana hs1k Thee for the era done,
10 ,rnst Thee for the opening one.
- there OF old. by Thy design,
neses atbers spake that word of Thine
49, n echo Is the glad refrain
Shoarded bolt and falling chain,
" ace rrsee our festal time, from aIl
IL H. INES Of earth our guests we call.
18th uswhile the New World greets
p old World thronging all it's streets, ~.
I-.yeiling all the triumphs won
- .rt or toll beneath the sun;
WSrutoi common good ordain
15sis riyalship OF hand and brain.
r.or. who hast here in concord furled
az war fags of a gathered world,
asaesth our weetcrn skies fulfil ~
TORRENTS mission OF good will.
~. ffeighted with Loves golden fleece,
ri back its Argoaauts of peace.
pssrt and labor met IN truce,
=, beauty made the bride of use.
r. thank Thee; but withal, we crave
~, austere virtues strong to save,
The honor proof 70 place or gold, q
The manhood never bought nor sold!
aimake Thou us, through centuries long,
10 ueace secure, in Justice strong;
a,pund our gift Of freedom draw
& Tbe safegnar 70 Of Thy righteous law;
A.,d. cast in some diviner mold,
III The new cycle shame the old
-AHanttG Monthly.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-18
Not a Bargain After All.

Yesterday morning the female head OF
family living On Henry street called at Q
| Woodward avenue grocery and asked toi
prunes. Some prunes were exhibited, and
she inquired: .-..f
&c Do you warrant tbem?"
1--WE do" was the reply.
Perfectly fresh, are they?"
Indeed they are +
"No worms in them 20
/" Not worm"
"Full weight, are they?"
/" Full weight, madam"
Sweet, are theyY"
I" warrant them sweet"
No pits in them? ~
mot pit, madam"
And a prize package with every
pound?' she asked, after pause.
Yes, madam" -..
And chrome, too ~ she hesitatingly
inquired. s
Yes, and a chrome, tool"
She nibbled at a prune, knit her brows,
| and finally asked
Don't you give cash premium with
every pound you sell -
| We do, madam. Yon pay ten cents
| for pound OF prunes and get q chrome o,
prize pdChhRc, anu CASH pfcuiiuiu Va
| fifty cents. Shall do you up pound ~
Well, it seems as if you wanted TO be
fair with your customers" she slowly re.
piled, "but ] guess / won't take any.
Seems to me ten cents per pound Is rather
too much for prunes these times, when
butter is down. and calico is down, and
shoes are awful cheap. "--Dstr0H Free
Press. .a. .....
. -
ON the arrival Of freight train at
Reading, Pa, the other day, a detective
discovered weil-dressed and rather pref
| ty girl, about eighteen years Of age, riding
on the bumper Of car He assisted her
off the car, and told her she was in dan
ger Of meeting with fatal accident. She
retorted: Meeting with accidents is my
lookout and not yours; you just go about
your business. and let me alone; can
take care Of myself l came from lie!
banon on the bumpers, and am going to
watch my chance 10 ride the same way 10
New York city, where | am going 70
live" She walked away from the depot,
and that was the last that VIC seen Of her.
TROUSERS obtained on credit are breech.
Is OF trust.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-18

blaine will be the nations next
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-18

and one from tie ve..-Hon John trial COMMITTEES
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-18

'revevrSsyrcNs ,,,~sty 'that nss as | y,
compllYheti 40 much rood FIR our oil
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-18

Hell do very nicely now" said some
one-very nicely; plenty of nourishing
food, quiet, and the wash as directed. M
danger, though his escape is wonderful. T"
1t was the family doctor, and was On
the spare bed in the bedroom, with band.
ages about my hands,
Mbther sat there so did Fanny Father
looked over the bed foot. Phelim and
Jane Maria, the servant, were also Wis
ible.
And why he was so set on saving
that old shell / can't tel" said mother.
/" He must have hid something precious
there"
They did not know then. | sat up and
looked at them all.
" Ii wasn't the shed" said j. . Mother,
father. Fanny, it was Mr.. Williams. ]
had locked him up there. I've murdered
him"
"No, YOU haven't" said another voice,
and some one came around the bed. Il IN
alive YOU see You didn't think pd
stay locked up in a cowshed when / had
an engagement with lady, did you? l
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-18

TROUSERS obtained on credit are breech.
es OF trust.
, 1876-08-12
S f A.

Servia is about ono-ffth smaller than
Scotland, and sparsely occupied by
l,S62,000 inhabitants. Like Scotland,
the Leisure Hour says, it is a land of noun
tains, On the southwest the mountains
consist Of olFshoots of the Dinaric Alps,
and elsewhere the branches of the Balkan
chain. One Of these, gathered into a knot
ty group in the centre of the country, forms
the Rudrik Mountains. Another running
northwards, meets a range of the Carpathi-
ans, and with it forms the Iron Gates
OF the Danube. Nothing can exceed the
wildness and stern s%ublimity of this cele-
brated portal, through which the great
river flows. Generally speaking, Sergia is
traversed from south to north by extensive
mountain ridges. These form valleys
which nowhere expand into plains. In its
physical features the country is not unlike
Bosnia and the Herzegovina, but with its
green and well-wooded hills it is in striking
contrast to the bare and sterile region Of
Montenegro. AS Montenegro was the
~unconquered remnant of the old Seryian
Empire, therefore the little p~rincipality in
the BLACK Mountain may in that sense be
held as its truest representative. Modern
Servia, however, on account alike of name,
resources. and geographical position,
claims continuity of national life with the
, 1876-08-12

Servia of the fourteenth century. The
motto of the princes of the present house
of Obrenovitch is "Time and my right"
Their arm represent a white cross on q
red field, and on the cross are inscribed
two dates, 13S9-1815; between them
lies a drawn sword. The first date com
memorates the fatal fight of Kossova,
when the Servians, overthrow by the
Ottoman arms, became a subject people;
the second marks the year when MIIosch
O%brenovitch went from his dwelling
among the mountains of the interior to the
church of Takovo to raise anew the STAN
dard of revolt. The drawn sword between
the dates may be taken to indicate that
the attitude of the subject Serbs on the
Danube during tour long centuries OF
Turkish rule was not one of %servile sub
mission, but of nourished antag0nism.
What gives importance to the revolt OF
1916 is that it resulted in the permanent
acknowledgment of Seryia by the Porte "a
a self governing though still tributary
Power, under native rulers. Seryia, restor-
ed to the Serbs, brought back with it the
hope at some future time of entire indie
pendeuce, and Of an extension OF territory
co. extensive with the old Servian kingdom.
Nor do tho free and Tarlike inhabitants
Of the Black Mountain entertain any
jealousy of the national aspirations OF their
brethren on the Danube. The two Serb
Powers are in close alliance, and between
the families of the respective princes there
exists Z cordial friendship.
, 1876-08-12

the Church, that italian statesmen are led
to reflect how far they acted wisely in
passing the Papal guarantee law, and
leaving the Vatican as q morally, ii not
materially, ~impregnable stronghold for the
Papacy. Pic Mono has had several ad-
vantageous opportunities Of late for dis
playing his eloquence, and his exhortation
to the German pilgrims, who compliment
ed him on the anniversary of his corona
ton, was peculiarly Suggestive, "Estote
ergo fortes in bello." The Emperor OF
Germany and the King Of Italy must be
getting quite accustomed to hear them
selves compared to Sennacherib and Ahaz-
uerus, and other biblical tyrants, by the
head of the Church, but their Ministers
are beginning to object to a propaganda Of
resistance to the ordinances of their re-
spective Governments being systematical-
ly fomented by the Vatican. At the same
time 1t is amusing to observe that the
press organs of the moderate party, who,
while 10 power, always affected to ignore
whatever the Pope might say to his
numerous visitors, are now appealing
warmly to the Depretis Cabinet to induce
the Supreme POntitf to use rather less vi
Imperative expressions when abiding to
the sovereign of Germany or Italy, in order
to avoid diplomatic complications from
abroad and dissatisfaction at home. But
the Pope is thoroughly convinced of the
goodness Of his cause, and does not cease
to predict the triumph of the Church and
the downfall Of all her aggressors, adduc-
ing examples now and then OF Divine judg-
ment like the miserable end Of Abdul
Aziz, which his Holiness, in o speech
delivered shortly after that event, it will
be remembered, said was o chastisement
inflicted upon him by God for his opposi-
ton to the Church of Rome. Now that
the commencement Of the Pope's 3Oth
year of Pontiicate has been duly ccle-
brated other memorable occurrences are
being looked forward to. One Of these
will be the celebration of Plus ks epis-
'copal jubilee, 1t being nearly so years
since he was consecrated bishop and the
other will be the 500th anniversary Of
Pope Gregory XTs return from Avignon
to Rome. His Holiness recently held a
consistory for the nomination OF bishops,
and it is now expected that there will be a
truce to official receptions and business of
all kinds at the Vatican until the extreme
summer heats are over. The bronze statue
of St. Peter in the Vatican Basilica has
been duly invested with the gorgeous
mitre, ring, and chasuble in honour Of tho
saints festival, and the church will no
doubt be as crowded In honour OF the
Pope's coronation anniversary. In fact,
although church solemnities ia Rome have
lost much OF their spIendour since 1870,
the attendance OF the faithful has not
fallen of.
, 1876-08-12

Montenegro is about the smallest State
IN Europe which is in q position to declare
war. At the last census in 1864 Its pOpu-
lation was 1876, 900, a number which, low
"a il is, exceeds the producing capacity Of
the country, which has q length of about
60, and a breadth of IS English miles.
Il is traversed by limestone ridges Of the
Dinaric Alps, and is q labyrinth ofuarrow
valleys. The people OF the country have
q SAVING that when the world was made,
and stones were being distributed over the
earth, the bag that held them burst and
let them all fall upon Montenegro The
name by which the land is known in
Europe is that given it by the Venctians
and is a translation Of the Slavic vcrnacu-
lar, "~Czernagora," or Black Mountain, a
descriptive appelIation not justified by
the grey tints Of it's hills, as seen by the
voyager on the Adriatic, but supposed to
have been suggested by the aspect of the
pine forests which once covered them.
The exclusively mountainous character of
their country has helped to preserve the
freedom OF the Montencgrins and to per-
pctuate their poverty. They cannot live
without access. to the plains. which again
they cannot approach, under present
political conditions. without loss of liberty.
The MonteneCrins are of Servian race, but
their unsettled, precarious, and turbulent
highland life, in close proximity to heredi-
tary enemies, has set its mark on their
~physiognomy. They are wild, pugnacious,
and never unarmed. The shepherds
girdIe is stuck full of knives and pistols,
and the cuItivator Of the fields has a rifle
slung over his shoulder as he digs. An
eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is a
motto that sums up their idea of justice.
The chief ornaments of the houses are arms
and the skulls Of enemies killed by their
master. The riches of the people consist
for the most part of sheep and goats, which,
for want OF grass, they sell at the Austrian
town Of Cattaro every winter, supplying
themselves again in the spring by depreda-
tons on their neighbours. The people
are gathered into villages, each Of which
has its chief or head man, and whenever a
consultation of the whole country is neces-
sary, these chiefs meet on a meadow near
Cettinie. The Prince was until lately
styled Metropolitan or Vladika, uniting
political and spiritual dignities in his own
person. In books published within these
thirty years this parsonage is represented
in an ecclesiastical dress, with a rife
slung over his shoulders. The last of these
Prlnce-Bishops was accustomed to crafty
his flock by throwing an apple into the
air and shooting it as it fell. In the year
1853 this union of secular and ecclesiasti-
, 1876-08-12
THE COST OF THE FRENCH
SENATE.

The France gives the following c%alcula-
ton OF the expense thrown on the French
Treasury by the institution of the Senate /:
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-05-10
DOMESTIC MISCELLANY.

Mrs Mary Ford. Una, the well known lrlsn
American pOetess, is dead.
Governor Richard Coke has been elected UnteC
States Senator from Texas.
The Free Church of Scotland has granted 81 OOO tC
the Presbyterian Church OF Canada for home mis-
sions.
The Governor appointed the following Board o.
Visitors to Mount Vernon, the old Board s term o.
Office expiring Nav lst-viz: Fl. w. Thomas, Fair
fax: Robert Ould. Richmond Gilbert s. Meem,
Shenandoah; Fiizhugh Lee, Stafford; b. +. Rlxey'
Fauquier.
The Governor appointed the following Board for
the Virginia Military Instltute-vz !, John Letch-
er, Lexington Walter Fl. Taylor, Norfolk; Rob
ert l.. 7. Beale, Westmoreland; William d.
Psvue, Warrenton John s. Wise, Richmond K.
T. Barton, Winchester Randolph Harrison, Cum,
berland II. A. Edmondson, Salem. All the old
Board save John S. Wise, rice John Z. Shields,
resigned.
The Board of Visitors of the University OF Vir,
GINA will elect Professor OF Greek and Hebrew az
their next regular meeting, June 10Th, 1870, to
take the place of Professor Gllderseeve, resigned
The Shorter Catsohism has Just been translated
into the Japanese language bs DIR. Hepburn, the
we'll known missionary to Japan. The Boards
" Cateehsm Tor Dung Chlldren mas aiso peeu
translated into that tongue.
South western Presbyterian University Com
nleRcemeat EcerciSeS.-The exercises or commence
ment week are expected to be of unusual interest.
They will begin with the Baccalsureate Sermon by
Rev. r L. Dabney D. D., on Sunday the Is Of
May. Ga Monday evening at s O'Clock the Board
of Directors will meet On Tuesday evening the
Washington Irving and the Stewart Literary So
cieties, will hold their joint anniversary with two
speakers from each society. Ga Wednesday even.
ing Judge j. W. Clapp, of Memphis Tenn, will
address the Literary Societies. On Thursday at
10 o'clock the commencement exercises will be held
These will consist of an address to the Society OF
Alumni by Mr.. John j. West, of GAINESVILLE,
Tenn, followed by orations from members OF the
Graduating Glass, the Delivery of Diplomas, etc.
Persons feeling an interest in the school would do
well TO visit GAINESVILLE at this season.
The work of the Sunday School Uaion in the
South has been very large The following is a
summary: 1856 new Sabbath Schools organ
lied, numbering n ,534 teachers and 1915 schol
srs. Aid has been given to 20 200 old schools, and
the foundations of thousands OF churches are now
reckoned among the results of this work. During
the past year our missionaries have organic I'd 800
Bible schools, numbering 2 034 teachers, and u.s.
900 scholars aided and addressed 729 sd schools,
numbering 4 ,677 teachers and scholars; distri-
buted 2, 757 Bibles and Testaments; delivered L.
S97 addresses, and visited 3 222 families.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-05-10

Davidson College Commencement. N, c.-Rev. L
ID. WitherspOon OF Petersburg will deliver the adj
dress before the societies.
At the recent meeting of the Presbytery OF South
Csrolt the rare spectacle was seen OF father anC
his two sons elected as ofhcers-al ministers: Rev
+. Jacobs, ID. d., Moderator Rev. j, K. Jacobs
temporary clerk, and Rev. w, z. Jacobs stated
clerk.
An Interesting Occasion The corner. stone of the
Louisville Presbyterian 0cphausge, at Bellewood,
XIV, will he loid May 9Jh, at P. Nj.
Rev. DIS. Robinson, Matthews and Lowry, aud
Rev Messrs Duncan and Converse are expected to
take part in the ceremonies Alter the corner
stone shall have been laid, the ladies will hold a
festival and concert in aid of the fund for repairing
the Anchorage church. The ladies' OF Kentucky
are responding noby to the endowment of the In
stitution which will be removed to the new location
early in the summer. And the Belevood Semi
nary and Normal School, in connection with the
Orphausge, will be opened in September, atordlng
to worthy boys and girls an opportunity to nc them
selves, at moderate expense Tor the great duties
of life Christian Observer.
Columbia The catalogue of the Theological
Seminary at Columbia reports twenty five students
during the past year. Considering the struggles
through which the Institution has had to pass tor
two years or more. this indicates gratifying con-
dition of things We confidently hope that moth
ing remains TO prevent it from taking command
ing position among institutions of learning from
entering on a career of enlarged usefulness. The
corps of professors is ample; the course of study
is well digested and very valuable and the library
is mine of wealth to the student Moreover,
Columbia, is one of the most healthful and beauti
full cities in the SOuth.-S W. Presbyterian.
"Aunt Wallace Mrs Anna | Wallace, of
Madison county. Kentucky, generally known and
beloved in the Associate Reformed Synod of the
South. as Aunt Wallsce' died at her home 90
April Sth, in the SSth year of her age She was
a 'aous friend of the church, aud she showed her
love by generous gifts. Among her gifts we're nine
teen Thousand ige hundred dollars to Erskine Col
lege, two thousand to the theological seminary,
one thousand to foreign missions, nine hundred to
the Due West Female Seminary, FIVE hundred to
the Seventh street church Of Louisville, and two
hundred and Fl ty to Central University, besides
gifts to churcnes. During the last years of her
life she was almost entirely blind, but she. no doubt,
now erjlys the sight Of the glory Of the King.
Knitting Work An old lady recently left to the
Publication Board of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church 81 500. and to other good purposes, S.,
500 accumulated By sewing and knitting.