Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-08

Coming down hill, hurry me not.
On level ground. spare me not.
Loose IN stable, forget me MOI.
o: hay and corn, rob me moi.
~ clean water, stint me not.
win sponge and water, neglect me
not;
of soft, dry bed, deprive me not.
Tired or hot, wash me not.
II sick or old, chill me moi.
win bit or reins, OH. jerk me not.
Ana when your angry, strike me
not.
We have never known the farmers
70 attend SO closely to home and
held work as they are doing this
season. 1t augurs well for the fu-
ture. Independence and deliver
ance from the bondage OF debt and
tine terrific grip of embarrassment.
Is sure to follow close economy, self
denial, well-directed work and close
attention to ones own business. OF
truth, the eyes of the people are
open fully to the requirements of
the situation. A new life and n
new spirit are developing for the
country.-Miss. Rural Gentleman.
The future is always fairv-land 70
the Young. Life is like a beautiful
and winding lane, on either side
bright flowers, and beautiful butter
hles, and tempting fruits, which we
scarcely pause to admire and taste.
so eager are we to hasten to an
opening which we imagine will be
more beautiful still. But by de.
grees, as We advance, the trees grow
bleak, the flowers and butterflies
fali, the fruits disappear, and We find
We have arrived to reach desert
waste.-G. A. Sala.
Brevity takes every time. A
short sermon full of life enlivens
the hearers and helps mems souls.
l need not tell you what long dull
one does. So addresses of all kinds
Ii We must talk the whole English
language to make two or three
points, we so corer up the matter
that the points are never seen. In
like manner books and newspaper
articles are often too wordy. Stick
to the point. Make every word
count in the line of thought which
you are pursuing. Be brief.
And now the question whether
the House may require a man in
private business to produce his &C
count books, to show who are his
customers, and what his business
with them, il the absence of. any
Indictment or charge, is to be tried
on habeas corpus by the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia.
Democrats he'd this a violation of
natural rights until they got control
of the House. The question is now
raised by Democratic practice.
An exchange says: 1--WE are in
receipt of two poems, one on the
'Throbbing Erain' and the other on
a Bleeding Heart. We will wait
until we receive one on the Stom-
ach-ache, ant publish all three to-
gether." Another says: "Send us
some more poetry Write it on
fools-cap. Write Y extensively. and
use plenty If paper. 1t is so con-
venient to Sndle fires with"
The NewTestament revision com
mittee havefnally resolved to reject
the last sven verses of the last
chapter ofthe gospel of St. Mark
as spurioui, and it is reliably stated
that the SINE course has been taken
with we're in one of the Epistles,
which ha hitherto been relied upon
as the chef support of the doctrine
of the Unity.
Love one human being with
warmth md purity, and thou wilt
love the world. The heart in that
celestial sphere of love is like the
sun in il course. From the drop
in rose b the ocean, all is for him a
mirror, shich he fills and brightens.
Richer.
The Centennial managers had
estimatd that in order to reimburse
Uncle Jam and the State of Penn
sylvanl, daily coneourse of l00,-
600 peole must fork over so cents
at the ates, and now they find that
it averges about 10000.
Som, zone should inform the Dem
oezrrS papers of the country of
Kerr's fall from The pedestal where
he was placed by ex-Confederate
votes. They don't seem to have
heard of it, as vet.
Ingratitude is always kind of
weakness. | have never seen that
clever men have been ungrateful.-
Goethe.
He that forgets his friend is un
grateful TO him, but he that forgets
his Savior is unmerciful to himself
To destroy the ideas of immor-
tally of the soul is to add death to
death.-Madame de Souza.
Seven thousand people we're rem
dered homeless By great fire at
Quebec, Canada, May 30th.
The heroine of q new play in
Paris has never said ives" during
the whole course of her life.
The streets of the ancient capital
of Japan, Hiola, have been lighted
with gas for the first time.
The Rev. DR.. Perry, of Geneva.
n. Y. has been elected Episcopal
Bishop of Iowa.
The tea business for the season
has opened in China with unusual
activity.
Baron de Palm would be crema,
ted, but the cream wouldn't rise to
the surface. ......-
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; con-
slider her ways and be wise.-Bible.