Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-11
.rpsONAL AND LITERARY.

u..on Possesses secret. He chews
w W, whiie walking. and it this that
CO.'S aim such powers of endurance.
gives not what Weston chews that SO
Bul ! Ill. Il interests folks to know, as what
especlrc hews. that lets him walk away
0LsIW eston's time in the way he does.
In Photographic gallery at Wash
L chair which has story at
fnsoS Abraham Lincoln went there to
tsenbis picture taken, but was not salts
hs,e,r;,b his "psse." SO he sent to the
neu :,oI for a large oak chair with cush-
Osp,s seat. On its arrival the picture
iono .sten. ana the President was satisfied.
W ok. I'D the photographer to keep the
Tar long-legged men when having
Ca apbizzes" taken.
terrible railway accident occurred
-.Welland, Canada, few nights ago,
o. q resulted in the death of the en-
- and fireman of train ON the Can
southern Railway. The engineer is
I'D to have been asleep and, of
IS ,sp. not seeing signal that certain
- was opened, the entire train was
ssred TO plunge headlong into the Wei
,-,SCanal. Fortunately only those on
se engine lost their lives.
The late DIR. 0restes Brownson once
lame engaged in controversy with
T.sst the anti -tobacconist. In the heat
'fthe argument Brownson lost his temper
"a knocked Trask down. He then appel
'gyed and Trask, refreshed like another
,ntgnus by contact with his mother
sa-th returned with double energy 10 the
S;scussion. " forgive you, Brownson,"
aid Trask, whenever hostilities seemed
= he about breaking out again. Finally
prownson said: Look here, Trask, /
tnocked you down once, and have apol-
nrized for it; if you say anything more
sSont forgiving me ! will knock you
down again. ~. Y. Eoening Post
The variations in the spelling of
shskspeare's name furnishes the topic for
~ article in the May number Of Scrabne7.'s
Maatllg. by j. H. Gilmore. There are
Ave- autographs of Shakespeare in exis
tenee acknowledged to be genuine, four
Of which are spelled Shakspere and the
Stth shakespeare. Mr. Gilmore concludes
i follows: From an inspection of these
sutoaraphs it is evident that however
81. k-sp-r- may have varied in spelling the
last syllable of his name, be never inserts
N I after the K. So says Mr.. Furnival,
and 80 must any one say who takes the
Mains to examine the fac-similes. On this
proint. the spurious and the genuine auto
graphs are all agreed"
President Tyler was married for the
second time in 1874, just before the expi-
ration of his Presidential term. He was
Al fhat time in his fifty-tifth year and his
bride about twenty. His friends tried to
dissuade him from the match, and one of
them told him story of a rich old James
River planter, who called lis body-serv-
ant Toney into council on the expediency
Of his marrying a miss in her teens.
Toney shook his head, saying: Massa,
had you betterT' Yes, Toney," re-
pljed the infatuated planter, "why not
She is 50 beautiful that the sight Of her
would make one rise from a sick bed to
marry her. | am old, to be sure, but
am not too old to make her happy"
Yes. Massa," automatically remarked
Toney, "you is now in your prime, OATS
true; but, when she is in her prime,
where den, Massa, will your prime bee"
Mr. Tyler is said 10 have laughed at
TOney's philosophy, but he nevertheless
married Miss Gardiner, and the marriage
proved very happy one.-Chicago Tn
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