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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1877-01-17

Iowa. that the treasurer OF Mar'oh
county Ne ard hAis hereby instruc,
ted to distribute the funds derived
from said drafts and otAier cash items
- The lands to uhich TIN sanfe No
,erIy belong SO Tar as tie samecan
he Identified and thai none 81 TIC
rroceeds of said drafts which can DC
identified shall be subject to pro-
| d;stribution, but all other drafts or
cash items, in the treasury at inc
time of said robbery, and ia course
M transit which cannot be sidehsfied
| "A TO the funds to which theypropera
lly belong, shall be divided pro-rata
to the several funds having balances
in the treasury at the time OF sa'u
robbery. Mt,
On motion the following official
bonds we're approved. to-wit:
The bond OF b. r. Ewalt Justice p
The Peace, Knoxville tp.fT I'm
The bond of John Willis, 20 'fs'
Dallas tip. ,,,
The bond of H Owen,J. r., LID
erty tip. -
The bond of E. X. Wooruif, }. r.,
Knoxville tip.
The bond of J f Groom, constable
Liberty tip.
The bond of II Miller constable
Dallas tip.
The bond of J S Willis, constable
Dallas tip.
The bond OF " II Shilds, consta-
BILE, Knoxville tip.
The bond of A b Colgrove, consta-
BILE, Red Rock tip.
Thesbond of Simon Fouch, clerk,
Red Rock tip.
The bond Of Pierce Metz, clerk,
Liberty tip.
INSTRUCTIONS To ASSESSORS.
Tn tho matter OF instructions to
the assessors of the several townships
cities and Incorporated towns of Ma
rion county, Iowa, for their guidance
ia making the assessment for the
wear 1877, the board made the fol
lowing classification of real estate
and personal property, to wit:
REAL ESTATE.
LIST class improved farming land,
per acre Yiz
Cd class improved farming land,
per acre, o
Sd class improved farming land,
per acre, U
LIST class unimproved tilllabe
land, per acre, ~
I'd class unimproved tillable
land, per acre. D
Sd class unimproved tillable land
per acre, %
lst class timbered land, per acre, 10
I'd class timbered land, per acre, 8
Sd class timbered land, per acre, 2
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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1877-01-17

"By Jove! I'll win them too, .
said Roy; and bending, he kissed
Bell full upon the lips.
Cynthia, with lightning flashing
from her eyes, arose and left the
room, and we all waited In silence n
moment, as though we expected a
dreadful thunder-clap.
The storm came later in tho even.
Ing, when the guests had taken
their departure, and Roy, hat in
hand, WAS about to take his,
Golden Bell and Small Iieity had
very discretely, gone to bod an hou,
before. stepped from the window
to the porch as Cynthia entered b,
the other Roy stood In the door.
Intending to escape that way for
hate being a third in a quarrel a,
i do being third at love inter
view, when Cynthia called m,
back and SO was Obliged to remain
and hear il all.
Queen gave full rein to her temp
er, and overwhelmed her lover wit
accusations and reproaches. Hut /
struck me that her passion was NOR
the outpouring Of jealousy and piqu
than wounded love.
AZ for Roy, his calmness astonisl
ed me; heseemed to be weary, NJ
indignant, and ! could discover !
signs OF grief or repentance In Ii
face. Only once did he reply
Cynthia, and that was when, In Il
same deep, concentrated tones u
had preserved from the first. she b
gan TO pour forth torrent Of abu
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05

gence, with improved flint implements;
working in wood, in bone, and in ivory,
and even leaving traces behind them of
drawing and Of sculpture. This race
appears to have dwelt mainly in western
Europe, extending downwards into Italy,
and northWards into the British isles.
Its duration seems to have been CO.
terminus with that Of The reindeer, upon
which it mainly subsisted Its disap
pearance was towards the end of the
quatenary period, and it was succeeded
by the race of Furfooz. These people
by their skull belonged to the short,
round form of head, somewhat like the
present inhabitants; their height was
but small, and their Intelligence certainly
not equal to that of their immediate
predecessors. They have uniustly been
traced in Belgium and France. Between
their disappearance and the most remote
historical records many races may also
have existed but these three races Just
described seem TO have been our predeces-
sors during the quatenary geological
epoch. -Load1u Times.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
Glover n "a Fertilizer.

In an essay on green crops as fertil-
izers, read by J. L. Johnson, before the
horticultural society OF Warsaw, Iowa,
referring to clover, he says:
Of all plants with which 1 am ac-
quainted and which areespecially adapted
tosour latitude and climate the common
red clover is perhaps the very best for
fertilizing the soil it being one of the
best, if not the very best, to collect the
accumulated richness OF the atmosphere;
while its long and searching roots pene-
trate the soil in all directions, far beyond
the depth reached by our most thorough
and energetic plowmen, loosen1Dg the
subsoil in all directions and bringing up
mineral substance of the greatest value
in promoting the growth of vegetables,
grain or fruit.
Red clover as a fertilizer not only en-
riches but renders the soil more open to
admit the circulation of the atmosphere,
thereby retaining the moisture and thus
producing the best results We should
endeavor to attain to a proper knowledge
of the wants of the soil, for it is only by
doing 50 that we become able to decide
as to what rotation of crops to grow for
the benefit of the soil. knowledge and
energy are the real foundations of profit
able farming.
In all cases where soils contain but
little organic matter, larger proportion
of vegetable manure is required, and it is
important that we bury beneath such
soils all the vegetable matter possible,
not only red clover, but also oats, rye,
buckwheat or even weeds (if we are SO
careless or s!evenly as to produce weeds),
as we may thus destroy the seeds OF
weeds, and at the same time increase the
fertility.of the soil. The amount of green
manure. in an acre-of red clover is almost
incredible. On the very poorest land
enough can be produced, if utilized and
rightly applied, to greatly enrich the
soil. 1 see it is stated in the California
Farmer that Prof Gedzie, in chemical
test, claims to have found one piece Of
heavy June grass (grass and roots to-
geth5r) containing more than one hundred
tons per acre. If this statement is
correct, but few farmers have even a
proper conception of the actual quantity
of vegetable matter they add to the soil
by blowing under heavy grass sward of
clover.
Then we must consider how easy it is
for us to obtain this great fertilizer. 1t
costs us no freight, as does the commercial
manures; it requires no hauling, as the
barnyard manure, and it needs no spread
ing.
1t comes to us freighted on every
breeze, nature evenly spreads il. over o,r
fields, and we may, if we will, apply it
with the greatest accuracy.
Then let me close by saying that we
believe that to fill our soils with mass
of grass and clover roots and other veg
etable matter, is to make our lands fat,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
Pidgcon's Irreparable Loss.

We had been oug to the graveyard to
bury Mrs. Pidgeon, and we were riding
home in the carriage with the bereaved
widower. While lac sopped his eyes with
his handkerchief he told us about her:
In one respect ! never saw her equal.
She was a manager. I've kuowed that
woman that's lying out there in the
tomb to take an OLD pair Of my trousers
and cut them up for the boys She'd
make n splendid suit OF clothes for both
OF them out Of them cid pants, get out
stuff enough for a coat for the baby and
q cap for Johnny, and have some left
over for rag carpet. besides making
handkerchiefs ont of the pockets, and a
hustle for herself out of the other Innings
Give her any old garment and it was IS
good As a gold mine. Why, she'd take a
WORKOUT sock and make a brand-new
overcoat out of it, believe. She had a
turn for that kind of economy There's
one of my shirts that I bought in 1917
still going about making itself useful SIS
winder curtains and pantalettes and
plenty of other things. Only last July
our gridirOn give out, and she took it
apart, and in two hours it was rugged on
the side OF the house a. a splendid light
ming rod, all except what she had made
into poker and an ice-pick. Ingenious ?
I Why she kept our family in buttons and
whistles out oi.the ham bones she saved,
and she made fifteen princely chicken
coopa from her old hoop skirts, ana Pig
/ pen out of her used-up corset bones.
I She never wasted solitary thing. Let
I a cat die around our house, and the first
thing you knew Mary Jane'd have a muH
and a set Of furs, and I'd begin to find
mince pies on the dinner table She'd
stuff feather bed with the feathers that
she'd got Off one little bit Of a rooster,
and she'd even utilize the reaches in the
kitchen SOS they'd run the churn-had a
machine she invented for the purpose.
! I've seen her cook potato parines SOS
you'd think they were cauvas-back
ducks, and she had a way of doctoring up
shavings 50 that the pig'd eat 'em and
grow fat on 'em. I believe that woman
could built four-story hotel you'd a
given her a single pine board or a steam
boat out of a wash-biler; and the very
last thing she said to me was 70 bury her
in the garden SOS she'd be useful down
below there, helping to shove up the
cabbage. I'll never see her like again -
l don't believe he viii, either.-PhjI
adelDhi1 Bulletin
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
FARM NOTES.

DO Cows Eat i'm Proportion 10 weight
citation, Gen Curtis made the point in
favor of the ShorthOrn COW, that she was
such perfect digester of food that she
DID not eat as much in proportion to size
and yield of milk, as the Ayrshire or
Jersey. Mr.. Rutherford believed this
opinion to be quite a mistaken enc, and
that the Jersey consumed less food, pro-
portionally to size and yield of milk, than
the best milking Shorthorns. Prof. Ar
nlld was inclined TO think Gen. Curtis
opinion was correct. In confederation OF
this latter opinion, Mr. E. w. Stewart
related to experiments of his own. One
was with two Merino sheep, together
weighing 200 pounds. fed in comparison
with a Cotswold sheep weighing little
over 200 pounds. These sheep were fed
in seperate pens, for thirty days, upon
hay and corn. The two Merinoes ate
pounds of hay and quarts of corn per
day, while tie Cotswold ate only
pounds of nay and 9 pints of corn, and
the Cotswold gained fraction Of pound
the most, while eating % per cent. less
He also tried a similar experiment with
three small common cows, weighing 500
pounds each, and two large COWS weigh
ing 1900 pounds each; 50 that the
weight Of each lot was equal. The ex-
pertinent was made in winter, all the cows
being dry. They were all fed on mixed
clover and timothy hay, cut fve-eights
of an inch long, with two quarts of bran
mixed with each bushel of hay. The
feed was weighed as given TO each lot,
and supplied al E5itum. During thirty
days the three small COWS ate. on the
average, seventy pounds per day, and
the large cows sixty'pOunds per day. At
the end Of the experiment the tfEee
small COWS had gained sixty-fve pounds
and the two large cows sixty-two pounds.
Here was a difference in food in favor of
the large animal of 1876 per cent. The
cows were all apparently in the same
condition at the beginning. 1t is the
general opinion that animals eat in pro-
portion to weight, but this will not apply
TO cases where the difference in weight Is
very large. In the case of the two
Merino sheep that weighed the same as
the Cotswold there is the heat Of the two
systems to be kept up instead of one.
The respiratory food is not in proportion
TO size of animal, as the lungs of the two
small sheep were combined, larger than
the lungs of one large sheep, and would
take more food to keep up animal heat.
The outside surface of the bodies Of two
small animals having only the weight of
one large animal is much greater, and the
radiation of heat from the larger surface
will be proportionally greater, and re-
quire so much additional food. This
appears to be a rational explanation of
the facts OF these two experiments, and
which have been observed in a general
way, by many feeders Toronto Globe
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
How Seal Skins are Dressed.

When the seals have reached the kill
ing ground they are allowed a certain
time to rest and cool, after which about
one hundred are driven together into an
enclosure, and the fittest are selected for
slaughter. The Others are allowed to 90
down to the nearest water, whence they
make their way back to the sea. The
instrument of destruction is a long club
of hard wood, with which the ami
mails are struck a violent blow on the
head. One is usually sufficient. A
long sharp knife is then thrust into the
vitals, and the carcass laid aside, and so
on up till about one thousand have been
slain, when the work of skinning COM
menees. When taken off the skins are
saltef and sent home in that condition.
On ~ here they are properly cured,
az eomes The popularity called
"5 1t is difficult to conceive
how Vat beautiful article of dress can
everl5e manufactured out of the mat
tractive object the skin presents at this
iuncfure. 1t is hard and unyielding as
as board, and the stiff, coarse hairs cover
the fur so completely that its very exist
ence might be suspected. The problem
to be solved Is how to separate the hair
from the under fur. For many years
each individual hair was plucked out
severally at, of course, a great expendi-
ture of time and money, until lucky
accident revealed to the dress rs that the
roots of the hair were more deeply seated
than the roots of the fur. Now, there
fore, after preliminary preparations, the
skins are laid, hair downward, upon a
wooden block with a curved surface, and
pared down with knife until the roots
of tbe hairs have been cut through, and
the akin is very little thicker than a kid
glove. All the coarser hair can then be
brushed off with the hand, leaving the
fur which is then seen TO be arranged in
small curls of fight brown color, vary
ing slightly in shade in the parts. 1t con-
seouence, neatly all seal skin " is dyed
before It is sold, and in the process of
dyeing the curls untwist themselves, and
the fur becomes smooth and ready for
use The government of the United
States imposes revenue tax of 81 skin,
to wbica must be added the cost of
of an establishment in so
remote a spot; but even allowances
hayino been made for this and other ex-
pensas in Europe the price demanded
for a Jacket must still be REGARDED as ex-
travagant.- Contemporary Revielc.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05

TIE success Of Sir William Thompson's
piano'orte wire apparatus for deeP-sea
sounding was demonstrated by the
United States steamer Tuscarora in the
Pacific ocean, Commander Belkuap hav-
inc aided its success by his own skill and
ingenuity. There Is occasion for regret
that it was not used by the Challenger
expedition; It it had been, a much
larger number OF soundings could have
been effected. Latterly several expert
ments have been made with this apparatus
on the White Star line OF steamers be-
tween this city and Liverpool. The wire
was capable of bearing strain Of eighteen
miles OF It's own length. In these eXper-
imentS a glass tube was attached at a
known distance above the sinker. The
interior of the tube was coated with a
mixture Of starch and red prussiate of
pot ash Outside the tube was metallic
cylinder containing a solution of sulphate
o iron. When the pressure of the water
a a given depth, drove in the sides of
the cylinder it forced the iron solution
t. a proportionate height in the glass
tube, leaving its record in a blue tint
The height Of the record indicated the
pressure, and consequently the depth
reached in sounding.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
The Reapers.

The reapsrs bend their iusty backs,
Their sou .linE sickles sway
At every stroke the golden sea
Eecetses 10 give them way.
The heavy ears fall bowling down
And nestle at their feet;
Such vii, such work a. theirs, PeIiorf,
Mus. win--nust homage meet.
Socarele-s Of fatigue, they go
So true 50 steadily,
The admiriug traveller on the road
Leans DER the gate to see;
With marvel Of the sOOn-falien breadth
The longing gossips tell;
But the reapers labor for rs all;
IT'S neel they should WORK well.
Ere the great sun that burns above
Shall crimson in the west
And The chiidren's poppy nosegsys fade,
And they lie down 10 rest,
Each golden spear 4 at upward points
Shnil fall upon the field,
And the farmer drains sparkling ass,
Rejoicing 0 er the Weld.
Ply, bOnny men, your sickies bright,
And give the people bread
At eve cOzqdeTlHg stride you taket
On want and woe YOU tread.
Drop. heavy ears and give the strength
You gathered from this plain,
That man may Use refreshed and hrm
And 10 great thisgs again.
God bless the hands, all hard and brown,
That guide the cleaving pillow,
That east abroad the shining seed.
And build the wealthy NOW;
They rear the bread our children eat
lis by their toll We live:
Hurrah give them the loudest cheer
That grateful hearts can givei
-Chdmbers Journal.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
4 DiSinfectant.

Onions sliced and put in plates in a
sick room are an excellent disinfectant,
and will prevent contagion from erup-
tive troubles. They should be removed
aud fresh slices put in their places as
seon as discolored. Be sure that these
slices are buried, or put where they can
not be eaten, as soon as taken from the
room.
1t is not safe to use onions'that are not
taekn fresh from the earth during any
epidemic OF eruptive diseases, as they
are so rapidly sensitive to rimpregnated
with any contagion or malaria in the at
mOsphere.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
The Fairbanksas have executed

The Fairbankses have executed orders
from the United States government the pas'
three wears for over 800 scales. This firm Is
stin furnishing contract with the W.
rious depar tmeuts-scales for all parts Of inc
country. In contract just secured from inc
Treasury Department tor the fiscal yea,
(Which expires June 30,1s7S)the government.
shows its preference for Fairbanks scales y
paving the St Johns bury firm 1875 per cent
more than the bid OF competing parties
Snci.n.i-LL MA..- R.nlLLLcnn.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05

TIE importance Of means eff saving
liquid manures is apparent from the fact
that in every one hundred pounds of
cows urine there are sixtv-five pounds of
water, five pounds Of urea, five pounds of
phosphate of lime, twelve pounds OF sal
ammoniac and m1riate of potash, ard
ard ten pounds of carbonate of potash
and ammonia. While the solid excre-
ments f.om one COW during the year vii
manure half an acre, the liquid matter
properly applied would fertilize three
times that amount.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05

WEST VIRGINIA has between eight
and ten millions of acres of forests, the
timber in which is valued at S75,OOO,OV
as it stands. The oak, walnut, cherry,
ash, poplar, maple, elm, sycamore anu
Ijcust attain great size there.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
Tile --latest Fa-hion for ladies.

Ouratteution has recently been called to the
Egr,fou NoieI9s-e fID0kHgss something entire
~ new Iu the way of heavy, thick, warm,
WOODEN goods, specially adapted for ladies,
wear during the cold weather now approach
ing.These goods are the hauds0mest and most
stylish ever seen, and so lar as price is con
cerneI. are "a miracle in che1pucss. They
are intended for cloaks. sacquts. dolmans, err
culars and jackets, ion both ladies and chill
dreu, and are found at all the leading dry
good stores IN the country. BE particular toasS
for the RrJ-fcu CiuItiugs and take no others
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A line Of steamers has been established
between MarsciIles (France) and the
river Plate (South America), to convey
fresh meat from the latter locality in a
frozen condition. On one of the steamers
the Peller process is used for producing
cold by the rehabilitation of ether: on
the other, the Care process is employed !;
a temperature being obtained by the
evaporation OF ammonia, which is said to
be so low as to sheet the meat with ice
The second vessel of the line started
from Marseilles while the first was com
ing into port with a cargo. The Church
authorities pronounced a benediction on
the outgoing vessel; a procedure which
seems somewhat in advance Of young
Benjamin Franklin's proposition to have
his father say grace over the pork in the
barrel.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
Keep Borax in the House

Having long used borax for various
domestic and bygienic purposes, have
come to regard it as a necessity. House
keepers who do not Use it have some
thing yet to learn concerning q very con
veuient and useful article. In the laun-
dry it is economical, as it saves both la
Dor and soap, and is really cheaper than
the latter. For blankets and other large
articles it Is especially valuable, and IN
sill cases the use of a lir1le borax will
save half the labor when articles are much
soiled, while it is not injurious 10 clothes.
1t is perfectly ehectual in driving away
red ants, coekroacAes, etc, if sprinkled
around on pantry shelves, or put in small
quantities on paper and placed in the
runways of the insects.
Borax is also Of great value for t0ies
uses. For removing dandrutfand cleans,
ing the hair it is unequalled. It is also
a good remedy for rough face and chap
ped hands. Its application to wounds,
sores, bruises, sprains, etc, proves very
salutary, and is often the only remedy re-
CURED even in severe cases. Indeed, bo-
FAX is one of the best remedies for many
ailments in our whole hygiene, and for
+ that reason alone should be kept ready
+ for use when wanted. That prepared BY
smith Brothers is the best, and can be
obtained of almost any grocer or drug
gi-t. There are many other uses for bo-
rax which ] need not specify, but those
[ have mentioned are alone enough to
satisfy any family Of the value of the ar
ticle. and TO all such, aswel as those who
do not understand its properties, ! repeat
Keep borax in the house, Houseteep7
an " J. tdu0c1fe.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05

Are never experienced hvthose whousc Doc
LEY's YEAST POWDER. Elegant ligh hole
some biscuits bread, rolls and muttin-, every
time. Try it and be convinced.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05

II farmers have scrub stock they had
better fatten it and sell it, and with the
proceeds buy improved stock. They
can't buy as much with the money as
they had before, but if they viii keep
less, they viii keep it better, and it will
bring better returns. 1t is just as wise
for a farmer to stick to the old bull
tongue pillow eff fifty years ago, as to hold
on to scrub stock. on which there has
been no improvement for fifty years.
The world moves. There has been prog
ress in breeds as well as in implements
and machines, and it is the part OF
wisdom in farmers to avail themselves of
the great Improvements that have been
made.
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50 that they will pay good rent to the
owner and tiller, it is to increase the
fertility of the soil, by feeding and fatten-
ing it. as we believe it may be made tat
in sod and in manure, as easily as we can
make a poor pig to gain in flesh.