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The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21
ECHOES FROM THE PORCHI
What They Say at Long Branch.

Correspondence of the New York Commercial
Advertiser.
What Babel the porch of the West
End is, to be sure, especially about 8
o'clock, before the children have got
through dancing. These are some Of
the echoes that you hear;
"Oh, mamma, just look at Colonel
Presbery. Isn't he perfectly splendid
Doesn't he look as if he were the father
of all those dear little creatures SO
kind, so gentle, so attentive. Oh,
think he's too charming for anything.
"My dear child restrain yourself.
You can admire Colonel Presbery with
out expressing your admiration so ex-
travagantly."
"Oh, yes, I know, mo; but everybody
says just what do"
81 should be sorry to think that every
body had so little"
"Money is not the root of all evil,
Harry; Eliza's been the root of all evil
ever knew. Took her out riding before
dinner to-day; gave her on elegant bou-
quet this evening, and she's done moth
ing but firt with that fool, Potts, ever
since. Bah! don't talk to me about
money; its"
"All up with poor Stickney; you say
Poor Stickney stuckp ard after wager
ing me that Rock Island would go up
per cent. before the market was a
month older. If he had never taken"
"That mans wife will fool him some
day just as she fooled her former hus-
band"
"Getting ready to run off with another
man, you think ?"
"Thinkp I never think; I'm not
such
ga donkey would be able to see that
this talk about the new departure is
nothing but very thin attempt to di-
vide the Democracy and
"If 1 can't hold your hand, LAURA,
| don't know what we came out here for.
Do you expect me to put up with every
thing? To take
"a bottle of Helmbold's Buchu, Char
ley, will set you all right, AS specific
for the kidneys l consider it better
than
"Buttered toast isn't good enough for
the complexion, my dear, it brings out
"The bugs were so bad that it became
literally untenantable-
"Oh, doesn't he dance glorious, and
turn out his toes so sweetly. All, that's
why
"You love me-
"Just once"
"a kiss"
"Ncver."
"Oh git"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21
Old Boots and Shoes,

Ii anyone ever asks you, reader, ii yolt
have ever combed your hair with q boot,
or buttoned your dress with an old pair
of slippers, say you don't know Not
that we would insinuate that you ever
got under the influence of Intoxicating
iquors oh, mol But late inventions
ore made use OF to manufacture old boots
and shoes into variety Of useful arti-
cles. They are first cut into very small
pieces, and kept for couple Of hours in
chloride of sulphur The effect of this
is to make the leather hard and brittle.
Next the material is withdrawn from the
action of the chloride Of sulphur, washed
with water and dried. When thorough
ly dried, it is ground to powder, and
mixed with some substance like glue or
gum that causes it to adhere together.
1t is then passed into moulds and shaped
into buttons, combs, knife-handles, &c.
So you see how it may come to pass that
you will comb your hair with boot,
and fasten your clothes with a slipper.
Still another invention enables manu-
facturers to work up leather scraps into
substance somewhat resembling the
original material Here is method
lately proposed by Danish inventor.
He takes the leather waste, cuttings, sha-
wings, or other small bits Of leather, ei-
ther new or old, and reduces it to O
kind of ibrous pulp by hand labor or by
q machine or mill, (either by grinding,
pounding, cutting, rasping, carding, or
grating;) if old waste is used, it Is first
cleaned thoroughly. This matter or
pulp is then kneaded with India rubber,
which is rendered fluid on dissolved in
oils or spirits, and treated with ammo
nia Here we dissolve the India rubber
in oil or turpcntine. TO effect this the
India rubber is cut into pieces and mix
ed with turpentine, after which he let's
it remain quiet in o closed vessel until
it is dissolved. When the India rubber
is dissolved he adds ammonia of o
strength of thirty per cent. in the pro-
portion of about equal parts by weight
of ammonia to the India rubber con-
tanned in the solution; when the mass
has become a grayish-white color, it is
ready to be mixed with the pulp.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21
A United SOuth.

We copy from the Augusta, Ga., Con-
stitutionalist, the following editorial,
which, as will be seen, advocates the
policy of Southern people holding aloof
from National Conventions. 1t says:
This has long been the dream of the
Southern patriot and politician. 1t has
inspired the genius of many Southern
poet, and attuned to melody the elo-
quent tongues of many Southern ora
tor. It is what the Southern people
fought for and hoped to obtain had sue
cess crowned their arms in the late great
struggle. 1t is what practical men in
the lead of Southern political opinion
strive for in order to retrieve as much
of what has been lost as is possible, and
to protect what is left.
As one means of achieving this result
the separation of the Southern States
from national parties, and forming dis
tinct sectional party, has been repeated
ly urged with great fervor. But how
ever desirable such a result, its feasibility
is very questionable. We recognize the
great political advantages the South
would derive from it. In this view, and
to this end, we have advocated the pol
icy of the Southern people holding alooi
from National Conventions, and thus es-
Gaping the dilemma Of having to accept
platforms they do not believe i'll, and
cannot honestly advocate, or of having
to secede and organize bolt in the
shape of third party.
National Conventions will require the
South to pledge itself to the redemption
of the national debt, to the payment oi
pensions to Union soldiers and the claims
of Union sufferers from spoilations, and
to repudiate State and Confederate wal
debts and claims for the annihllation Of
property in slaves.
While demanding every concession
they will concede nothing to the South
in return that they dare to withhold
1t is the policy OF the South to preserve
an attitude in which she can best de-
mand her rights, and can best make hel
demand respected.
1t is plsin that the Southern people
must take some very decided step by
which to enforce her demand for the re
peal Of measures which degrade her
render her States military provinces ant
her people amenable to martial law, ant
her ballot, boxes subject to the rule o
the bayonet.
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DIR. Ed, NeMtOn'S Last.

Mr.. Smith, from Arkansas, carelessly
enters store in New York--he looks
around rather bewildered.
Merchant advances politely and says
"Look at some goots dis mornin, sur
l sell you mine goots so cheap as never
vas"
(Smith, looking UP and about.) 81
don't think this is the place. used to
trade about here somewhere, but this
don't look like the store"
"Oh, mine dear Sare, dis is de place.
What is your name, Sare %
"Smith, of Arkansaw. I havn't been
in the city for several years, but 1 used
to trade about here somewhere"
"Oh, mine goot friend, Mr.. Smit,
does remember you so well. I did sell
you mine goots; oh, yes, sell 'em SO
sheap."
(Smith, still doubtful about the loca-
ton. "But this don't look like the
store; it was a small wood store where
traded"
"Oh, mine goot friend, we take dat
store down and build dish store. We
sell goots so many and so sEeap we can
not do any more NIT dat store"
(Smith, still suspicious.) "But you
don't look like the man; he was q larger
man than you are
"Oh, mine dear Sare; Oh, mine Got
(crying) Oh, de droublos, Oh, mine
brudder, mine poor brudder, Mr.. Smit,
from ArkansaN, mine poor brudder vat
sell you mine goots so sheap, is dead
Mine brudder sell you mine goots. He
vas so large, he look so well. Oh, mine
poor brudder. Very much affected. j.
He tell me just ven he die-he say, 'Ya-
cob, if mine trent, Mr.. Smit of Arkan-
saw, come here again, he is mine trent,
and you must sell him yourn goots SC
sheap as never was. Mine dear Sare,
vat goots you like to buy?
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21
The Haek Of Safety,

The salvation Of the Republic lies in
the election of o Democratic Admins
tration in 1872.
This desirable, and indeed, essential
end, can be consummated, and will be
consummated, except in the case Of one
Democratic folly, i. e. split in the ranks.
This is greatly to be feaPedl
We heard prominent Democrat say,
sometime ago, and he has fought shoul-
der to shoulder with the Commercial in
many a campaign, that If the Democrats
nominated Bob Toombs on the "New
Departure Platform" that he would vote
for Grant. .
This doctrine is penieious and dam
gerous.
The Northern Democrats, who GER
tainly have right to know, declare that
they cannot whip tho fight if the Bour-
bon platform is adopted by the party;
they assert with unbounded confidence
that they can carry the country on the
"New Departure Platform" The South
ern Democrats, on the other hand, de-
clare that the New Departure Platform
will never do.
To settle this difference Of opinion the
National Democratic Convention will as
semble in Baltimore. The Commercial
shall labor manfully to have Cherokee,
Georgia, send men to this Convention
who will denounce tho New Departure
and strive TO prevent its insertion in tho
National platform; because we believe
that when the old Bourbon banner torn,
tattered and fragrant with the blood Of
q hundred thousand heroes, kisses the
sunlight again, victory will nestle in its
folds.
But il after tho Bourbon delegates
had made manful opposition to tho
"new theory" it prevailed in spite Of
their struggles, We should expect them
to yield their opposition and at once
ratify the action Of the majority of the
Convention.
We cannot haze the bl,lnder of the
Charleston Convention repeated.
Our liberties and our national life de-
pends upon our putting honest men in
power at the next election.
1t is our firm conviction, and We
grieve that such is the case, that the
Northern Democrats will carry the Con-
vention and commit the party to the
Vallandigham policy.
II 80, we shall be proud twenty years
hereafter to say:
"We opposed the strategic New De-
parture in 1872, but when it was adopt
ed by q fair National Convention We
stood by the good old party and helped
elect Democratic President"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21
Sharp Shooting.

The following dialogue on ";harp
shooting" quietly took place between o
Virginia and Yankee picket:
II say, can you fellows shootP"
"Wall I reckon we can, some. Down
in Mississippi we can knock q humble
bee off of thistle bow ut three hundred
yards"
"Oh, that amt nothing to the way VIC
shoot up in Varmont. / belonged to q
military company ther' with hundred
men in each company, and we went out
for practice every week. The cap'n
draws us up in single file, and sets q
cider barrel rolling down the hill, and
each man takes his shot at the bung
hole rs it turns up. 1t is afterwards
examined, and if there is shot that
didn't go in the bung hole the humber
who missed it, is expelled. I belonged
to the company ten years, and there amt
been nobody expelled yet"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21
She Never Liked Indians.

Not great while since, at social
gathering, young lady, dressed in the
extreme of fashion and glittcring with
diamonds, sat silent and apart from the
rest, taking no part in conversation
purely literary in its character. The
gentleman of the house approached her,
with the remark:
"You do not seem to be enjoying your
SELF"
mo-" said the lady, "this is too dry
for me. Amt there nobody here that
can firt ?"
"F'lirtl" said he. "Ah, I see you are
q sort of Cleopatra in disguise"
CLEOPATRA! No." reioined the intel
ligent beauty, "I never liked Indians"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21

The following hopeful and encourag-
ing prediction Of good business year,
commencing this fall, is from the New
York Financial Chronicle, which ought
to be regarded as respectable authority.
The promise of a defeat of speculating
rings, and nearer approximation to the
old standard of supply and demand
in the regulation OF prices, is particu-
larly cheering, as that is q preliminary
to the securing of the jast rights of the
producer and the laboring man. The
Chronicle says "There is every proba-
billty that the year to come will be near
ly the reverse of that now almost pass
ed. The speculator may not be able to
make so much money, yet be Will not be
in danger of losing so much; while the
commission house, practising ordinary
prudence, may reckon upon having a
year of comparative safety before it
In cotton, the new relations Of supply to
demand are much better understood
now than one year ago, and variations
from the estimated supply are not likely
to produce the great fluctuations which
have been witnessed in the past year.
The excessive stocks of breadstutfs which
were in store one year ago, have been
partially disposed OF, and prices are now
at that happy medium which is assur'
ance OF safety Provisions of all kinds
have declined to prices which are lower
than those which have been current in
many years; and although the demand
is large, the prospective supply is SC
large that speculation for rise is dis
couraged."
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21
Life will Soon be Gone.

Be you happy while you may,
And enjoy each sunny day
This is not a vale Of years,
To be spent in sighs and tears;
For time is gliding swiftly on,
AAd life will very soon be gone.
Scatter smiles where'er you 60,
All around their light bestow;
Aching hearts they often cheer,
Check perchance a falling tear,
For time is gliding swiftly on,
And life will very soon be gone.
Gentle words-Oh let them fall
Low and sweet to one and all
Erring ones will sooner turn
When your counsel is not stern,
For time is gliding swiftly on,
And life will very soon be gone,
Sorrow, care and pain will come,
Trying heart, and yelling home;
But these ills will soon be past,
Sweet reprieve be thine at iasti
For time is gliding swiftly on,
And life will very soon be gone.
Seek your God, who reigus above,
Serving Him with faith and love;
Live in truth and honor too,
Live with Heavens rest in view;
For time is gliding swiftly on,
And life will very soon be gone.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21

The average life Of sixteen printers,
who are inferred in the Printers Lot, at
Mount Hope, Rochester, N. Y, is thirty
two years. The oldest died at fifty-four,
the youngest at twenty-five; one-halfb be-
tween thirty and forty.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21

The latest report about John Norris
sey is that he contemplates building a
church at Saratoga.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21

It is no longer fashionable to give
presents to your sweetheart before mar
riage.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21

A man who sat upon paper Of car
pet-nails said they reminded him Of the
income tax.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21
DIR. o. S. PROHIBITS
Celebrated Liver Medicine.

A CTS with gentcness and thOrOughness upon
II the Liver and General CirculatiOn-keeps
the Bowels in natural motion and clcanses the
System from all impurities. BSS" Never fails
to cure Liver Disease in any form TOrpidity,
Enlargement, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Loss of
Appetite, Nausea, Sour Stomach, Heart Burn,
Debility, Low Spirits, Cold Feet and hands,
Costveness, Listessness, Collie, Chronic Diar-
rhea Chronic Chills and Fever.
iEJ| Compounded in strict accordance with
skillful chemistry and scientific pharmacy,
this purely Vegetable Compound has, after the
seyerest tsst of twenty years incessant use, been
styled the Great Restorative and Reeuperant
by the enlightened testimony of thousands using
it; so harmoniOusly adjusted that it keeps the
Liver in healthful action asd when the direc-
tiOns are Obsesved, the process of waste and re-
plenishment in the human system continues un-
interruptedly to ripe old age, and man, like
the patriarchs of old, drops into the grave full
eff years, without struggle, whenever Death
claims his prerogative, Adapted to the most del
icate temperament and robust constitution. 1t
oan he given with equal safety and certainty of
success to the young child invalid lady or strong
man. je22 ly
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21

A good many merchants are resting
on their overs.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21

A Rochester woman recently drove
away burglar by chopping off four Of
his fingers.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-21
1T LEADS TO HAPPINESS
A Boon to the Whole Race
of Woman
DIR. j. BRADFIELD'S
Female r e gulator! !

1T WILL bring on the Menses relieve all pain
l. at the monthly "Period !" cure Rheuma-
tism and Neuralgia of Back and Uterus Len
eorrhGa or "Whites," and partial Prolapsus
Uteri check excessive flow, and correct all ir-
regularities peculiar to ladies'.
II will remove all irritation of Kidneys and
Bladder relieve CUstiveness purify the Blood !;
give tone aud strength to the whole system ;
clear the skin, imparting a rosy hue to the
cheek and cheerfulness to the mind.
1t is as sure a cure in all the above diseases
as Quinine is in Chills and Fever.
Ladies can cure themselves Of oil the above
diseases without revealing their complaints to
any one, which is always mOrtifying to their
pride and mOdesty
1t is recommended by the best physicians and
the clergy.
LAGRANGE, ga, March 20, 1870.
Bradfeld X Co., Atlanta, Ga.-Dear Sirs 81
take pleasure in stating that | have used for the
last twenty years the medicine you are now put
ting up, known as DR.. j. Bradffeld's Female
Regulator, and consider 1t the best combination
ever gotten together for the diseases for which
it is recommended. have been familiar with
the prescription both as a practitioner Of medi.
oine and in domestic practice, and can honestly
say that | consider il boon to suffering fe-
males, and can but hope that every lady in our
land, who may be suffering in any way peculiar
to their sex, may be able to procure bottle, that
their suiferings may not only be relieved, but
that they may be restored to health and strength.
With my kindest regards, very respectful
ly, W. b. FERRELL, NJ. D.
NEAR MARIETTA, Ga, March 2l, 1870
Messrs. VIM. Root & SOn.-Dear Sirs Some
months ago bought bottle of Bradfeld's Fe-
male Regulator from you, and have used 1t in
my family with the utmost satisfaction, and
have recommended it to three other families, and
they have found it just what it is recommended.
The females who have used your REGULATOR
are in perfect health, and are able to attend to
their household duties, and we cordially recon-
mend it to the public. Yours respectfully,
Rev. II. b. JOHNSON,
We could add q thousand other certificates
but VIC consider the above amply sufficient proof
Of its virtue. All we ask is o trial.
For full particulars, history of diseases and
certificates of its wonderful cures, the reader is
referred to the wrapper around tho bottle.
Manufactured and sold by
BISAl FIELD 81 CO.,
Price $l.5O. ATLANTA, GA.
Seld by all Druggists.
junel5, lilly
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Rates of Emigrants are as follows

Passengers and Enigrants by this Line from
Chattanooga have choice of 3 different Routes to
the West and Northwest, as follows Via Union
City, Hickman or Louisville, therefore giving ii
superior advantages Oy yer all other Routes.
Trains run to and from Chattanooga
as follows:
LEAVE, ARRIVE
3.lOa.m. Sundayr Excepted. 4.3O a. m
S.OOp.m. Daily, 7.l0p. III
All passengers are entitled to 100 pOvnds bag
gage, which will be handled with care free of
charge.
For further information address Agents of this
Line at the following places
r. NJ. Hook, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
II. c. Rose,
L. L. 0sment, Cleveland,
II. W. Renfro, LoudOn,
W. J. Taylor, Morristown,
G. NJ. fIarrill, Knoxville,
For Quick Time and Sure Connec-
bOns don't forget to buy your Tickets
ey the
81. Louis, Memphis, Na&hUiHe and Chatta-
nooga Great Through Line.
JOHN W. THOMAS,
Gen1 Superintendent
W. L. DANLEY,
Genl P. & T. Agent.
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eel
FAMILY FAVORITE SEWING
MACHINE.

SOME OF IT'S POINTS OF SUPERIORITY.
TT IS the lightest and fastest-rnnning of any
i frst-class shuttle Machine.
1t has more room to admit of work under the
arm.
1t Is cleaned and oiled with much less trouble
every part being in plain sight,.
1t is less liable to get out of order-there be-
ing no acting springs used in its construction.
1t has the most simple and effective feed de-
vice.
1t is decidedly the simplest and most durable
Machine in the market.
1t is easier learned to operate than any other
Machine.
ESS~ De SURE aGi to examine IT before
buying any other Machine.
STACY & ANGEL, Genl Ag'ts.,
lO2 Gay Street, Knoxville, Tenn.
Bogart & Mayes have this celebrated Machine
for sale. Call and let us show you how 1t works
and we are sure you will buy no other
ie6 '7l-tf B0GART & MAYES.
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Jerusalem, 22d day of the ides Of
March, year of Rome, 793."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-08

devour may be judged of from his size.
From tip to tip of its wings, when
stretched out, it measures about four
teen or fifteen feet, and it is five feet
high when standing erect. Well-iounded
stories of its voracity, however, are by
no means uncommon. With the adju'
tant all is fish that comes to net.
Everything is swallowed whole. In the
stomach of one land tortoise ten inch
es long and large male black cat
having been found entire. A shin OF
beef, broken asunder, serves an adjutant
for but two morsels and leg Of NUT
ton five or six pounds weight, if it can
purloin it-for it is terrible thief-is
no more than an ordinary mouthful.
Fortunately the courage of the adju-
tant is not equal to its greediness for a
child eight or ten years old can scare it
with common switch.-Once a Week.