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Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

The "OHTO LIQUOR LAW" IN New YORK.
Bills for local prohibition, and for license
law with stringent provisions for personal re-
Sponsbility, were introduced in the New York
Legislature on the 25th. The latter requires
liquor dealers to give bond of $4,000 with re-
sponsibe suretieS, and suit may be brought by
any citizen, as we'll as by relatives of persons
Injured. This is the law which has been found
to work we'll in Ohio has been enacted in
Illinois, and is now pending in Maine.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

Several duels are likely to occur at New
Orleans, as a result of the recent Congress
sional investigation in that city. Captain Scott,
who swore to bribing certain officials, has been
challenged by Lucien Adams, and they are to
fight with swords. Scott has challenged
Senator Campbell, and double barreed shot
Police Superintendent Badger has also chal-
lenged Carter, the leader OF the opposition to
Yarmouth.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

BOLTED THE WEDDING RING.-A new and
careful bridegroom in Cleveland kent the we'd
ding ring ID his mouth during the fore part of
the cermOny, so that he could find it when the
proper moment arrived He mumbled along
all right until the minister winked at him, as a
hint to produce the ring, when in his nervous
stomach pump on hand, he was stood on his
head by three groOmsmen to recover the
''golden pledge"
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

A little girl remarked to her mamma on
going to bed, Il am not afraid of the dark. q"
mo, of course you are not" replied her
mamma, ''for it cant hurt you" But,
mamma, | was little afraid once, when |
went to the pantry in the dark to get tart"
"What were you afraid OFF, asked he mamma.
II was afraid | could not find the tarts."
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21
THREE LOVES,

There were three maiipns who loved king.
They sat together beside the sea.
One cried II love him. and I would die
II but for one day he might love me-
The second whispered, And would die
To gadden his life or make him great"
The third one spoke not but gazed afar
With dreamy eyes that we're sad rs fate.
The king, he loved the first for a day,
The second his lie with lond love blest;
And yet the woman who never spoke
Was the one OF the three who loved him hest
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

The Virginia Superintendent of Public In
struction, in his first annual report, tells of
rather striking instance Of double magnanimity
ln one OF the districts of Henrico County, the
negroes we're largely in the majority as voters,
while the whites owned all the taxable
property. When the question of providing
for public schools by local taxation was sub,
mitted to the voters, the negroes unanimously
declined to vote, on the ground that though
they would be more largely benefited than the
whites by the establishment of schools, they
did not feel that it would be right for them as
non-taxpsyers to vote the tax. The white
people, determined not to be outdone in
magnanimity, voted to man for the tax, and
so they have curious kind of conflict between
the two races in that part of Henrioo County,
which promises to result in the utter extermi-
nation of all ill-feeling between them.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

SIMPLE REMEDY FOR NOSE BLEEDING.-A
Trend who has tried it, says: Put piece of
will stop your nose from bleeding. This
remedy has been tried frequently with sue.
cess"
\ physician says that placing small roll of
paper or muslin above the front teeth, under
the upper lip, and pressing hard on the same,
will arrest bleeding from the nose, checking
the passage of blood through the arteries lead
ing to the nose.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

A minister at a colored welding who wished
to be humorous, said ''On such occasions il
is customary to kiss the BRIDE but in this case
we will omit it." To which ungallant remark
the bridegroom pertineDtly replied: "On such
occas,onslt 1t IS customary to pay the minister
$40, but in this case we will omit it,"
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

At a gathering in Australia not long since
four persons met, three of whom were shep-
herds on a sheep farm. One of these had
aken degree at Oxford, another at Cam
bridge, the third at German university The
fourth was their employer, rich in flocks and
herds, but scarcely able to read aud write.
much less to keep his own accounts.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

An old traveller tells pretty tough story
about being lost IN the woods with his dog,
where he could find nothing to eat, and had to
cut off the dogs tail, which he boiled for him
self and afterwards gave the dog the bone.
We would rather borrow hundred dollars
than believe that story.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

A Clergyman who had exchanged pulpits
with brother minister, found note in the
Bible to the effect that Brother A. requested
the prayers of the Church that the loss of his
wife might be blessed to him, etc. The
preacher prayed most fervently. To his amaze
ment and modification, he found that the note
had lain in the pulpit year, while the be-
reaved gentleman was on this Sabbath sitting
with new wife in the congregation.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

An Anti Low-Ncck Association has been
started in England by Boston woman. The
members Of the association are to pledge them
selves never to reveal, under penalty of
immediate expulsion, single square inch of
cutaneous tissue below the crevical junction
with the superia thorax, and to refrain from
going to court until her Majesty rescinds the
the rigorous rule which excludes high bodied
dresses on state occasions.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

HOME AMUsEMENT.-Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher took occasion in recent sermon to
alude to recreation and amusements in the
home circle as being healthful and natural !:
and we append what he said about dancing !:
Some persons, when they Join a church.
think they must put all the glee and mirth and
music out of their lives Don't do iii IF a
love song ripples up to the surface of your
heart, sing it sing It'll sing it Don't let il
die My second mother-for remember no
Other-was my ideal of womanlv gentleness.
propriety and elegance She was not, how
ever very demonstrative. She used before
marriage, to be quite belle, and was often
known to trip the light fantastic toe One
evening, as my father played a tune on the
violin, my mother arose, and in the most
graceful manner possible to conceive, COM
menced to dance around the room. didn't
know what to make of it. | was speechless
with CONSERVATION and delight NY father
locked on in surprise. Never in the whole
course OF n,y life had seen such thing at
tempted in my fathers house. 1t was deli
clous, aud | got lesson then which has lasted
me ever since. | think to this day if my
mother had danced oftencr and said the
catechlsm little less, it would have been
better for, us all. If you have talent for
music, cultivate it; for dancing, cultivate it !;
Whatever gifts God has given you, make the
most OF them, whether Of voice, feet or eye. :"
.t
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATIoN.-Fr the
mere misplacing of a comma, in our local col
umns Yesterday, a woman was changed into
dog. Our reporter, in describing the painting
on a banner wrote beside this maiden is an
Irish greyhound" but comma having found
its way after the first, word, it read, beside,
this maiden is an Irish greyhound. - thus show
ing the Importance of the rule, "mind your
stops -Saraanah { Ga Republican, 2jM.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

question propouuded by New York paper,
Shall the next President Of the United States
be a woman?" concludes as follows: we
nominate Powers Greek Slave. She has
three Of the qualifications, at least-a marble
brow, a finely chiseled nose, and a silent
tongue
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

RAISING DUCKs-"J. NJ" of St. MichaeIs.
writes to the american Agricultwist that he
and many of his neighbOrs have found duck
raising extremely profitable and one of the
number has, in fact, made small fortune at
the business. He says the best way is to set
ducks eggs under hens, and commence incuba-
ton not earlier than the first of April. and ston
not later than June lst, and claims that duck
llngs from eggs set later than the latter date
can seldom be reared.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

A MISTAKE IN CHILD TRAINING.--A Marty
OF friends, during social call, were chatting
about their little ones in the fond proud wav
that parents will, when one, a man of the
world and a schoar-in certain directions a
public educa tor-said gayly: "My little puss
isn't bashful-not bit of it. She knows
how to hold her own, little two-year old as she
Is. She is fast one, assure you. -
A young. student, hearing the professor
remark, and noting the parents pleased man
ner as he spoke thus of his girl-baby, turned
to his own mother, who stood near, and, with
perceptible curl of his lip, said: w
Yes, that's the way it goes When their
daughters are babies they let them be as rude
and forward as they will, and think it smart,
and call them fast and laugh and when
they're grown up they have the pleasure OF
hearing other men call them fast, and laugh
on the other side of their mouths" :"
stroke Of lightning out of a clear sky could
not more have startled the mother than did
these words from her son. That youth. a
mere boy, himself by no means a model OF
perfection, had with one sentence fathomed
the depths Of one of our periods sorest evils.
have not drawn from imagination for nv
illustration. Within the past week the youth :
plain words were spoken within nv hearing.
yet recall the half contemptuous. halfcom.
passionate glance he turned on those near bv.
and every word that he uttered fingers vet in
my memory. Christian Weeltly.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

A young man in Danburry, Conn, when
told by the editor of local paper that the in
sertion of the announcement of the death of
his wife would cost him nothing, feelngly re.
marked that death for him had teen robbed
of half its terrorist 'f'I-
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

Fifty.two saltcellars were presented to a
recent Philadelphia bride-one for each week
in the year. With these and their contents,
the newly married couple ought to be able to
"save their bacon"
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

After tenderly careing for a poor little found-
ling, discovered in the Newark IN. j. depot,
for three or four hours, it proved to be large
doll.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

The excitement in England over the extent of
the American claim for damages under the
Washington treaty has served at least to pro-
duce some uneasness on this side OF the water.
The whole affair appears to have grown out of
a purpose to make partisan capital of the lead
ing political topic in England. 1t is said that
the members of the opposition, led by Mr.
Dsraeli, have tried to make the treaty odious
to the people; not because they really thought
the arrangement an unfair one, but because
Mr.. Gladstone was it's advocate. They have
struck at the treaty because, in doing so. they
make the party in power unpopular. Such is
the explanation given by the best informed
correspondents in London. Another theory,
more ingenious but far less probable, is that
the Gladstone party has purposley allowed the
people to become excited over our verv large
claims, so that when the Geneva Conference
shall award damages in a much smaller amount
than we have demanded, the payment will
seem small by contrast, and the Government
can make it without that degree of opposition il
would otherwise have aroused.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

The Arabians have pretty story concern
ing Nimrod the founder of the city of Baby
Ion, which is worth relating for its suggestive
ness as we'll as for its beauty. 1t is as follows
On one occasion Nimrod called his three
sons together for the purpose of conveying
some practical lesson, in the manner which
marks Oriental intercourse with its symbolism
and expressive imagery. To each be gave
vase. One was of gold, another of amber and
the third was earthen. On the golden vase
was inscribed Empire" On tho vase of
amber glory" was engraved. But on the
third or earthen vase, there was no inscription.
When the son who held the golden vase looked
into it, he found it filed with blood. He of
the amber vase sought for the contents of his,
and saw it had nothing but the dust of the
mighty; and lol the vase upon which there
was. no inscription was empty but looking
further, the gazer saw at the bottom the name
of God. LO, said Nimrod, the thirst for
empire perisheth; so glory wasteth; SO
humility exalteth.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21
Nice Young Men,"

Last night | went home from DR.. Ewer's
with Julia. | felt confidence in myself. The
darkness gave me confidence 1t always gives
lovers confidence. There were thirty-six dark
gas burners and one tallow candle in her father :
palatlal mansion. | took her hand, did, and
was about to say something confidential in
the feeble candleight when we heard julia
cousin Mary in the back paror with Charley
Brown. Charley was taking advantage of the
darkness, too We saw their shadows on the
glass door. | heard him whisper:
Mary, dear. have something confidential
to tell you.
"What is it, Charley?" she lisped in a
sweet voice.
Then We saw one arm of his shadow encircle
her shadow, and some one whispered
!" | think, Mary-I think love you!"
Then we heard a suppressed sigh
ulIa, continued the voice, do you love
Yes, Charley, 1 do love you, she sobbed.
How much?'
More than words can express"
am very glad, Mary" continued the
voice; for | thought you were flirting"
We'll, Charley!"
But Charley never said another word
Young fellows seldom get further than this
ow-a-days
This Is as much as any reasonable young lady
ought to expect
Now, Charley is an honorable High Church
fellow, and he has gotten Just so far with three
fundred and eighty-six different young ladies
on Fifth avenue. 1t is called by the fellows
the sticking point.
"One day said, Charley, did you never
get any further than the sticking point.
Pshaw, El, yes, he replied. "There are
two other points STILL We call them the awful
oath dodge and the poverty dodge Whv,
I've come these lodges over the Filth avenue
girls more than twenty times"
w hat Is the awful oath dOdge?" inquired,
anxiously.
The awful oath dodge is where we get
sweet on the GIRL tell her that we love her,
get her to say she loves u.s. then announce,
with tremendous solemnity, that we were com
PEELED to take an awful oath at the bedside of
our dying grandfather not to marry until the
age OF thirty. OF course the young lady can t
wait so long as that, and we are out of the
scrape"
well, what is the poverty dodge and
how do you do it?' | asked, still opening my
Never tell, my boy p
Never /"
Well, | always tell the girls l love them. y
Ihen they say, Yes. y
And you -"
Why, then, Il sigh, and say, ALAS! darling,
do love you, but love you too much to ask
you to marry ME. You, Mary, are used to a
life of luxury. [ am poor and proud |
would not ask you to leave home of comfort
for home such as | could give you
Well, Charley, how does this generally
Splendidly, old fellow That's what we
Fifth avenue fellows call the poverty dodge
the very last jumping-off place, you know"
Oh, Charley is such an honorable fellow!
Now, the city is so full of Charieys that we
good fellows, who mean business, are complete
ly in the shade. We are so diffident. We
when it comes ito the question of proposing,
we professionals stammer and back up.
then 90 ahead, and finally get the cold shoul-
der. while Charley runs with our sweetheart.
No fellow can propose nicely till he has done
it twenty or thirty times
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

Who was the first chiropodist mentioned in
English history? William the Corn-cGrer.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

WHAT They DIED OF-The Boston Bulze-
u& t, y has the following valuable mortuary list
" Methuse la died Of liver complaint. Lots
wife OF salt rheum Ab>olom fell wig time
to halrySipelaS: Goliah died of the stone.
much vegetable diet, leaving Mrs. n. a grass
widow. John Bunyan, troubled with corns,
took his pill grimly and progressed. Desde.
mona also took pillow Samson was killed
oy pillar too. Montgolfer was (s) piled out
OF balloon. Julius Caesar was (s)kilied in war.
John Rogers died Of an overdone steak.
Romeo died of heart disease Governor Hoff-
man dyed his moustach Artemus Ward was
jOked to death
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21
WHOLE NO. 896

SMOOTH WHISKY.-A teamstcr who had
been IN the habit OF using about thirty or fortv
drinks day Of whisky in order to keen his
system toned and regulated right, got SO tbpt
he was not particular at all as to the beverage
so long as the quantity was right
The team proprietor kept bottle of spirits
OF turpentine in back corner of his Kitchen
cupboard for the use Of doctoring sores on his
ANNALS; and in the same cupboard. also. a
bottle or 50 Of whisky, from which the bows
could help themselves. Early one morning
the team ter In question reached after the
whisky, but accidentally got hold of the tur-
Pentlne bottle and took three big swallows
MS regular measurement-wthout noticing
any difference in the beverage at all. Shortly
afterwards the proprietor took the same bottle.
but, detecting the blunder at once, said
Look here Jim; didn't you take drink
out of this bottle?
''Of course | did I"
why; you bundering FOOL you have drank
up half this turpentine -
Wen, that's pretty good on me! But I'm
blessed II l noticed any strangeness in the taste.
except that it seemed to slip down a little
smoother, if anything. Never mind ! | guess
L kun stand it till next drinkin' time !"
And he did stand it first rate, although it
made him smell like mustang liniment all day.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-17
Geology ana setRIIursy.
DIR. CALVIN Posi-,
Geologist and MetaIlurgist.

Will give Geological Examinations nd Chemical and
Crucibe sts OF Metals. TO all who NAV send heir
speclmens to his residence At laurel SPrngS Cade's
Cove. Blount county, Tennessee viii examine and
report on lands ior gruEng sh. ep. maSw6m
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-17

One other point of great interest to this
side and to. our friends along the Morris
town road is, our lands along these roads
are valued upon an average at from 500
to $40 per acre, while equally as good land
on the south of the French Broad river is
averaged $3.50 per acre. Let this road be
put through and it will equalize the taxes
of the two sides of the county. As it is,
we are paying the taxes for our friends of
the south side. From this array of facts,
am constrained to vote for the railroad.
Let me appeal to the high toned intelli-
gent masses to come out from the hills and
hollows, from The highways and by-ways
and vote Railroad upon their tickets.
In the words of Solomon to David, Let
us be strong and prove ourselves men,
NORTH SIDE
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-17
East Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad
Election in Jefferson County.

EDITORS CHRONICLE Much has been
said and written from the south side of the
county upon this subject. Now let us of
the north side reason together one with
another about the matter. What / say is
not the out-croppings of infatuaton or in
any way the promptings of prejudiced or
sectional brain. The people are tired
of North and South, of East and West,
especially in county affairs as well as State
and church. l have taken the pains to ex-
anime the public records at cambridge to
satisfy myself intelligently about the mat
servations there.
First, let us remember that Is wears ago
when we wanted our road built 1.-THE East
Tennessee, and Virginia) we went
to our friends of the south side and asked
them to assist with their votes and means
in building to which they responded to a
call for $50 600 in a generosity amounting
almost to fault, paying tax as they did to
within $500 of $43, 900 worth of property
more than we did ourselves Besides we
have had to our side very liberal appro-
priations from the State of East Tennessee
and Georgia Railroad stock for the purpose
of building turnpikes. The whole amounts,
including interest and all, amounts to
about S19i,000.
Now, can We be true to ourself or TO our
fellow man to vote against our own inter-
est and every interest the people of the
Soutn sue nave? Are we not giving them
just grounds to complain Should we not.
in place of going their security, come up
like men and give them $4,000 original
stock? The records show that our entire
indebtedness, including railroad and Jail
bonds, amounts only to about S27, 900, willie
we have an annual revenue flowing into
our county treasury of over $50, 900, which,
II applied to the purpose alone, would more
than liquidate the debt in one year. But
AS it is we have twelve years to pay itin.
Again, the building of that road along
the French Broad Valley will be greatly to
the interest of both the roads we have al
ready, from the fact the more feeders we
can get the more prosperous our roads will
be. A glance at the map will show us that
that road will be the base of triangle, one
end feeding our road at Knoxville, the 9th
er end feeding the Morristown road at Cliff
ton opening up to these roads the pro-
duAs OF / $40 square miles of the richest
e0u1try of East Tennessee.
AS lor the idea that Jefferson county will
have TO meet these bonds, il is too remote
to he considered. Is not our own rail-
road (the East Tennessee and Virginia.
meeting the interest of her millions of bonds
with all her incidental expenses prompt
ly?
Who is it at this late day that does not
know that the railroads are the great
monIed ceuters of,uur country?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-17
HMPOSTERS.
: Things are not what they Seem. -

Imposters have done more to check benevo-
lence than any other class, perhaps, and for this
reason, leaving their own rascality entirely out
of consideration, they should be let severely
alone, when it is impossible to punish them
otherwise. A case of this kind we have in
mind, wherein the party victimized number
of clever gentlemen in this city with piteous
tale, which appealed strongly to their sympa-
thies and caused them to respond literally. He
stated that he wished to go in certain direction
and was furnished with railroad pass part of
the way, but instead of doing so, went in a di-
rection totally opposite, and when last seen was
telling the same tale in Atlanta, only his pa
rents were then living in South Carolina instead
of Kentucky. Verify, things are not always
what they SEEM and in all probability, with
this case in mind, if appealed to for aid by the
unfortunate woman from Louisville, who is
now enjoying the Inequalities of the city, per-
hape some would say mot for Joseph The
woman seems to be in distress, but who she is
or where she halls from, no one appears to
know.