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Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13
The North Carolina Road.

News comes to rs from the East that his
Excellencv Gov Brogden has appointed
Msj. w. W. Rollins, of Mrr.uall, and Mr..
w. $. Pearson, our assistant. editor, com
missioners Of the Western tailroad. The
third party is not named lon, it is thought
that Mr. Myers, Of Charlotte will be the
man The energy and ability of the two
gentlr'n". appointed argues well for the
comp "u If the road. Their every in
teres. Identified with its su, cess, and they
will reach that dcsderatum if not hamper
ed by legislation .-AShcUiite Pioneer
We have the further information from
gentleman who travelled with Maj Roll MS
from Washington to his home at Marshall,
in Madison county, week ago, that the
Commissioners had b en- telegraphed by
Gov. Brugden to meet at Charlotte last
Saturday the 2nd inst. to organize and get
ready for work. Mri. Rollins RENAL ed
but day with his family, and then lett for
Charlotte. IL is confidently believed by
our informant that work will be cummenc-
ed on this end ofthe road in few weeks
MOrriStOi0H GqzCtte
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13

of this city, by the General Synod of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church, for singing
hymns and communing with other churches,
was finally settled to-day by the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburg, in IA
vor Of the Stuart party. The particular
case which has been decided, was the suit
against the Fifth Reformed Presbyterian
Church of this city, Rev. DR.. McAulcy's, to
eject them from their church property. BY
this decision they retain their property.
The opinion Of tho Court was read by
Judge Gordon, and is one of the most i'm
portaut church decisions ever given in this
country. The principles invo we'd in this
case will determine the suits pending
against the First Reformed Presbyterian
Church, Rev. DR.. Wylies, AMI She SEC md,
Rev. Dr.. Sturrett, in favor Of this cburchcs.
and against the Synod.
RICHNoNp, W. Oct ll.-Judgn Bond,
of the United Sta.cs Circuit Court, has APP
pointed Henry Tyson, of Baltimore, Re
neiver Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road under the application Of creditors
for the first mortgage. General W. c.
Wykham, Vice President, has issued an
order to all agents of the road in contormi.
ty with the appointment
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13
Didn't Say.

A ninth avenue boy stopped catch
ing flies all at once yesterday aud
turned to his mother aud inquired
"Ma, amt Mrs. Parsons "A nice wo-
man, though ?n
" guess so-why Pr she answered.
"BeUause, when ! was over there
this morning she put her hand upon
my head, like this, aud she almost
cried n she said: Poor, dear boy |!
how could your father ever think of
marrying that sharp-uOsed, vinegar
fled old maid for a second wife un
She took Henry into the shed, and
while she held last t. his ear she in
formed him that it would be nothing
short of death if he ever entered Mrs.
Parsons house again.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13
sudden Death of IL Minister.


SEvIERvILLE, Tenn, Oct, = 1873.
To the Editors of the Chronicle.
The Rev. Mr.. II. l.. Houk, Bap-
fist minister, of Boyd's Creek, car
penter 10y trade, was doing some work
for Mr. Timothy Chandler Tuesday
last, being a. well as usual. While at
his work talking to Mr.. Chandler,
sitting on the floor of the portico with
his hammer in his hand driving nails,
he fell over and in less than five min
utes was a corpse. He was member of
the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry.
This morning the Order met at Boyd's
Creek church, where the corpse arrived
about 10 A. NJ, and was taken charge
of by the Order, and deposited in the
church. Rev. VIM. Burnett made
some very appropriate remarks, after
which the Order took the remains to
the grove, followed by a large process
sion Of relatives and friends. IT was
estimated that from four to five thou
sand were present, He was buried with
the ceremonies of the above mention
ed Order. Brother Houk was Il man
beloved by all who knew him, and
stood nigh in society as Chris
tian minister, and had reputation of
being a wide-awake, devoted Chris
tian. He has now gone to be forever
at rest.
The news also arrived ut Sevierville
this evening Of the death of MIR. Dan
iel Emert, of Granger, formerly of
SEWER H. also fell dead on lat eve
ming, but have not learned the par
tcuIars. He is brother Of Mr.. J. b.
Emert, of SevierviIle. SEWER.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13
Salt for Hogs.

I have seen salt fed to hogs for so years,
and in the last 20 years have fed many
heavy hogs, ranging from 3O0to 600 pounds
net. fed them all literally with salt 4;
have never lost one, nor has one been sick
an hour. These hogs have been fattened
corn meal made into dough, This dough
have sgted Mt least once n day. Some
times my hogs would fail to clean out their
trough in that case l would put a handful
of salt into my bucket with some water,
pour it into their trough, and they would
lick it up with much relish. In addition 10
salt. feed Goals from the stove make il
a regular custom to feed Goals, and it is as
tonishing whata quantity hog will eat,
him. Let the hogs have plenty of salt and
charcoal, and W" shall hear less of the
chelera.-J l.. Salem in Io,ga Stock Jour.
nal
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13
An Awful Disappointment.

An old man living in the country called
at the Office of the gas company "a Chicago
the other day, having II two-quart pail IN
his hand and asked:
4" Is this where they sell gas y'
Yes, sir we can furnish you with gas"
replied he clerk
;, Well" said the old man, as he pulled
the cover off his pail, 1--WE heerd a good
deal about gas, and TN take two quarts
along and try it. How much is II n
quart ~
When he was informed that gas was 4
qapor, and the method Of burning it was
explained, he sighed and said:
Hannah will be awfuly dissppoint~
cd"
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13
A BANK ROBBER CAPTURED.

Nearly nj. 900 Found ON His Person,
One of the parties concerned in the
heavy bank robbery at Huntingdon,
West Virginia, some time since, was
brought in on the X. & o. train, yester-
day, chained and heavily guarded, and
taken up on the noon train, having
been captured few days ago at James
town, Tenn. lie was found in a
blacksmith's shop, and had on his per-
son, when taken, nearly 5000. He
was taken on by the cashier of The
bank, and one or two others, aud fear
ing an attempt would be made to res
cue the prisoner when they got into
Virginia, they telegraphed to Hunt
iugdon for reinforcements, to meet
them at Bristol.
There were four parties concerned in
the robbery, one of them was killed in
an attempt to rescue and the other
two are still at large
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13
Innocence in a Picture Gallery.
Troy Times)

Everetts art gallery is graced with fine
oil painting of Shakespeare, which hangs
prominently from center column at the
back of the store. The other day lady
from the country came in, glanced about,
and inquired of Mr.. Everett, pointing to
Shakespeare phi2
" What minister is that2'
That is Shakespeare" replied the ur-
bane Everett, with playful smile on his
lips
'"Oh, it is, hey. Where does he preach
now ?'
lie wasn't minister, madam. He was
a poet"
"Ohl All Yes Seems to me I've
heerd on him somewhere. Did he write
any pieces for the Free Will Baptists'
hymn book p
Mr. Everett politely sought to divert the
lady's attention by showing her picture
of Jacob kissing Rachel, when the old lady
innocently inquired, after stu dying the en-
craving curiously: What be they wrast-
lin about" After asking when there was
to be circus in Troy again, she lett the
gallery highly pleased.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13


This floor presented IA lively appear
ance. A large number of persons, with
the Superintendent Of the different
departments, were busy in arranging
the different articles for display. There
was more TO be seen on this floor than
we have ever seen on the first day If
any Fair and yet the Secretary and
assistants were kept busy i'm making
entries. We to.k the floor, the west
end, with the following result:
Mr.. >. b. Boyd occupies considerable
space in showing articles from his
store, such as fine carpets, rugs, coun-
terpaues, curtains, etc.
A number of parties display cotton
and wooden goods of home manufac-
ture, such as jraues, lindsey, home
made carpets, etc.
+. Hockenin~ shows case of home
manufactured cigars, very fine.
The tables a-slgu ed for ladies fancy
band work were crowded, and every
description of fancy work could be-
seen. such as hand hraiding, hand I'M
broidery of every description, feather
work, faus aud wrraIhs in frames, sofa
cushions, with head work, pin cush-
ions, silk embroidery If every descrip.
tiun, crotrhet wo ked Tides, speci
mems of silk embroidery, cotton and
wool hose, two beautiful ottomans
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-12
MEMPHIS, TENN. FRIDAY EVENING MARCH l2 1875.

when placed in the asylum, and was
taken from there very soon after. She
has only her childhood recollections to
guide her, and, in part, these confirm
very strongly the theory that she is this
MoDermott's child. She says she was
really placed in an orphan asylum with
two brothers, but she has understood
from some source or other that she was
not the child of the MeDermotts, but
was given to them by Mrs. Funk, when
three months old, to be nursed, and that
they placed her in the asylum when
Mrs. McDermott died, and they have
therefore no claim upon her, only for
the kindness showed Gif these are the
real McDermotts) while she was in their
care. Mr.. McDermott replies that this
is mistake, and as the girl has nothing
but an impression concerning that part
Of her history, with little or no founda-
ton, all the evidence thus far discovered
confirms the belief that she is the sister
and daughter that for twenty-five years
has been so vainly sought.
Mr.. Bartlett McDermott lives near the
New York quarry in Lee, mild, genial
old gentleman, and the hope he has OF
recovering his child has quite renewed
his youth. Correspondence is now going
ON to develop further stages in this ro-
nance in real life.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

CONSERVATIVES, TAKE NoTIcE.-E mo-
ment of delay makes your cure more hope
less, and much depends on the judicious
choice of remedy. The amount of testi-
mony in favor of DR.. Schenck's Pulmonic
Syrup, as a cure for consumption, far exceeds
all that can be brought to support the preten-
siOns of any other medicine. See DR..
Schenck's Almanac. containing the cerliG.
Gates Of many persons Of the highest respeota-
bility, who have been restored to health, after
being pronounced incuTable by physicians of
acknowledged ability. Schenck's Pulmonic
Syrup alone has cured many, as these eyi
dences will show; but the cure is often pro-
NOTED by the employment Of two other rene
dies which DR., Schenck provides for the pur-
pose. These additional remedies are Schenck' S
Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills BY the
timely use Of these medicines, according to
directions, DR.. Schenck eertifies that most
any case of consumption may be cured.
DR.. Schenck is professionally at his princi-
pal office, corner Sixth and Arch streets.
Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters
Tor advice must be addressed.
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HOW IT HAPPENED.
BY JOHN HAY.

pray you, pardon me, Elsie,
And smile that frown away
That dims the light Of your lovely face
AS thunder clouds the day.
Before thought. twas done
Ana those great gray eyes flashed bright and
Like an icicle in the sun.
was thinking of the summer
When we were boys anG girls,
Ana wandering in the blOssominR woods.
And the gay winds rOmped with your curls (:
And you seemed to me the same little girl
kissed in the elder path.
kissed the little girls lips. and alas
nave reused WOman's wrath.
There is not so much to pardon,
~. tor why were your lips so'red2
Tho blonde fell in shower Of gold
From the proud, provoking head.
And the beauty that flashed from the splendid
And played round the tender mouth.
Rushed over my soul like warm, sweet wind
That blows from the fragrant South.
And where, after all, is the harm done?
believe we were made to be gay,
And all Of youth not given to love
Is vainly squandered away,
And strewn through life's labors,
Like gold inthe desert sands,
are love s sweet kisses, and sighs and VOWS
ana the clasp OF clinging hands.
And when you are old and lonely,
In memOry's magic shine
Like gems. those kisses Of mine. ''G
And when you muse at evening,
AT the SOund OF some vanished name
The ghost Of my kisses shall touch your Inns
And kindleyour heart to flame.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-12

Inslrss st Board rates. Private dwellings
especially desired: policies issued for three
years for two ANNUAL premiums. lI-f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-12
Michael Angelo and HHIs Four Hun.
dredth birthday,


From the Chicago Tribune. 9Th instl
The 9th OF March, l475, occurred on
Sunday. The 9Th Of March, 1875, falls
on Saturday. These two days, sepa-
rated by 400 intervening years, are, aud
are to be, memorable in the annals OF
art, for on the evening of the first
Michael Angelo was born, and on the
last his birthday is to be commemorated
by the giving to the world Of the contents
of packet which on his death.bed he
willed to posterity with the solemn in.
junction that it be not opened until
March 6, 1875.
This packet is said to contain many
valuable State papers; secret correspond
encel with Popes, Princes, and leading
men Of the great artists day; and, it is
hinted, something of his correspondence
with the Marchesca Pescara. His family
having died ont in 1874, there is every
propriety in now carrying out the be.
quests OF his will.
The publication of 700 of Michael
Angeles letters, aud OF 1900 addressed
TO him by his eminent contemporaries,
will take place simultaneously in Rome,
Florence, Leipsic, Vienna, aud London,
and must form valuable contribution tc
art, letters, and politics. Italy and
Florence, the native country and city oI
the great man, propose to celebrate the
anniversary with great eclat; and Eu.
rope, England and America are looking
forward to the occasion with great in
terest.
Signor Goiti, it Is said, will publish n
new life of Angelo, which viii appear
also on March G, 1875, in Italian, French,
German and English, for, to the great
satisfaction Of English-speaking persons,
it is added that a competent English
translator has been secured.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-12

From the Sacramento Union.
Our Chinese residents have intro.
dueed into the city something new in
the art OF gambling, aud the game seems
to be well patronized by the ceIestials.
The belongings" are rope stretched
from one awning post to another, and
bearing the prizes, generally a coat
worth SIC, hat worth 81, or SO, and a
pair of shoes worth 81; suspended from
the balcony by string is a piece Of
pork weighing two, three, or four pounds,
but no one knows the exact weight and
it is hung so high that it cannot be
touched, but only looked at. Parties
desirops Of taking a chance in the game
purchase ticket, oil which forty are
issued, the prices varyiHg from one bit
up, according TO the value of the prizes,
and each purchaser marks on his ticket
his name and the figures indicating
what he thinks the piece OF meat will
weigh. The ticket is rolled up, tied with
strlng and handed, together with the
necessary money, to the boss of the
game, who, as soon as the tickets are
sold, takes the meat down and weighs It
carefully. The tickets are then opened,
aud the patron that has marked closest
to the weight Of the pork is awarded the
first prize; the second best gets the
second prize and the third best the
third prize.
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The Production o I N ther. q F-PenrI


The Messenger de Taiti, journal
published by the authorities Of the
French oceanic settlement, gives an in.
teresting account of the way in which
the pearl oyster is multiplied in the
waters of the Tuamotu Islands. The
development Of this branch Of commerce
is peculiarly desired at present because
of the great falling off in the stock OF
mother-oi-pearl. The oyster that yields
this substance may be placed either
where there is or there is not current
near the coast. The best situation is
that where there is moderate one. The
creature dies in calcareous sand; shin.
gle is better, but its growth therein ia
slow; the same may be said of bottom
OF course gravel that which should be
sought for as By far the most adyanta-
geous is coral ground; if there be none
it should be formed. For this purpose
bunches OF live coral, always to be found
disseminated along the coast, are trans
ported TO theplace selected, taking care
not to leave them out OF the water more
than an hour, as their inhabitants, the
polypi, can not live long in the air. The
bottom OF the creek chosen is then
paved with them; It should not lie
deeper than three etunder the surface.
This done, the space thus prepared is
walled in, and divided into compart.
ments for the different ages Of the oys-
ters, and also that they may be looked
after, from time to time, by walking
slang the tops of the walls, since the
coral bottom soon becomes impractica.
BILE for pedestrian exercises. To people
this reservoir, the small oysters, not big
ger than saucer are picked up in
shallow spots along The coast, taking
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-12

care not to detach the stone or other
material to which they are attached,
forming what is called the byssus. They
are then loosely arranged in rows, heel
downward, with the byssus turned toward
the current. A twelvemonth after the
oyster, which was below the size of a
saucer, will have grown to that Of plate;
i then dees not extend any more in
diameter, but thickens, and, at the end
of three years, its mother.ofpearl is
found to be fit for the market. When
the oyster gives up its spawn to the
waves, the walls above described catch it
up and prevent its being carried out into
the open sea; the coral branches on the
contrary, so favorable to its growth, do
not oppose the slightest obstacle to its
dispersion.
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Directors:

JAMES D. PORTER, JR.. Gov. Of Tennessee.
LOUIS HANAUER. of Schooldold. Hanauer
4 Co.
EM. WHITE, Of y. M. White AGO.
M. Q. PEARCE. Of Pearce. Suggs Il Co.
Il. URQUHART. of E. Urquhart Il Co.
I. B. HAYNES. sf T. B. Haynes Il Co.
HENRY WETTER. Of IL. Wetter & Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-12

MANHOOD REST0RED--A VICTIM or
WL youthful imprudence, causing prema-
ture decay, nervous debility. etc., having
tried In vain overy known remedy. has ,ound
a sim leseIf-oure, which ho will send free 10
his 10 Ow sufferers. Address J. u. kEkVkS,
~ NS su street, New York. Y. hreod-S2-IK-si
The Cecil Whig., 1875-05-01
ring and sprats in Scotland, is nearly
million The tala of herrinn Ii, tho uoar

One Column, $500 per inch for year. Three changes
allowed TO yearly advertisers without additional
The Cecil Whig., 1875-05-01
Ben went with her as her protector anC

Ben went with her as her protector and
"best man." Her father kissed her and
cried over her, as he bade her farewell, and
put pocket book containing five hundred
dollars into her hand for the wedding por-
ton.
81 can't go with you to give you away,
my dear, and | can't let you be married
here,' said the poor man. q shall never
hear the last of it if do; and I'm getting
old now, and l want peace and quiet in
my own home. But God bless you, Sara,
and your husband that is to be. Poor
Elihu. Your mother loved him dearly, and
| don't know fault he has in the world,
except that he is poor.
So strengthened by her fathers approval
and blessing, Sara approached the altar to
consecrate her life to the hero of her dreams.
The ceremony over they drove to a first
class hotel, and breakfasted in style that
made Sara tremble for the future. And
after breakfast Elihu laid a package before
her, and a casket by the side of the plate.
"My first present to my wife," said he.
GAS for you, Ben"
4 cry of delight from Ben made his sis
ter turn round to look at him. The boy
was glorious in gold hunting watch and
chain.
"Open your casket, love- said her hus-
and smiling.
She o5eyed and river of light seemed
to flash upon her from the diamonds within.
At the same moment her husband broke
the seal of the package, and showed her
bank-book incribed with her name.
"Ten thousand dollars are deposited
there, subject to your order,' said Elihu.
carelessly.
"Ten thousand dollars. and the watch.
and the diamonds" gasped Sara, turning
pale. What can it all mean?'
81 know" broke in Ben, with a joyous
laugh, "cousin Elihu has only been pre-
tending to be poor all this time. Nicely
sold all those people at the farm will be.''
Sara turned to her husband. He smiled.
and drew her closely to his breast. From
that happy day not wish of hers or Ben's
has been ungratified. And all the romance
of her life began instead of ending (as she
for a time supposcd) "when Eliiu came
home.'
The Cecil Whig., 1875-05-01

by light draft ships. The gist of Captain
Eads plan will now be readily apprehended
when it is regarded as shifting the point of
deposit of these barriers from the shoal
water at the entrance of one pass, out into
the deep water where filling up by natural
causes is impossible. By this means the
river current is to be made to cut out and
scour it's own channel across the present
bar. To do this, it is obvious that the
banks Of the pass must be extended, so as
to lead the stream far enough out; another
section of conduit, as it were, must be add
ed, and this is formed of the submarine
dykes or jetties.
The materials of which these structures
are to be composed are willow twigs bound
in bundles, termed by engineer fascines,"
eight or ten feet in length and about as
many inches in diameter. A large number
of fascines at time will be lashed together
to form RATS, the first of which will be
from seventy five to two thousand feet in
width, the largest RATS being sunk in the
deepest water. The RATS will next be tow
ed to the proper point, there loaded with
stones, and submerged, and thus the work
will continue, one raft being sunk above
another until the surface is reached. Each
line of RATS will be narrower than the one
below it until the upper course will not be
more than ten feet wide. The two walls
which will thus be constructed will be pro-
longations of the banks, and between them
will form a channel with sloping sides. In
course of time, the interstices of twigs and
stones will fill with sand and mud, so that
eventually two solid submarine levees will
be produced. Very little pile work, it is
said, will be required except perhaps at
the head of South Pass, which is the out
let at which the jetties are to be built, in
order to provide for the proper regulation
of the volume of water in the new channel
at various stages of the river.
Captain Eads has already begun his sur
veys, in which work, together with the
making Of the necessary contracts for ma
terials, labor, etc., the Summer will be con-
sumed. The first raft, it's expected, will
be sunk by the beginning of October next.