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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-12-13
KNIGHTS OF HoKoR.

. 81 lEF LDD9E. No. l62 X OF H-Msets
III FIRST And third Thursday nights If each
Streets
W W. Leftrich d D: emile George. Reporter.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-12-13
: DRESS GOODS
CIoakS and CIoakingS,

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sea Ksland and I8Ieached
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Bed and Crib Blankets
and Comforts. The larG-
est best and cheapest
stock OF Gents, Ladies'
and ChfIdren's Merino
and ALI wool UND ERSHIRTS
and DRAWERS.
Gents laundried and unlaundried
White Shirts-the best and cheapest In
ha rLat
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Proposals for Gateways at National
Cemeteries.
OFFICE OF NATIONAL CEMETE RIEs,

OFFICE OF NATIONAL CEMETE RES,
WASHINGTON, D, c., Dec. :, 1873,
- EALED PR0PUSA 10 IN triphcate, with a
= copy Of his ADVERT cement attach ed to each,
win be re eiveI at this cfica until Monoay, Jam
nary 6 1872, for the construction OF Arched Gate
y avs az the National Cemeteries at Vickt burg,
NJ iss., and hattanOoga, I enn.
Copies of plans and spec aTio7s may be seeo,
and blank firms of proposals procured at this
Office, and at the Q artrmaster's offices in Chat
tanooga, Tenn New Orleans, La LOuisvi 10 ard
Newporr tcks, KY; and 81 lou 8, Mo; also
at the Vi5ksburg ana Memphis National Gene
teries.
Proposals should be endorsed g roposaIs for
GateWays," aud addressed TO the uudersign ed
They will be osene5 al noon on the date peUi-
ed, when bidder are invited 20 be present.
4. T. ROCK ELL, Capt. and A. q. 81,
dcc6iIaw6C U. :. A.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
Who was 1t
tDAtrnit Free Prcss.

When the streets are rs muddy as yester-
day the cars are full Of ladies coming and
going, and the trick played by q man yester
day.cn the fourteen Indies in Il Woodward
Avenue car should be fr0Wn6d upon by every
true citizen, 1t again attempted he may get
himself into trouble. He boarded the car
with q rubber shoe in his pocket big enough
TO fit over g. No. cOWhide boot, and at 81
proper moment, whom all eyes were turned
upon the col switching past, he dropped the
rubber on the floor and then suddenly pre-
tended to see it.. Bending over and picking it
up he called out:
(Which Of you ladies' lost this rubber /"
Every face turned pale at the sight Of it,
and each lady gave the other a sly glance.
''SOne one in this Car lost this RUBBER
continued the human hyena as no waived it
around.
Not lady moved, Each one wondered If
one of her rubbers had dropped off, but her
mind Was made up to wade in mud two feet
deep before claiming that one.
"rhe owner can have it-l charge nothing
for my services" calmly observed the iend
as he looked down one side Of the car and up
the other.
Not hand was raised, but a}l feet weGes
drawn under the seat, rs if by machinery.
VERY well, said the man, Gs he rose 20
leave the car f'i'm f, rubber shoe ahead. It
won't do the loser any good to call at my
office, or to send boy and a basket after 5bis
shoe, for | won't give it up
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24

According to q speaker in the Baptist Union
Of Scotland, the Isle Of Skye is a long way
from the kingdom Of heaven. In that island
he has seen o dear, sister. with a crepl of
manure on her back. creeping up the hillside
on all fpurs to her dear husband, who was
planting potatoes" Also, "A mother and
daughter yoked to the harrow, dragging it
across their patch Of corn, while the husband
was in Glasgow laboring to pay the rent.
From one end to the other the people are in
gross darkness In respect of the simple
Gospel" The inhabitants 'groan and moan
and seem afraid, and are constantly
repning." and though In every parish
there is an Established Church, a Free
Church and often al United Presbyterian
Church, too, with the exception of q few Bap
lists ltwenty- y-three in alb the speaker never
met Skye man who could be said to be real
" Christian man. Even their best men
(Baptsts) hang down their heads like bull
rushes" The twenty three Baptists who re-
main in Skye are. however respected" and
'the shoemaker bad no difficulty there in
trusting a Baptist for q pair OF shoes"
ing worked wonders in the eighboring island
of ColOnsay. and to carry on the good work
volunteers are needed, "rnen of prayer, Of
sound physical constitution and simple hab-
its-men who can rough it, and Of some edu
cational gifts" In case the missionaries
should be married, it is worth adding that
sometimes "the preachers wife may be seen
coming from moor, three miles away. with
creel Of peats on her back, knitting q stock
ing as she tolls hOmewards.''
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
g,VE1EI AT WASHINGTON.
WeW the Average Congressman Lives
while ON Hauty at Washington.
Washington Correspondenee Of the Boston

Washington Correspondenee Of the Boston
ll9rald.l
Now that tho great strain is over and the
election decided. we shall soon begin to see
arrivals of members Of Congress and their
families announced. The constituents OF
many of these gentIemen would be surprised
to know how they live in Washington.
The number who keep house or live in
p fashionable hotel is comparatively. small
Many Of thern. through motives Of econ
omy (which | am far from meaning TO Fnen-
tion with contempt have one or more
rooms in q boarding house, for which they
pay twice what the furniture would bring, it
sold at q fair valuation. AS for meals, they
are served at 3 miserable table dhotH in the
basement or q dark back room, where gov
ernment co1ks rush in hungry at Z. III, to
dinner and give the NJ. G. no quarter in the
matter of choice bits, unless said NJ. g. should,
perhaps. be chairman OF q COMMITTEES that
looks close into depar bment estimates and the
number Of clerks in each bureau, or is ponder
ing q sensational investigation. In some i'll
stances the NJ. &. and family have lodgings
only and either Wallz from two to four or more
squares to take their meals at Il hotel or have
the necessities Of life furnished in their
shahbily furnished parlor, on the NJ. G. s dim
gy moroefO-cOverea Of1Ce-tabI", from which n
pile Of newspapers and letters from constl6u-
cnts are carelessIJ swept aside to make room
for the unsavory looking tray Of 'vctuals'
brought i'll twice day. Suppose it is break
fast, There is IL smutty- y-loOking tin coffee or
tea pot, from which 81 muddy liquid, fall Of
grounds and lukewarm IS poured into thick
china cups. whose handles have long aga
been cast aside The milk and sugar are
in cups or cracked tumblers. The plates are
thick and bear unmistakahlo marks OF having
been set on hot stoves. The butter looks rs
If it had undergone the same experience.
The steak is charred and is topgh enough
to try the strength Of the NJ. C.'s teeth
the potatoes have soaked grease in frying
the buokWheat cakes are clammy and
heavy. and the biscuits have yellow spots
which are soda{r>iferous. To aid in d1gestthR
cold and his head hot, In consequence Of the
stove-stoves are an article Of faith in Wash
ington boarding g-houses-refusing to draw
while he was dressing, and then suddenly
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
A Cold Story.
Huntington HaWkeve. !


This is the time Of the year to travel and
talk with a cold. My cold is very obstinate,
but am holding it in check, 7 think, or rath-
er my friends are holding it in check for mo
paid but little attention to it at first, but
as the cough increased in severity and
the hoarseness became worse, Mrs. Glenn
ments gave me bryOnia and phosphorus
the day following / went to MildetoWn and
good Mrs. Brown gave me boneset sirup,
then. on advice of Il travelling friend, |
took to hOrehnund and IcoriCe. but on reach
ing Elie. Mr.. Thornton changed my treat
1nent and prescribed chloride Of potash
laznnges next sent for 81 regularly ordained
physician. who gave me a bottle Of pills and q
box Of tablets and q receipt for 50. That
evening old Mrs. Bryan sent me a bottle Of
cntbolc acid III solution, and Mr.. Gregory
sent me g. carbojC ttlhe. / inhaled
the bottle and swallowed the tube,
and experienced great relief. [ then
resolved to refuse any further treatment,
but Mrs. Dawson persuaded me with
very harmless aud rather pleasant prepa-
ration Of gIycerine and sugar, and at night /
still further submitted to & cold water com
press. The neEt day q woman gave me n
dose Of medicine in q street, and ! munChcd
troches all the rest OF the day, and declared |
would try no more prescriptions. That very
night / WIS tucked into bed by friendly hands
and filled to my chin with hot enonade. To-
day am wearing a liver pad around my neck
To-molrOw-bu alas! whe can tell what TO-
morrow will bring forth!
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24

Young men conic cmplatlng, marriage have
so FREQUENTLY called upon US to advise them
in the manner Of popping the all~i1nportant
question, that We have concluded to give our
oranion once for all. Never propose 10 q
young lady after n hearty meal The blood
r. needed to.aid digestion, and her inagna-
tion is chilled. Nor should it come just be-
tore q meal, Cor the longings Of an impor-
tuned system conduce to anxiety and irrita-
bility, and the shock may prove hazardous,
It would be better to select the evening, and
invite her to some entertainment which yol,
know she wants to attend, and then propose
to her Just as she is ready to start This viii!
be greatly to your advantage for she will
easily see that a rejection will upset an even
ing's amusement
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
E,5Nsgisa Air.

II the ancient alchemists. who believed 1t
possible TO transmuta the baser metals into
gold could glance for q moment at the pro-
grpss of modern SCIENCE they would eXClairn
that their most improbable expectations had
been excelIed in the laboratories Of the nine
tennth century. 10 change the fluid air which
we breathe-the Invisible breeze which bends
the buughs of the forest-into a LIQUID, that is
a substance having the solidity. visibility and
properties Of water Is not one whit less WON
darful than The magical transmutaton Of
copper into gold. Not only atmospheric air,
but oxygen, the most valuable perhaps rf It's
constituent gases, has been rendered liquid
chiefly by the combined effects Of cold and
pressure.
Air can, as is well known. be compressed
into o very small space, and becomes highly
nastic-aS in the air-gun, where It expands
with such force as to drive the bullet out like
gunpowder. It is now found possible to press
the PARTICLE Of which oxygen gas is ultimate
lv composed so close together rs TO transform
it into iuud. The pressure employed was
nnual to 47OO pounds on the square Inch, and
the degree Of cold 100 degrees lower than zero
fcentigradel. Another gas. the protoKide OF
nitrogen when liuuetied, became, rs it gradu-
ally evaporated, again returning slowly to its
original condition. so intensely cold as to
freeze mercury out int, It, Ammonia In q
liuud state IS used in the formation Of arti-
fetal Ice. Two gentIetnen, Messrs Pictnt and
Gailetet. conquered oxygen, each independ-
entity of the other; and now NJ. Cailletnt has
succeeded in lquefying nitrogen, atmospheric
air and hydrogen. This last is believed to be
the most difficult OF any, and it is, therefore,
nearly certain that all other gases will yield
to chemical skill. The hydrogen, when liquid,
appeared Of blue color,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24

bursting forth with an oppressive, dry heat,
mixed with p strong odor Of coal gas or
smoke OF the damp kndling wood With SUCH
q preparation, what wonder the law~makerr
reads his morning mail in savage mood and
accepts friendly suggestions from constittl,
ents in no heavenly frame of mind, and that
he goes to his committee-room or seat In the
Legislative ball a very different man from hfln
who. fresh from the comforts Of a well ordered
home In town Or country, smiled on the multi
tude from election platforms when surrounded
by hale well fed committee men, with pros
fort at elOuuHnCe was to be made,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24

Washington correspondent draws q. blood
ourdling portrait Of him: He is Of quiet,
unass1lming manner, but he wears furrtive,
downcast look, that throws out fcelers Of ap-
prehension as to how be ig5 regarded; his face
Is deadly pale, and his hair Of dense black
ness; he has nose like the beak of q bird of
prey, revised and corrected; his eyes are
intensely black and searching, filled with
cautious scenting,'
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
EDUCATION.
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
AgricultuTaf and Mechanical College,

BATCH RoueB. La, November H. 1878.
The exercises Of this Institution will be regu~
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24

"A Purifier OF Bloed,
This wine contains In an agreeable form 81
the medical properties Of the plant from which
1t is expressed, the valuable qualities Of which
are well known to physicians.
Experience has afforded the most ample proof
that This wine possesses oil tho Gne, aromatic
and stomachic properties for which the plant has
been esteemed. It's benefits are decided and
healthful. Its use is strongly recommended 70
persons attending sick rooms, as 1t Is believed
to be g. preventive during prevalence OF fever
and other Infectious diseases,
Put up In pint bottles, CHAMPAGNE style. WiaA
kEun d0Zan In q
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24

BATOH RouGB. La, November II, 1878.
The exercises Of this institution will be reg1~
larly resumed
Monday, November ~, 1873.
Tuition free-BOard $40 month-Miitary
Organization.
D. r. BOYD, President. and Professor Of En-
= BAM'L BARNETT, JR., Professor of Physics
''I T. b. BOYD, Commandant of Cadets and
NJ. v. HARRINGTON. Professor of Natural
j, =. MoAULEV, Professor of ancient Lam
4. :. McCULLoCH Professor of General and
Agricultural Chemistry.
J. W. NICHOLSON Professor Of Mathe~
mathias.
L. W. sEWELI Professor cf Modern Ian
], VI. DUPREE. Surgeon,
no17 2wd&W D. F. BOYD, President,
NEW ORLEANS INSTITUTE.
SELECT SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
asss ..,... .CaMiope Street. .sBEs
(Between Camp and Magazfne)
Annual session win begin MONDAY Novern-.
Der L. Academic, Preparatory and Primary
Clnsses will be In charge Of able and expe-
rleneed teachers. Only limited number Of
pupils will be received.
For circulars and all necessary Information,
apply TO
oc2o 1v A. 3. CHANDLER Pfineipa1
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
RANEsEg0A TaR.
GREAT JACKSON ROUTE
CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS ANm NEW DER"
LEANS RAILROAD.
TIE BEST ROUTE EAST.

-. - ~.
TIE BEST ROUTE EAST
rro;,s will Iaaya nna arrive at the fallioue
ctraot IJenot on and ttStar Noyember 10. 1878 a;
follows:
Leave. - Arrive,
Fxp. NO j, 600 y. m Exp. NO. z, 1o:1H a. m
Mixed No. 8, 700 .. M Mixed No. 4, 500 o. m
uoe and 9 run daily, Nos, and daily, ex-
cent srntlay.
Fri MAN PALACE HLEEPLNf OARS
ntHpnfGH Hbfff#Hf1E u TG I,OtJfSvJIJE. CTNsINNATI
AMI rHI1IAG0 WITHOUT CHANGE, and for
81 r,OJTIa a Sleeper is attached at Milan. en-
ao51pRb n tba ISan 6ply ONE CHANGE 10 NEW
Wink and EAsTERN CITIES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-04
A GREAT INJUSTICE.
tor Of The Trtbune.

TO me In ItOF o. iHt IFtONHc
SIR: | have read with interest your editc-
rial OF to-day the income tax There is important
view Of 1t which you fail to notice 1t is the injustice Of
placing income from earnings the same footing with
income from accumulated capital There are several
considerations which show that injustice. Profits OF
mercantile business much matter OF estimate IA
he capable honestly Of large deductions con-
tingencies, that business mau IS taxed upOu the
actual figures shown by his books. But salary is def
mite ana ascertanabc, and IL taxed up 10 ifs full
amount But the great injustice IL IN capitaliZing
income OF capital OF $4,000. Yet there wide dif.
ference between poor man, earning a salary 90 900
which will the moment life health il lost
and n man whose $4,000 comes from nccunula ton
sufficient for the support Of his family If he should he
removed by death. There Is no fairness In taxing
two incomes alike Then, If the new tax IS arranged
the pan OF the former One taxes on incomes from bank
and other corporate stocks must be paid for the stock
hOuer by the corporation without deduction while all
other incomes are allowed certain deduction rather
are exempt up 70 certain amount. Tho former tax
was thus pihd without any allowance by many poor
Willow whose WhOie Income less than the amount
exempted 10 Others but being bank stock received no
exemption why should the poor widow and the clerk
or saared man have distinction made against them
by which they pay more IN proportion than wealthy
persODsf suppose that IL is scarcely possible 20 ar
range taxes so as 10 work justly and equally all
Bat these are glarngly unjust that bespenk
for them your influential protest. Respectfully, c.
Gsteark " j., April 81, 1873
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-04
MIDDLE OF 1RANsIT.

Other observations Of different kind are also 10 be
made during the first contacts and to be continued after
the planet upon the disk These 90 notice whether
Mercury frnged with ring light just before touch
ing the SUM- and whether this ring appears bright or
dark circle around the planet when fully the solar
disk and also TO note bright spots II there
any, upon Mercury. These Appearances have
been seen in former trausits, but differently
described. In fact. there has been sufficient vari-
ETY. in past observations 10 lead one astrOn-
Omer 10 predict that at the coming transit the umin-
GUS spot will not appear (as IL sometimes has,
rs point OF light without sensible diameter but as
dused spot, south Of the centre and that the planet
will be surrounded by dark and not by light rings There
WILL al all events be plenty of Time for this class Of OBJ
servatiOns 80 far they be made while the planet
Is he disk for II dOes not reach the central point OF
transit till three minutes past 2, New York time Photo
graphs WILL OF course, be taken frequent intervals
Il Il scarcely too much TO hope that tine rings around
Mercury will be tested by pOaScdDe and spcctTOscOpe
end that OF the constituents OF what IL sun
posed to be the planets atmosphere may DO asccrane
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-04
OBSERVATIONS IN NEw-ENGLAND.

TINE SIGNALS TO BE TRANSMITTED by TELEGRAPH
TO THE PRINCIPAL STATIONS, FROM THE CLOCK
OF THE HARVARD OBSERVATORY.
BosTON, May 3.-Lconard Waldo, assistant
in charge Of the Time Service Harvard Observatory
Cambridge. Mass, furnishes the following notice In re-
gard to time signals for the observation Of the transit OF
Mercury:
Through the COOPERATION OF the Western Union
Telegraph Company, tie Observatory will transmit lis
time signals, for the benefit OF those who wish
to observe the transit Of Mercury. May g.
The Cambridge time signals for the obscrva-
ton OF the transit of Mercury viii he trans
mttcd TO the following stations: New-York
New-Haven. Conn; Bridgeport Conn: Hartford. Conn
Spring fcld, Mass; Worcester, Mass Providence, X. L.
North Easton. Mass; Randolph, Mass; DghtOn, Mass.
Taunton. Mass; Fail River, Mass: NewBcdlord
amptOn. n. H.; Portsmouth, " H.. saco, Ale. ; Port
land, Ne. Manchester, N H.. +: Concord, NH White
River Junction. VT Montpelier, VT Waterbury, W.
Burlington, VT st. Adams, Vt; and Montreal Canada
at the telegraph Offices beginning at exactly, and
beating each two seconds until Oh. ON. q. IN"
except that the 1iitY-cighth second Of each mini
ute and the twentySiX seconds immediately preceding
the b, at which makes the signal for Oh ON. will bc
omitted.
These signals will be repeated at 2. and at a. m.
of Tuesday morning
1t important that observers who have telescopes Of
two inches aperture and upward should observe inc
times at which Mercury first notchcs the suns disc
when the planet is first the disc: when the planet
is first in contact with the second limb OF the sun,
ana when IL is last seen in contact with the sun. a
convenient for persons un0CcusOmed TO telescope
views OF the make these observations will be TO
form an image of the sun on piece OF White car-BOafd
held about foot from the eycece Oh the telescope
upon which sharp image of the sun can be projected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-04

Less than three minutes after Mercury first appears,
comes the moment when it will be fairly launched on
the sun This is the occurrence which most careful
observation will be expended, TO determine TO the
very fraction of a second when that takes place. As
soon as nearly the whole Of the planet within the
solar rim the anxiety OF countless observers ~ this
country and Europe viii be strained 20 the highest ptcn
The break in tine edge OF the VIII then
appear az an interval Of backness between two sharp
pointed horns Of light which rapidly length
ening and thus approaching each other, Inc aullefg
Is 70 record the instant when they touch each Wb$
These horns OF light called "cusps" 50 long Tie
space between them is black. contact" has not
cured but after few seconds this space will 20
break up n sunlight unGulaed across u; that J. the
golden OlpoFtuuity-the moment when the unduiat ION
Of sunlight the space j. Just begDnng-tle first
internal contact" When the CuspS have united, or the
of light TO have crossed the interval the
Contact " will I've over.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-04
BROKEN SAVINGS BANKS.
RECEIVERS REPORTS

REPLIES TO QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE SENATE COM
MITTEE on BANKS-FINANCIAL HISTORIES IN
BRIEF OF THE INSTITUTIONS SINCE THEY WENT
INTO RECEIVERS HANDS.
FROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSE'I
ALBANY, May 3.-The Senate Committee ON
Banks recently issued circular addressed to receivers
of nsolven savings banks asking them to give the re-
suit OF their work. In the circular questions about
all the points in the management OF the bankrupt con-
Germs they passed into the hands OF receivers that
the unfortunate dcpostors in them would like to know
The receivers. In fac TO give minute history OF
their operations for the satisfaction of the depostors
and the Legislature All OF the receivers have promptly
returned the circular with the blanks opposite the Gues-
Ii Ons filed out.
Through their liable chairman Senator WeHdOver the
Committee Banks submitted to-day to the Senate a
abuaed statement Of the result OF their inquiry Be
low tables showing the to the most impor-
tant questions asked the receivers: