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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-14
Chancery Sale of a Tract Of
Land.

No. 1880
G. F. Simpson VS.. J. B. Edwards, e. A. Yost ct al
DURSUANT TO A DECREE PRONOUNCED
L in the above cause at the January term,
1879, of the Chancery Court at Knoxville, Tenn ,
will sell for cash hand, at public auction, to
the highest bidder, in front of the court house
d. or in Knoxville
ON THURSDAY. THE 18th OF JUNE MKT
AT II O'CLOCK, A. NJ.
the tract of land mentioned and described in the
pleadings, lying in the 9Th civil district of Knox
county. Tenn, and bounded as follows: Begin
ming forked white oak on the west side of
Hickory Creek, thence south 40. east y poles to
a red oak. thence with Helms line north 44o,
east 66 poles. crossing the Hickory Creek road
near the mill race, and cornering on a doewood
and chestnut. thence with marked line run.
ming with the race to an elm thence north and
oOrneriug on a white oag, thence with the fence
on the north size of Bickory Creek, running a
northeast course to black oak on the old line
thence to the be xinnng,"
May l4th. 1879
may 21-w4t M. L. PATTERSON, C. &M
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

LIGHTS IN THE ST. LAWRENCE
The mysterious lights in the gulf and
the lower St. Lawrence, which are
firmly believed by the fishermen TO be
a warning of great temPests, have ac-
cording to the Montreal Herald, been
unusually brilliant this year. 1t is said
to be a fact. established by the eGPe-
rience of a century, that when these
lights blaze brightly in the Summer
nights the Fall is invariably marked by
great storms. They give the appear
ance to spectators on the shore OF ship
on fire. The heavens behind are bright,
and the clouds above silvered by the
reflection. The sea for half mile is
covered with sheen as Of phosphorus.
The fire itself seems TO consist Of blue
and yellow flames, now dancing high
above the water and then Hickering,
paling and dying out, only to sPriug up
again with fresh brilliancy. ia boat
approaches, it fits away, moving far
ther out, and is pursued IN vain. The
lights are plainly visible from the shore
from midnight until two in the morning.
They appear to come from She sea shore
ward, and at dawn retire gradually and
are lost in the morning mist.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

THE
ST. MARY's BEACON
fsPUsLrsHED EvEnr rHussDAr Br
J.R.KGRG q n .R.YATRs

TEnmsog SUBscRfrTI0s So. fp er annnm.
No subsudption viii iihureceived fOr ashorter pe-
fled than SIX memths aNd no pepeF 90 be de
Eoatinasd nntii al aFfesfakes are paid excel 81
the opffea Oftie publlsheFs.
TnaMb 0v ADsHATIalKe,--T5 cent persqaars
Tor thn Gsst insertion, and So centsfoF every sub
se48ent sns stiaa. girhtIIsts cs les 6F BREWER
type conssitats q square. III the number ofin-
sertions be not marked on the advertisement & {
wfiibe Published until forbid, and charged ae-
sordin7iy. A liberal deduction Baades those
who advertise by the year.
Communications Of a personal character will
be charged nj the same rates ms advertisements;
Obituaries over ten lines inlength wilIbe charged
1T the rate Of SO cents per square.
All Communications for publication mustbs
Accompanied with the real name Of ftheautho,o or
bo attention will be paid to them.
Hereafter the cash musi accompany a. an
nouneementsfoF public Office.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

EcoEOMY IN CoAL.-ThoUgh coal for
many years has been ~ article Of fueI.
few persons know enough Of the
Different qualities 10 eeon0mize IN the
use oG q. a leading iset is wosthy Of
attention. Commencing Ia tire longitude
of Maueh Chunk, We find the hardest
coal now used for domestic purposes:
running westward the density decrea-
ses, so that as far vest as Wicsnisco or
Lykens Valley, We 6nd'a semi-bitumi.
nous coal, weighing. bulk for bulk, with
Lehigh, about one-fifth less. To econ
omize in the use OF coal, The consumer
should have both hard and sofl; in cold
weather, when the stove doors are
closed aud all the draft on. the hardest
coal should be used, then there will be-
no complaint about the FIRE going out.
When the weather is mOderating, use
the soft coal with none or but little
draft, and sufficient heat will be OBJ
tanned, and the FIRE will not 60 out.
Men do not wear winter overcOsts in
spring, nor do they wear summer clothes
in winter. There is about the same
difference in the varieties of.cOal that
there is in hickory, oak and pine wood.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

How RAIsrNs ARE PREPARkDs--A
strip Of land on The Mediterranean.
somewhat less than one hundred miles
IN length, and in width not exceeding
much more than Eve o. six, is the raIsin-
producing territory Of Spain. Beyond
these boundaries the rnuseatei arape.
from which the Falsin ls principally pro-
dueed, may grow and thrive abundant
": bat the Isuit must 70 10 The market or
TIE wine press. Whsn the grape be-
gins 70 yipen n Aaxusl, the iaEmss
carefully insPecss The fruit d u lays on
the warm, dry sCil, and one by one clips
the clusters as they reach Perfection
Ia almost all vineyards sIants of mason.
ry are prepared, looking like unglazed
hotbeds, and covered with fine pebbles,
on which the fruit Is exposed to dry
But the small proprietor prefers not to
carry bis grapes so far; it Is Better. he
thinks, TO deposit chem near at hand,
where there is less danger Of bruiSing,
and where the bees and wasps are less
likely to 6nd them. Day by day the cut
punches are examined and turned. till
they afe sufficiently cured to be borne
to the house, ustially on the hilltop.
and there deposited in the empty wite+
press till enough has been collected for
the trimmers and packers to begin their
work. At this stage great piles Of rough
dried raisins are brought forth from the
wine-press and heaped upon boards
One by one the bunehes are carefully
inspected, those Of the first quality be-
ing trimmed OF all irregularities and
imperfect berries, and deposited In piles
by themselves. So, in turn, are treated
those Of the second quality; while The
clippings and inferior fruits are received
into baskets at the feet ofths trifnmers.
and reserved for home consumption. A
quantity Of small wooden trays are now
brought forward, just the size Of cone
mon raisin box and about an inch deep.
In these papers are neatly laid. so as to
lap over and cover the raisins evenly
deposited in the trays, which are then
subjected 10 heavy pressure Ia rude
press. After pressing, the Fsisius ars
dropped into the boxes for market.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

THE FooD or THE RoBIN.-Lt. Lyle.
Of the United States Army, has made
some interesting observations on The
food Of The robin. He details in the
.asseriean .Naiurohst his experience ia
feeding young birds and testing their
decided preference for beetles and 9TH
er insects. showing that they ale seeds
only when there was q lack Of insects,
and that for every cherry or grape they
ate hey destroyed thousands Of injuri-
Gus insects. In the Springfield armOry
grounds twenty-three pairs OF robins
were known to be nesting IN one month
II was estimated that, as one young
robin was found to be capable Of eating
seventy.two large beetles in one day, II
is not unreasonable TO assume that each
bird would destroy at least one hundred
insects per day, taking them as they
come, small and large. Hence the for
ty-six birds known TO feed on these
grounds and vicinity would require A.
600 insects each day, or in thirty days
they would dispatch 13s, 900 insects.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

eSe"Be ever ready to acknowledge
favor" says q writer. We are, SIR, we
are. What troubles us is that on one
side we are completely loaded with
readiness, while on the other side oP-
portunity is painfully scarce.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

H%"You wait little." says o New
Ycsk policeman to q newspaper report
er, "don't be in such hurry! Mark
nv wordsl Mr.. Stewart's body will
turn up all right. / aIlude, SIR. to the
resurrection u
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

o. There is xhere clergymen gel
LEFT. They get no more for marrying .
couple weighing 900 pounds apiece than
they do for splicing a sbarP-nosed WO-
man to a man with voice like darn
ins.needle-Fres Prest.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

eS-Tt Is very difficult to End fault with
. dear little three-year old Who buries
her head under the clothes and sings !:
"Now I lay me down to sleep-pop
goes the weazell
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

g. YES" SAID a Texas lawyer, who
vas defending q murderer. "the prs
oaer st the bar viii prove an alibi.
Gentlemen. we shall prove that the
murdered man wasn't there"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

The states Case Against nEs. COBB.
At 2.ls o'clock on wednesday last,
George 8. Ripley. Assistant Prosecutor.
faced the jury and began rapid SUM
mary Of the evidence against the PFis-
oner. Charles n. Cobb, he urged, was
not the man to take his own life by ar
senic. No jollier, more warm-hearted
or engaging man ever lived in Norwich
Beloved by hrs wife, his companions.
and by every one who knew him, why
should he destroy hisIiGe without causei
The idea that he had taken arsenic pow
| ders for months was Too glaringly pre-
posterous for serious consideration. DR..
Jewett's testimony and that Of every
reliable authority. showed that whatev-
er the legends In regard 10 The Styrians,
persons in this country could not take
doses Of arsenic, ordinarily fatal. and
escape. Could they imagine that, with
a loving mother and friends hanging
over him for months, and conjuring him
by every consideration 70 tel them what
was ailing hlm. whesh hadn't Ia
ken poison of soms he bad moi
sense enough to ten ily and the
physicians that Il wss ic that was
killing him BY inches j was imPOs-
sible to heIieve that losing wife, such
IS the prisoner elsifSI = BE. could
have seen her husband linking into the
grave. knowing all the ne that il was
these arsenic pills wh Tere killing
him, and yet have p sign. It
was not until the bod g., ) The hands
of the experts for chemical analysis,
that the prisOner remembers anything
about these mysterious arsenic pow
ders. But the defence claimed that
Cobb's arsenic eating Was secret habit
Of which he was too ashamed to tell bis
friends. What. secret, when, accord
ing to the prisoners own account, ne
puts this arsenic 90 shelf in the pan
try and openly confessed . taking it in
The presence Of herself and bis mother
There was scientific and unanswerable
evidence, however. that the man had
never induIged in thisprsposserOus habit.
Every physician who had been on the
stand had sworn that II be bad, be would
have shown IL BY drOpsical swellings
and bloatings under The eyelids, Of which
there was not the slighlestsign. No fact
had been more thoroughly established
by the evidence than tlsntin CObb's case
the signs Of chronic arssnieal poisoning
were entirely absent. Y could not be
accident. A man COLI nos be accl-
dentally poisoned il tbraary. again
accidentally poisoned y arch. q third
time accidentally p0isesa I u Nay. and
finally fatally polsonss y accident in
Juns. mid applause. l<h wasspeed-
ily checked by TIE Csa Ths speaker
took = sip oi &c Wsssz then. Wheel
in aro1nd. poinssd ..s pFisOner.l
.sThefe. - ezizz sse = shr PER.
sons who can ezplAiH tkiS l1oua nys-
sery. The only 0shss sas 90 ean he
already done %. Ksse cshh I'd VFss-
MT 49, FS<.s@ .s4h s&hak "a
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23
NOTICE.

R OVER rates than have ever been offered 70
- the Public before in the county, as am de-
sermined 20 give ell q chance TO have work done.
/ win from this date SEiOE HORSES $50
for eighty 1907 cents all round,
Also, q GENERAL REDUCTION ss2 80
IN my Business as blAckSMlTk and WHEEL.
WniaAT. AL work viii be done strictly for
cssh and with despatch and In woFkmanlike
manner. Thankful ior past lavoFs, again %
licil q continuation Of The same.
EDWARD PAGAN,
Charlotte Hall,
81. Nary's co., Nd.
Jan 3 lsSe--tf Jan I, 1879.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

60 What q common expression is
"HOw do you do'" and yet what queer
one would be: "HOw do you don't p
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

UgC A2s 1910
EEAeAiss5 HTEAgAiala p I'LL $
CELERY "DR. c. W. Benson, a prae- PILLS
ticing physician, at lO6 n.
CELERY Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Nd, FILLS
(who has paid much attention
CELERY 90 nervous diseases, has dis PILLS
covered that Extract Of Cele-
CELERY ry and Chamomile combined PILLS
in q certain proportion inva-
CELERY riably cures either bilious, PILLS
CELERY SssSache, neuralgia and ner- PILLS
CELERY in medical ehenis,ry, and PILLS
sufferers all over the country
CELERY are ordering by mail. Hepre- PILLS
CELERY box. The Doctor Is largely PILLS
known and highly respected
CELERY in Baltimore "-kpis MA. PILLS
CELERY BALTIMORE, July -, 1874. PILLS
DIR. q. w. Bensons Celery
CELERY and Chamomile Pills nave PILLS
cured my wife of sick and ner-
CELERY vous headache Of ten years PILLS
standing; she had il every
CELERY week or ten days, and suffered PILLS
almost everything but death
CELERY with IL. We think these pills PILLS
worth their weight in gold.
CELERY Rsv. u. ScHLIcHTKR. PILLS
Pastor Salem Mission.
CELERY For sale BY ali wholesale and PILLS
Retail Druggists in this town.
CELERY Price Soc a box. Mailed 70 PILLS
70 any address postage free.i
CELERY Office No. l0s N. Eutaw 81, PILLS
Baltimore Nd.
CELERY Nov I, le7s-iy. PILLS
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

e5 A practical joke IS poor fun, be-
cause the laugh doesn't reach all the
way around.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

c.. Many mistake the love Of life fol
the fear Of death.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23
Fall & Winter Supplies
GREENWELL
f K N w [ G. X
LEONARDTOW WN.
A Full Assortment OF Goods OfalI
Kinds &C
LOaCe7' rates than eceF!

0CRFALL and WINTER STOCK, having
~ been bought for CASH in the cheapest mar
kets, We can afford to sell and are prepared to
sell at figures astonishingly low. Give us n
call. You can always get what yoa want, if In
season if not on hand, as we are In daily COM
manicatiOn with Baltimore and other cities, we
will promptly supply you.
READY-MADE CLOTHING, q heavy assort-
meut, aud Of much better make and quality
than Is usually brought to this market;
SHOES and BOOTS, of Baltimore custom make
and quality, with all the Eastern varietiesoi
shis Stock;
CLOTHS, CAssIMEREs, vESTINGS, and all
articles Of sentIemen's wear;
LADIES' DRESS GOODS, heavy and varied
assortment, embracing all the grades from the
most fashionable articles OF wear to the plain
est;
We invite special attention TO our stock Of
MILLINERY GOODS,
which we have renewedthis FAN and greatly
sortment Of ladies' and children's HATS.
trimmed and Rntrimmed.
DRUGS, -
MEDICINES,
PERFUMERY ,ste.,
QUEENSwARE,
GLASSWARE,
ST0NEwARE,
WOODENwARE,
TIN-WARE,
HARDWARE, ETC.,
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, etc, etc, etc;
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES, FLOUR,
NEAL, PROVISIONS, etc.
~ Young people are notified that we have
been made the special agents Of their old friend,
Kriss Kringle, and expect to have large assort-
meat Of all his different wares ON hand in full
time for Distribution before Christmas.
GREENWELL s. FENWICK,
LEONAgDrOwN, ND.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-23

Hawthorne goes on to relate that
Canning, on one occasion, just.before
speaking in the House, asked friend
sitting near him to feel his pulse. which
was throbbing intensely. 81 know ]
sh.ll make one Of my best speeches" I"
said the future premier. because I'm
in such a awful funk l'
There is no doubt that Bulwer felt
the sensations he 30 wildly described to
DR.. -. and that he became q great
orator no one who ever heard him, or
read one Of his magnificent speeches,
can doubt. Mr.. Dallas, our minister to
England under President Buchanan.
speaks Of him as, after Gladstone. the
most eloquent man in the House oi
Commons; though Bright, Disrseli, and
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-16
FOLDED AWAY.
tAlbany Sunday Press. |

ALBANY Sunday Press
Day by day, we fold away
Some treasure that our heart holds dear,
Some cherished thing to which we cling
And bless with many kiss aud tear.
A shred Of lace may hold place
That jewels rare could never win;
With love untold q ribbon old
Is laid our dearest shrine within.
A little tress we foudly press
Into heart that aches with pain,
Then, with sigh for days gone by,
We fold it from our sight again.
And is there not hallowed spot,
In meinory's casket lying low,
Where day by day We fold away
Our heart-thoughts lest the world should
kRowf
Many a one, now lost and gone,
In sweet day -dreaniings We behold,
Who, in our sleep, come back to keep
With us their vigls as of old.
And yet, alas! such dreams must pass.
Life's sterner duties must be met
Quickly we turn and strive to learn
That cruel lesson-to forget,
Our hearts awake in sad surprise,
How diniy burn, whereer we turn,
The lesser lights that meet our eyes!
When DER the dead orr tears are shed,
While on the silent lips We press
That last fond kiss-oh. is not this
The summit Of lfc's louelinessi
And when we know thongh oil lie low
Whnp, hax
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-16
THE FRENCH DETECTIVE.
How Pere Tabaret Solved a Mys.
terry.

(From Emile Gaboriau's THE Widow Le-
rouge.'l
Pere Tabaret, surnamed Tirau.
clare, standing at the threshold,
bowed almost to the ground, bend.
ing his old back into an arch, and
in the humbIest of voices demand.
ed:
"The Judge of Inquiry has deign,
ed to send for mei'
Yes replied Daburon, adding
under his breath: "and if you are a
man of any ability, there is at
least nothing to Indicate it in your
appearance
III am herc,' continued the old
fellow, completely at the service
of Justice
III wish to know" replied the
Judge, "whether you cannot, with
more success than has attended our
efforts, discover some indication
that may serve to put us upon the
track of the author of this afro.
cious crime. | will explain the ~
ooh, | know enough of it!' in.
! terrupted Pere Tabaret. "Lec0a
has told me as much as | desire to
/ know
"Neve-theless-" commenced the
commissary.
"If you will permit me, | prefer
to proceed without receiving any
information, in order to be more
fully master of my own impressions.
If YOU know anOthers opinion, it
can't help influencing yonr jndg
ment. l will, if you please, at once
commence my researches, with lie
coos assistance
As the old fellow spoke his little
gray eyes dilated and became bril-
liant as carbuncles. His face re
Elected an internal satisfaction; even
his wrinkles seemed to laugh. His
figure became erect, his step almost
elastic, as he darted rather than
walked into the second chamber.
He remained there about halt al
hour; then came ont running, theI
re entered and came out again
again re.entered, and again reap
peared almost Immediately. Th'
Judge could not help comparing hin
to pointer on the scent; restless
and active he ran hither and thith
er, carrying his nose in the air Al
if to discover some subtle OdOr lief
by the assassin. All the while h
talked loudly and with much ges
ticulation, spostrophising himself
scolding himself, uttering it'll
cries of triumph or self.encOurage
: ment. He did not allow Lecoq q
have q moments rest. He wante'
: this, or that, or the other thing
He demanded paper and a pencil
Then he wanted spade; and fna
IL he cried out for plaster Of Pari
and bottle of oil. With these b
left the cottage.
: When more than an hour ha
e ELAPSED the Judge of inquiry bega
}, to lose patience, and asked wha
e had become OF the amateur detec
i've.
v "He is on the road" replied tn
p brigadier, "lying fat in the mut
He has mixed the plaster in plat
-e He says be is nearly finished, an
that he ia coming back presently"
Tabaret entered almost Instant
Joyous, triumphant, looking at lea
+, twenty years younger. Iecoq fe
lowed him, carrying with the U
most precaution, a large pannier.
Ii 81 have it," said he to the judg
u ,,oonnioto}v IL ia az Dlain as moo
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-16
What Ono Lemon Will Do.

A piece of lemon upon q corn will
relieve it in q day or 30. 1t should
Ne renewed night and morning.
The free use of the lemon juice and
sugar will always relieve a cough.
A lemon eaten before breakfast
every day tor q week or two will en-
tirely prevent the feeling Of Iassitude
peculiar to the approach OF spring.
Perhaps its most valuable property
10 its absolute power of detecting
any Of the injurious and even danger
Gus Ingredients entering into the
composition of 20 very many of the
cosmetics and face powders in the
market. Every lady should subject
her toilet pow der to this test. Place
q teaspoonful Of the suspected pow.
der in Q glass and add the juice Of .
lemon. If efervescence takes place
it il an iufallible proof that the pow
der il dangerous, and it, uss should
be avoided, a. it will ultimately in.
jure the skin and destroy the bssaty
Of the complexion. .t..
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-16
e. E. GEORGE,
Studio OF Artistic Photography,
No. az Texas St., Shreveport, La.

THE patronage Of the people OF sor,n
/ Louisiana respectfully solicited ana sat
isfsction guaranteed. augito%iy
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-16

Envy not those who have, nor de-
spise those who have not.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-16
&. II. ROGERS,
House and Sign Painter,
Paper.Hanger and Glazier,
HOMER, LA.

7 SOLICIT THE PATRONAGE OF THE
p.ople of Homer and vicinity. For evil
dcnces of my proficiency, | refer to the nu,
mrrous persons for whom l have worked
in Claiborne parish
Terms reasonable, aud work promptly
.xncn,.d c. II. ROGERS.
April 2, 1879 ""s