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In the year 1000 two men named
Perry, and their mother. were hanged
for the murder IT a mar who had never
been murdered at all. Mr.. Harrison,
Lady Campden's steward. having been
collecting his rcn,s, suddenly disap.
peared. John Perry accused his
mother. himself and brother IT having
robbed MIR, Harrison in the previous
year. and of having robbed him and
murdered him on the nigh, when he
was missed. The mother and Richard
Perry denied all knowledge of the mat
ter ; but at length pleaded guilty to
the first indictment under some pres
SURF of policy, The other indictment
was not then proceeded with. on the
ground that the body MAS not found.
But John persisted in his story. and at
the next assires they were all tried for
murder. John then retracted his con-
fsssion. and said he must have been
mad. Nevertheless. they were all con-
demned. Some years after Mr.. Hsr-
rison appeared alive. and thus accoant.
ed for his mysterious absence. After
receiving his rents he had been set
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StSry 81 the Nlstlctoc.

The singular plant, so weirdly intc,
woven with the superstition and poctr,
~ our Saxon torcfathcrs, and inscpara.
BILE from both heather and Christian
traditions of ''yule-tide." Is n co.r.,
two-lcaycd evergreen growing on trees.
A. many Of the mosscs and fungi do.
Its loa,cs are oblong, aud between cv.
CRY pair Of them In found n cluster Of
small, sticky berries 800 the same III which
the substance called bird limo Is made,
During the Christmas week of 1872 the
English ''mistlctoc Dough" was offered
for sale la Boston for the first time.
We give our readers the following my.
theological account of this plant, still
dear la every English home circle,
The mistletoc was the holiest plant
In nature Ia the pruids and carly Brit.
ons, Tor II represented their sun god,
Horus, of Eastern mythology uhc oil.
spring Of Dco and Virgo. which the
Egyptians represented by the SPHINX,
's also baldur, the loved and early lost,
whose tale In tho Morse mythology Is
like a sunshiny fragment of lonian life
dropped into the stormy center of Scan.
d'navian eNistencd For Baldur, tho
h"ios' druids sought with prayers and
ceremonies ON the sixth day of tho
the moon the mistlotoo which grew on
the sacred oak. Its discovery was hail.
ed with songs and sacrifices of white
bulls. None but the chief priest might
gather It, which was done by separat-
ing It from the tree with u golden knife.
IL was caugh, In the robe NJ the priest.
and on no account allowed 10 touch the
ground. In Denmark. Sweden, and
Norway IL has still names equivalent Ia
'Baldur brow" IL was In high rom
tation with all prctrndcrs to the black
ar. and Is au,horitativcly said Ia pos,
sess tho power 81 resisting lightning.
~ grows In abundance In Central Tex.
AS. and i, Is currently believed tina, II
the tree ON which II grew were blasted
ey lightning, IL WAS always uninjured.
Chandler says that the custom Of deck
ing the house nj Christmas with mistle-
Toe Is VI pagan origin. and WAS done by
The Druids To allure and comfort the
sylvan spirits during tho sleep Of ma.
tnre. IL Is found In abundance from
texas north Ia the mouth of the Ohio
- fotter's Amsrtcaa hoatAly.
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Music StimuIaut.

Alticri often before hc wrote propar
ed his mind by listening to music;
Almost all my tragedies were sketch.
ed In my mind either In the net Of hear
ing music or n few hour, after" "A cir
cums'ancc which has been recorded OF
many others. Lord Bacon often had
music played In the room adjoining hi,
study. Milton listened Ia the organ
for his solemn inspirations aud music
was ever necessary To Warburton. The
symphonies that awokc In the poet sub
lime emotions might have composed
the %inventivc mind ~ the grea, critic
In the visions ~ his theoretical mys,e-
rics. A celebrated French preacher.
Bordolouc, ~ Masilion. was once found
playing on the violin To screw his mind
up 10 the pitch preparatory Ia his ser
mon, which. within u short interval, he
was Ia preach before the court. Cur
rams favorite mode Of meditation was
with his violin In his hand; for hours
together he would forget himself, run.
ming voluntarics over the strings, while
his imagination. collecting it, tones,
we're opening nil his faculties for the
coming emergency Mt the bar.
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The Xcrincaiion Of Dreams

mat there are many well auth, ntica.
ted eases IN ancient aud modern time,
nj dreams being real ned. cannot be- de,
MED 10y any reasonable person. Tn,
connection between the druams and IN,
'erihcation IT them Is, however, a mys.
terry which IL unsolycd. and Is likely "a
remain So. A story through the
newspapers from Australia which ha.
the additional advantage of being y,ri.
ned by private letters received by the
same mail The son Of n gentleman | N
Queensland WAS appointed Ia n clerk
ship III a bank At Brisbane. II was
u part oi his duty Ia collect non i'm
outlying places and deposit IL nj the
head Office ut brisbane. On ono Of these
occasions he received u c~onsiderabl,
amount of gold and checks. These no
placed ~ usual In tho iron safe, In tho
presence ot " or three 81 his fellow
CLERKS, Having Ia meet sone members
oi MS family In the town, he then left
the bank to join them, and did not ro-
turn until the following morning. On
again opening the safe he made the dis
covcry that the whole oi the gold had
been sto,cn. No suspicion was attach
ell Ia him, and the matter was placed
IN The hands OF the police. The Young
man ; frioi.ds were, however. much dis.
trcsscd at the circumstance, and some
months afterward his father dreamed
that the stolen money WAS buried In the
botanical Gardens at brisbane He
thought he saw tho exact place, which
ne recognized from having frequently
visited the gardens. The reality of the
impression produced by the dream had
such an effect upon him that he was
persuaded Of the Necessity IL oommu.
.nicating with the hank. He DELAYED
doing 80 for several days; bu, finding
the mental depression becoming in,o[.
he made the Journey 10 Bris-
oane, and was there informed that four
days before his arrival one of the other
had confessed Ia the robbery.
that 600 soyereigns out of 1900
had been stolen were found buried |
In the botanical Gardens at the precise |
spot indicated by the dream.
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~osotaG~s1 SHOES.

A great beau ~ the time ~ William
Rufus. called Robert the Horned. wore
Shoes with long sharp points. stuffed
with TOW. and twisted in a spiral form.
ms fashion took the fancy II the pso-
pie ~ hat day immensely. aud III.
i,oinr went On increasing yearly until
the reign 81 X chArd H., when they
had To De tied Ia IN. knees ~ the
wrarer 80 save him from being incum-
beref IN walking Thi. tying. or fast
enihg. In the case u gentlemen VA, by
chains u silver or silver gilt. Ia
,hancers time the upper part ~ these
shoes was cut la Initiate q church win
dow. The rank ~ the wcarer In those
days was known by the length II his
paulnines. The men, say. Paradin,
: wore them with n point before. aflfa
loot long the richer aud more eminent
~p"rsonagrs wore them a foot. and
princes two feet long" By an act Of
the reign of Edward w, the absurd
lengths &" which these points had nj.
was limited aud no one under
The rank II a lord was 20 wear shoe,
more thar lp inches long and Al cob.
making ihom we're Ia be- fined and
CURSED 10y the clergy al N, : .
nd
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New PROCESS With Coffee.

A German has just discovered "A pro.
cess, which h. has patented. aud by
which he claims To bo abb. Ia preserve
coffee IN all it, perfection, and Mt the
same time 10 render il more portable
and unaltcrahle for "A length IL time.
To effect his object. he subjects Tn,
freshly roasted and ground coffee 10 "A
pressure Of from ~ to 20 atmosphere.
l33 pounds la the square inch in cach)
In suitable cast-iron molds. The coffee
Is thus made into cakes. and comes into
the market In "a form resembling choco-
late. divided like the latter by lines. to
facilitate breaking into pieces Of suita.
bio sire for use. Tho interior surface
ofthe mold is highly polished. by which
means the outer crust III the compress
ed coffee IL made sufficiently smooth
and hard To prevent the tendency III
the ethereal oil II the berry To escape
from h interior " the cakes. Tn.
volume IT the coffee thus prepared Is
reduced tn less than one-third oi that Of
the original. Tho inventor claims that
the operation does not In the leas, AZ.
feet the good qualities Of the article,
and that IL can be packed and trans
ported In tin foil. OF otherwise. prcsery.
ing It's aroma indefinitely. %
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-16

A bad cold. like measlo. or mumn.
or other similar ailnients,fwul run n.
course of about ten DAYS, in ,pits OF
what may b" lone for IL, unless remedial
means aro employed within forty -eish,
hours of It's inception. Many a useful
lie may be spared 10 he increasingly
useiul. by cutting u cold short of. In
D following short and simple manncr
On the iir.: day Of taking n cold. there
II "a very unpleasant sensation II chilli.
ness The moment YOU observe this.
go Ia your room and stay there; keep IL
nj such n temperature as will entirely
prevent this chilly feeling, ven II il re-.
9uires n hundred degrees II Fahrenheit
In addition. put your feet In water, half
leg deep. ~ hot ~ YOU can bear II.
adding hotter water from time To time
Tor a quarter Of M hour. so that the
water shall be hotter when YOU take
your feet u than when YOU put them
IN then dry them thoroughly, and put
on warm thick wooden stockings. evan
" IL be- summer. for summer cold. are
the most dangerous, and for twenty. four
hours, not eat An atom 81 food: but
drink M largely ~ YOU desire Of n
Kind at warm teas. and at the end u
mat time, " not sooner. the cold will be
eiiectually broken, without any medi.
cine Whatever.
Efficient ~ the above means are. not
one IN "A thousand will attend T. them.
led ON as men are by the hope ,ha, a
cold will pass of II itself; nevertheless
This article will now and then pass under
the eye OF a wise man. who does not
choose to run the double risk II taking
physic and dying too.
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Popu ia milling.

Casanova, after his miraculous o..
cape from his prison Mt Venice. was the
hrst To develop in 1857. Ia any extent
the love French people had for games
of chance. democratizing and popular.
ising gambling. lie arrived Ia Paris
on the very night Damien. the regicide.
made his attempt IN Louis XIV, with
empty pockets, relying for his future on
the true patronage II the Able de- Ber-
MS. whom he had known when the
Able was French Ambassador AZ Ven.
Ice. He came nj a most opportune mo-
meni, when the Golfers Of the Stat. were
empty, and when twenty millions were
required 10 build the Ecole Militaire,
lie managed to secure the good graces
OF the Marquise de Pomp1dour, and
organized. under royal patronage. A
lottery with such success that the de-
hcit IN the budget was more than made
up, and the adventurer Casanova be-
came a rich and influential gentleman.
his friends imagined he had found the
philosophers stone. and. as he saws in
his memoirs, II went out IL an evening
With my pockets filed with lottery tick.
cts n returned home ut night with
paper turned into gold"
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but ! am too poor" Newer mind
that he said, come Ia my establish.
mon,. All ] ash ~ YOU IL 10 remain
there until YOU are we'll. or until say
yoa are incurablc." Tho doctor IL an
en,hwias lie does much ~ that .or,
oi thing Ia n groai injury Ca his pocket
but his theory isihat N YOU make n leg.
or srm. ar backbone. or any part ~
your body. de- what nature Intends Il
shall de-. after q while nature will come
In aud execute its work. lie found
employment for bis patient ~ copyist.
and then devoted himself to her NJ u
h had been the daughter ~ n land
lord ~ n fashionable hotel. and that is
the highest position We can think H.
And for seven long year. that poor
girl worked day after day In Oh. com.
plicnt"d machinery ~ the doctors hotel
Tor inyalid.. Aud slowly oh. 80 slow.
lyl yc' surely-sh gained On the en-.
envy FIRST u crutob went, then the
other. The sane followed. and after n
long time the lamoDoss disappeared,
and nj last she stooa up la the image ~
her Maker, bumab. handsome, aud liza
BILE io love. Tho secret, ~ success In all
fictitious literature IL In that one word
c~ndcayor' To struggle for something
th~t sesms almost impossible a. win. Ia
make that struggle heroic IN it, self.
aud high hope IL to scizo or aud
held the popular heart, II there l. sue
cess ihorc Is delight; " failure. there is
grief. NJ the fictitious characters wccr
alive aud very res "a ~. our little
heroine was fighting for her life. Her
had become her lie. Day after
DAY. month after month. year that ~
Into year. she had but one thought, or
hope. aud that was ,o M.
pear before her love. worthy his love,
and not his horror.
The long, drcnry struggle was draw.
.ng Ia a close. when one day she hap.
'onod Ia pick up n Western Journal,
md suddenly she threw IL FROM her
With n Wild cry. The good doctor aud
lis attendants could not comprehend
he cause. She had caught the name
u her lover, and read u brief notice of
lis marriage. Poor little girl. Sne
cit more wrciched IN her strength,
'ealih and beauty than when n helpless
she sat IN the room nj Wash.
ngton listening Ia the sweet. sympa-
hotio words Of the man who had for.
often her Washington Capital.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-16

Anna Dickinson. since her theatrical
experience of last season, ha. been de.
voting herself To the study of French
history, In which she had already be.
come Interested Ia an unusual degree.
aud, AT the solicitation II friends, sh.
has consented To appear again ON the
lecture platform. and give. in a series
OF lectures. the result ~ her studies.
Miss Dickinson has consented Ia this
arrangement with reluctance. fearing
that it might bo said that she had Civ,
en- up her intontion to follow the stage.
Her lectures will be delivered in only
the largest cities. beginning in New
York. and her subjects for the series.
which will include four lectures, will
he Joan II Arc" Henry ". ".,yol.
taire,' and "Danton." She will n,
under the management 81 the Ameri.
can Literary Bureau. Miss Dickinson,
return In the lecture field should not b,
construed into any abandonment of her
theatrical aspirations. She attributes
her ill'fortuno theatrically To the treat
mcnt she received at the hands of the
the New York critics. aud she has de-
tcrminod to wait for an suspicious time.
and then to tread the boards again In
characters Of her own creation.-Ner
York san.
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SOMEHOW m OIpea.


Life hss a burden on every one's shoulder
None may esoarc from iis troubles AMI carr
Misp n ~ Youth, aud tail com. when ser,
older.
And Q, ~ " elose 40 the ssrmssis ~ resr
esrro- ccmcs into our live, uninvi,.d.
Robbins our heart ~ ~ treasure II sme
Lovcrs rfUv coli, and Friendship. sre All L,ed.
Yet, somehow o. oih,r, we worry aiont :.
Every day toll "a an everyday blessing,
1hoagh po,cr,y's cottage and enst ~ may
SHARE
Weak ., the bach en- which burden. src ptc..
ing,
but stout 8, The hear, that {, strengthened
b prsyr
komsbov 90 o'her, the pa,hsa, grows brighter,
just ~hso W noun iberr vas oae 10 b :.
ffisnai,
Hore IN the heart makes the burden seem
Higher,
And somehog or other ~ re-, 20 The cnd.
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Was II A Miracle !

A circumstance Il related IT n recent
marvellous restoration of the human
voice, which had been lost for u NUN.
Der 81 years. which Is worthy %! more
than n passing notice. A lady ot Bos.
ton. now some thirty. five years oi aye.
several years since had the misfortune
tn almost completely lose the use Of her
vocal organization-so much so, in
fact, that with the exception Of very
raro occasions, she was unable tn speak
above u whisper, Some three weeks
ago she read an account of "A r,marka-
bio curc affected by DR.. Cults. through
the fundamentally, ~ IL WAS said. Of
faith and prayer. the doctor placing his
hand upon the lady's head. and nj the
conclusion of n fcrvent appeal tn the
Supreme Being, the lady arose and ex-
claimed. II have got my voice AS well
rs ever and she remains in the com.
plete possession IL 1t up to the present
time. The circumstance is n singular
one, Ia say the least The lady of
course attributes the cure Ia an implicit
faith In the doctors prayers; but be-
that as IL may, there j. no question
other than that u radical cure has been
effected.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-16
wanderings Of an Old Violin,

Among the Now Workers who Tough,
In the Mexican war was n musician
named Boyd. whose skill with the bow
was often turned Ia account when the
Time hung heavy In camp or the spirits
of the boys dropped. After the cnp-
turo Ut the capital Boyd met u Mexican
officer who told him Of an odd and
highly priced violin. the property of
another officer. lie hunted up tho
owner. and found that the instrument
was u genuine Cromona. Every grain
bore nnmistakablc evidences II q
anu BOYD determined tn secure u aud
carry u home as n trophy. All offers
81 barter were Indignantly refused by
the Mexican, and the American was
obliged tn obtain by foul means what
ho could not by fair. lIo carried In,
instrument home aud used Il for several
years. u Ia history vas kept secret
until In time of adversely he was COM
pellod to part with II. IL went into
the possession of n Mr.. Barnes, who
paid three hundred dollars for II, II
descended 10 his SON, DIR X. A. Barnes.
~ Richmond, During its travels 4,
had been shattered Ia Fragments, and
was no longer 81 amy practical value.
Mr' "A. ", Clark. u yirtuoso Of much
experience. saw II on exhibition, and
exchanged u for u line instrument of
his own. By three months labor he
has restored u la Its original shape aud
tone. Tho back aud neck are new, but
tho frame aud top were made by Nicho.
las Ammati, remarkable for the very
large arch and deep belly. The zone
Is soif and sweet. but very powerful.
growing louder ~ the listener rccedos.
until he IL beyond n point whore an
ordinary instrument would bc inaudi.
BILE, Indianapolis journal.
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upon by . gang - runians. carried 10
The seaside, put on .hipboard. and sold
n q slave "a the rukrs. Aner hi.
masters death be escaped. aud. wiih
great difficulty. working his way frat
u Lisbon, and theme. a. Dover. he ar
rived IN England. "a our las books
cody say. 80 the greA, surprise II all
the cDuutrx
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-16
Asfrih'nx Il.strstiss Of the Great Vice
0f f~sllkorsiaL

An illustration ~ a.. hold which yau.
filing has upon men who have once been
engaged IN mining l. al r,ed by "a.
life ~ % Brien. late y memt., "A a..
BONANZA firm. IN the day ~ his ssrhg
giles and poverty this mah had ,cen sr.
cu't0ined to play ''old sledgc .fUr i've
cent. . corner Ia hi. old bar room In
san francisco, H. ~as for,anst. In
having FLOOD aud ,.aekAy nod Pair Tor
partners, and be- became worth millions,
before be knew IL. Bn, to tb. d,y of
his death he never for,ook his ".ld
sledRe.' lie took 10 interest,", In the bu.
sine-s ~ tho firm. simply leaving his
money for the other. 10 work upop
He passed his time In the it'll. old bar.
room playing bis favorite game with
his old friends aud generally winning
The i've cent stakes ~ the poor devil.
With whom he played. There was moth
ing mean about O'Brien. H. vas sim
ply y gambler by instinct aud custom
hS most miners are. aud he continued
the fascinating play until death claimed
MIN NJ his own winning.
There !. nothing disgracefu. IN gam.
Dung 10 this community. aud the men
who run III. games and steal. So to
speak, The hnrd-earucd wages ~ the
miner are looked upon ~ the leading
gentlemen ~ the towns. Tho r.pn'
icd owner Of the hoayie-, game In Gold
mn " a member Of the Methods,
church. sings revival hymns with deep
JUNCTION, and NJ the tate election was
ch"~'n state senator over - very 1ur.
Thy gentleman aud merchant. Thi.
WIZ serve Ia show the estimation in
gamblers ARE held here. The,
are. 50 Ia speak. the cream of The land. !
" y. Grabhfc.
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HAigs. Half pound % butter, two
pounds OF dour, one pint Of milk. six
eggs, three tsblesPoonfuls Of Yeast; il
liked sweet, half pound Of sugar. stir.
rcd IN when they rise = little salt Bake
In Patty-Pans.
lhe Agricultural papers generally are
entering into . pretty FRYE d-iscussion
on the good qualities os sorghum.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-16

feor Mass hddins Three cups Of
Hour. one cup II molasses, one CUP OF
milk, a cup of suet. one sup ~raisins,
n teaspoonful Of soda, splice TO taste;
boil two hour; eat with sauce.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-16

frtsd Potatoes. Potatoes sliced very
,hin, should be cooked in a deep skill.
,et' me lard OF butter must be boiling
hot II placed in q wire sieve. much
time Is saved and trouble spared.
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kind The tone 1. ~ hard A. marble
a the Singular markings are very dis.
hnct - TrgtHia Eatsryrtfe.
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Many m would deny themselves
numerous pleasures for the ballot, and
for the ballet.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-26

sible method to prevent such division
or split is for the party IN Is state
conventions, platferni ana other party
agencies, t. ~ pec6 ref CT aHd ,bsy
the "a III Of its massse,
With zpt Ct 10 tiie State debt, we
hoid that all tbe jus and honest deb.s
of the s ale oUgnt 10 be paid, Or aC-
justed, OuG sc hold that the people are
compe to determine what are IL g
honest and just debts of the Safe ;
and, therefore, we are opposed TO any
settlement Or disposition of the State
debt unless the same be sanctioned by
the will of The people expressed at the
| ballOt-bOx.
8. To the end that the next State
| Democratic Convention may, IN It's ac
ton, IT fleet the will of the majority OF
its members, resolved. that com nit
tee of five be appointed by the chair,
one from each grand division of the
State. and two from the State at large
10 correspond with the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee with re-
spect to the time, plsce and method Of
calling the next State Democratic Con
venti0n, and respectfully argethat tbe
Convention be called at a time uude!
such conditions, and with such in.
sfructions to the primary meetings il
the various counties as will insure tina
the Convention, " hen assembled, will
in lis action, respect, reflect aud obey
The msjoEity of the voters OF the parry
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-26

knows just enough to make
a good repudiationist, but
who thinks he knows enough
to make good Governor !;
Emmett Thompson, a nervous little
white>headed man from Wilson,
who imagines himself Old Atlas
with the world on his back; Dorsey
Thomas, who wants to be decent,
but whose life is an unceasing strug-
gle with his ungratifed ambition 4;
John R. Beasley, of Franklin, whose
satisfaction with himself beams out
from his serene but narrow forehead,
and Tom Baker, who is too clever a
fellow to be training with such a
crowd. These are the men who
were heard-Who did the talking.
What was done appears else'
where. Stripped of all surplus
verbiage, it amounts to about this
ResOlUed, That we are opposed tc
the reputation of any just debts.
ResOlved, That We do not owe
anything.
1t was shabby meeting in a
shabby cause, not largely attended,
but too largely for Tennessee Is
credit. What the result will be we
will not undertake to say, but we do
not regret that the meeting was
held. 1t serves to show the char
acter Of the cause as well as OF
those who are its leaders. With
intelligent men it can have but one
effect, and that not bad one.