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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-18
SATURDAY, OCT. IS, 1879.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE
BLOODY SHIRT

BLOODY SH1RT."
Whenever a Democratic orator or
journal is pushed to the wall by his
Republican opponent, in an argus
ment on politics, the cry of "Bloody
Shirt" comes yelling forth from his
gsips as naturally as water runs down
hill. This plant is his answer to
every argument that can he brought
forward on every conceivable ques-
ton. If you speak of States
10 Rights, he answers with ''Bloody
Shirt" if you speak of Repudia-
ton, he cries "Bloody Shirt ;" if
you speak of finance, he utters
Bloody Shirt if you speak of
the exodus, he repeats with en-
Z pasiS Bloody Shirt" But if you
speak of the history of the Repub-
lican party, of its fulflment of
'''~ every pledge it ever made, of its
saving the Nation, then with
shrek ike the blast OF log horn,
eag The screams Bloody Shirt" He
~ forgets the fact that the shirt was
first bloodied on the fatal day when
the guns of the Democratic party
% were turned upon Fort Sumpter and
vaz the Star Spangled Banner that SO
proudly foatcd above it. He for
gets that for four years in many a
pitched battle and in many an en-
sanguined field, the muskets of the
Democratic party were belch>
S ing forth leaden hail for nc
other purpose than to bloody it
He forgets that when Lee had sur
rendered and the Confederacy was q
thing of the past that Ku-Klu1
--.'@ Klans, savage night-riders, armed
with shotgun, hempen rope ant
lash, turned their attention to dyinl
it a more crimson color. They for
get that later on, White Leaguers
Rife Clubs, Red-shirt Brigades ant
such hell~conceived organization
sass assumed their mantle and the perse
cution went on. In short, they for
get that wherever and whenever on
drop Of blood was added to it, tina
it was done by the Democrat
uggie party They forget all this, and
encouraged by the twaddle of
few weak-minded, Utopian sent
Qer-l mentalists, who are nominally Re
publicans, remember only that thei
.sbsm iery has been potent weapon in tn
past end assume that it will be tn
same powerful instrument in th
aEaa future.
Now, leaving out of consider;
SIS ton the Rebellion, and the cause
that lead thereto, we are of th
opinion that the 'Bloody Shirt
Just as admissible an argument fc
rus as the denunciation thereof
for them. 1t can not be truthful
! said that the revival of se'
> s aAtioRal issues can be laid 1
the door of the temp
of q" Republicanism. 1t
to be put down to the credit
sxvr the Democrats themselves. Twit
. iii since the end of the war has IL
Republican party held out th
olive branch of peace and reache
forth the right hand of fellowship
the people of the South. Twic
--S p has it made strenuous efforts to COZ
ciliate the men that wore the gra,
La all earnestness and kindly spir
the advances were made, but the
were met with ridicule, with insul
with jeers. President Johnso
3 made the first attempt and b
E@a administration labored hard to r
construct the South on the "Grac
Mercy and Peace plan. Is
necessary for us to say that tt
- attempt was dismal failure? "
opine not. Some of the Southel
States enacted statutes at once, tina
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-18
Chancery Sale of Valuable Lands.
No SO55.


J. NJ. Kennedy. Treasurer of the Hospital
Association of East Tennessee, VS.. James
Rodgers and vie ct al a N Brain VS..
Jas Rodgers and wife ct al. Bill and cross
II. : = - =,
DUnSUANT TO AN INTERLOCU F0RY De
/ cree trOnnunced Il the bjve cause at the
Ju ne tenn 1879 OF the ChanceTy Cour at ktrx
vile, eunessee, l viii seu at public sucIor, TO
the hi xhesg ii der N front It the urt house
aoor l. an, XVI lie, Tennes on
SATURDAY THE 18TH DAY OF
OCr. NEXT AT IL 0 CLOCK, a. M 1,
the LANDS men Toned and de or bed in the plead =
ings, lying in the 70 civil district oil Knox
county, tennessee adjoining tie lands 10 luer
wnsd by Judge We cKer. he nds of Michael
Davis, John Wrinkle and others. containing
about 80, acres, being the land m0r' ged by
ia. = dgers aud wife to VIM Brai the
2 tn If July, 1872 and resister the same day IN
the REGISTERS Office of Knox county IN Trust
Book b vol. lst, pages z68 and Z69, first offer ng
for sale that portion of the said land embraced
In the deed of trust executed on the stu das t
May, 1872. by Jas. Rodgers and wife to +
St, Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company. and
then all that portion not embraced in said deco
of trust but emb aced IN the mortgage to WIN
Braine aid then Offering the whole tract
to gether as set out il the mortgage executed TO
said aine, and adopt hat sale which brings
the highest price.
TERM
Said sale will be made upon credit of 6. p
Is and "a months and in bar of the equity Of
redemption, taking from the purchaser notes
with good security and retaining lien as turtner
security. This Sept. 18th. 1879
sept16wit NJ. L. PATTERSON. G. Il M, {
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-18

Are the most et-
fective and congo
NAL purgative ever
discovered. They
are mild, but eff
fectual in their
operation, moving
the bowels surely
and without pain.
Although gentle
in their operation,
they are still the
most thorough and
searching cathar-
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-18
Chancery Sale Of a Lot in
Temples Addition to
Knoxville.
No. 3.242.
O, P. Temule vs.. Frank Stone,

o.. P. Temple VS.. Frank Stone,
PURSUANT To A DECREE PRON0UNCFD
L in the above cause at the June term. 1879,
of the Uhancery Court It kroxvllle, ennessee
viii sell at public auction u the highest bidder.
in fre Mt Of the curt house door in Knoxville On
TUESDAY, THE nth DAY OF NOVEMBER
Next, AT II O'CLOCK. A. M.
portion OF lot No. liz, in what is known as
o 2: Tel Ile's Additi u to West NE. xVilIe: =
aec riding 20 a map mate by A. M, Lea. Said
part . ns,st pg of 81 feet in the este ~ side
there Of rrontiog on Willow street. an running
back, ny ira lei lines. II the center of fir-t,
and situate i'll the st civ dlstrIct ct Knox
county, Ten essee.
TERMS:
Said sale will be mate credit of six and
tw, I've months and IN bar Of the equity re
dtmlti n rsuuir pg o. the purchaser a note with
good secur ", be- rine iaterest from date ana re
tainit e a Len as further security. lbs. G ober
Sth, % NJ. l.. PAI iEhSON, Z. q M.
octS Wit
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-18
City StrsffOrB.
ANIGHrs OF HOROR.

DEL1EF LODGE. No. 163. K. of H.-Meets
IL on the e st and Third Friday nights of each
month at TeatOnsa Hail corner Church and uay
Streets.
K. A. Brown. q D: Harvey Clark. Reporter
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-18
Ayers Cathartic Pills,

For all the purposes of Family Physlc,
and for curing Costlveness, J41no otf'
Headache, Erysipelas, Rheumatism,
Eruptons and Skin Diseases, Bill
iousness, Dropsy, TuLnors, w orms'
Neuralgia, as Dinner Pill,
for PurifYing the Blood,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14
Hyp0chOndria.

There are mild forms Of hypochondria
which never receive that specific name
from the doctors who attend them, but
nevertheless give their victims much
trouble. The nervous man who is visited
with pimple magnities it into q malig-
nsnt pastule, and his imagination tor.
lures him with the morbid picture OF
the suffering and sudden death which he
will be called to undergo. Many people
are haunted all their lives in this way
without anything serious ever happen
ing, and when they reach old age have,
for sole compensation, the opportunity
of congratulating themselves that not
one of the disagrceabc ompns they had
was ever realized. But after the hypo-
chondriac is cured of one of his un-
healthy flncics he is sure, sooner or later.
to acquire another. AS DR.. Maudesley
points out in his Responsibility in
Mental Disease" though the patient
may seem to 90 away entirely disabused
of his sick fancies, they return to him or
are supplantcd by worse.
In very exceptional instances, indeed,
the hypochondriac may take new de-
parturc and with daily supreme effort
Of will shake off the rnrnmbrance that
weighs upon him. But this is so sell
dom the case that statistics scarce ma kc
mention Of it: and it may generally be
taken for granted that when hyrochon-
dria is cured II change of surrounding
conditions is more responsible for ii than
is the direct exercise of will on the part
Of the patient. his environment remain,
ing unchanged. Few men thus afflicted
have the perseverance and the strength
of will necessary to lift off every day TIT,
incubus which flstGns them down and
to think and act like well men merely
hrcause they choose to do so.-New YORK.
IcleQrai1,.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14
The Queen Of All.

Honor the dear old mother. Time has
scattered the snowy flakes on her brow,
plowsd deep furrows on her cheek, but
IS She not sweet and beautiful now? The
lips are thin and shrunken, but those are
the lips which have kissed many n hot
tear from the childish cheeks, and they
are the sweetest lips in i'll tie world.
The eye is dim, yet it glows with the
soft radiance of holy love which can
never fade. All, yet, she is dear old
mother. The sands Of life are nearly run
out, but feeble rs she is, will go further
and reach down lower for you than any
other upon earth. You cannot walk into
a midnight where she cannot see you
YOU cannot enter prison whose bars
will keep her out ; you can never mount
n scaffold too high for her to reach that
she may kiss and bless you in evidence
of her deathlcss love. When the world
shall dcspise and forsake you, when it
leaves you by the wayside to die un-
noticed. the dear old mother will gather
YOU in her feeble arms and carry you
home and tell you fall your virtues un-
til you almost forget that your soul is
disiigurcd by vice. Love her tcnderly,
and cheer her declining years with holy
devotion. n.-Erchanga.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14
To Mend Stockings.

A lady, who finds in the practice OF
the homc!y art that she brings comfort
to her family, gives these suggestions rs
TO stocking-mending:
Given dozen pairs Of woocn ribbed
socks. Select from them the two or
three nairs most worn: cut away the
heels and toes, and lay by the better
parts for use in mending-wcll, yes, for
patches.
From the best hose retained to be re-
paired, cut out the worn heel, and from
the patches cut new heel precisely like
the old one.
First sew the bottom of the heel. then
sew it into the place made vacant. Use
soft cotton. or else the fine, soft mend
ing yarn, which comes, of all colors, on
spools. -,
Sew the raw edges lover and over" !"
about rs close rs nice overcast; so that
when the new heel is worn out, you
have only to pull the thread and insert
another.
The thread must not be so tight but
that the seam will tiattcn and become
imperceptibe to the foot. TO sew in
such q. heel will require about one
minute.
If the toe is worn. so that the new
darns seem to take from the old, and the
rent is made worse, cut it off so far from
the instep rs it is thin: :,
From the top of the sock put aside,
cut a new toe like the old. Sew across
the end, and then around the foot, OBJ
serving to make the seam, rs before,
flat and soft.
When again worn out, repeat the pro,
cess. till the entire dozen, like the fablcd
ducks, have eaten one another up.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14
Just Like q Man.

Mrs. Cligho went down to the Sand
wich Springs the other day with some
friends, and after she had departed her
husband looked around the house to IS see
what he could do to busy himself. Inc
front steps looked rather brown and he
pulled off his coat, hunted up paint and
brush, and in an hour he had completed
rs nice q lob of painting us any house
wife would care to sce He had right
TO chuckle over it, and to imagine how
nleased his wife would be; but no one
could tell what IN hour may BRING forth.
Even before she had opened the gate on
her return the wife got rcd in the face,
ilourished her parasol around, and called
out: w.
You great big idiot! Won't you
never learn anything?"
"Wh-what's the matter now" he
gasped. .
dozen pcopie to come in this evening"
"Ycs--well, can't they Gomez"
Can they? Hasn't every blessed one
of them got to come in ut the side door
and sec that sitting.room carpet atl 1ull
of holes, and the back hall all torn up:
I'll die before I'll let 'cm. and II you
don't get soap-suds and n rag and take
that paint off I'll hire it done"
Mr.. Cligho was just IN hour ana
half ut the job, and wi cn men went past
and asked him what he was doing, lie
softly replied that he was using soap,
enlls to cxtcrminatc red ants.--Dctron
Free Press.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14
Where He Stored His Money.

A few days ago there died in the town
of Vernon, Winneshick county. IN aged
farmer named Carpenter, who left a will,
bcqueathing 10 his son an old chest that
had been m heirloom in the family. On
opening the chest the son was surprised
and inccnscd to find that it contained
nothing of value. lie so reported to the
remaining members of the family, when
they persuaded him to make further in
vcstigations, which he did in taking the
chest apart. In doing so, two cleats;
each half an inch thick and perforated
with augcr holes, were discovered. Tear,
ing off these cleats the young man found
that they were hollow, and that the
snnce between the lid and the bottoms of
the cleats had been filled with gold coins
by the thoughtful parent. How long
they had been stored in such singular
manner in that old chest is mystery
Iowa State Register.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14
Wrapping Food Piper )

!. 1t is a,matter of daily experience on
the part Of everrt g.aaaIass .aIasssss .ss:ses
ZNist,s9, r:.eeSe, sad5as asss, lisls 'tstse
goods are almost ii.variably 1yf3pped up
in printed or manuscript paper. fert
laps we might also say that provisions
for picnics and otheflfampers are slowed
away in similar coverings, and it Will,
therefore, not be amiss if we call atten-
ton to the fact that danger has been dis
covered to lurk in these newspaper
In the case of printed paper, the char
acters have often been transferTedto the
cheese or butter, and either they are cut
away by the uuservant cook, or they are
unnoticed, and in due course become as
simulated in the process OF satisfying
hunger. 1t is supposed that the ink or
the paper itself may possibly by some
chance contain something deleterlous.
But written paper is even more likely to
be hurtful. inasmuch rs in writing the
papcr has been in close contact with the
hand. which not improbably may be
giving afa perspiration, that may enter
the pores of the paper and may there
ferment, rot with advantage to health
in the event of any portion of the manus-
cript being allowed to accompany the
food down unsuspecting threats.
This subject las called forth some
correspondence in German papers, and
though we would not attach absurd I'M
portance to it, it may still be said that
clean unused paper is so cheap that
retail dealers have small excuse for
using either printed or written matter
for wrapping up their commodities
E1ckangc..
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14
Ii is Better.

1t is better to look up and take pleas
ure in contemplating the good and
great, than to find happiness in low de-
vices and mean acts. 1t is better 70 tell
the truth than to tell a lie; to do good
than to do mean; to save n reputation,
than to blast one; to have charity than
to be critically severe: to love your fel-
lows than to hate them; better to lit up
the fallen than to pull down those al
ready up; to speak kind words than to-
hiss out the gall of bitterness; to keep
pure than to reek with filth; to be on
the losing side of right than to be on the
triumphant side of wrong; to be honest
than to cheat; to have honest piety than
to be Haunting hypocrite; to he indus
trious than to he an idle vagrant to be
Il fair and square human being than to
be an uncertain quantity. With your
virtue worship the trucand you may at
tain unto greatness, but you can never
do it in the eyes of justice by trampling
upon, or by despising what is under you.
The poor have us bright eyes and rs ten
der hearts rs the rich. They are not be-
low your consideration. Natures will
lo'3 will bend over them with the same
grace and beauty they will over the
proudestson and daughter ofearth. Con-
ccrning being true in life, Grace Green
wood says: =" Never unscx yourself for
greatness. The worship of one true
heart is better than the wonder of the
world. Don't tr;mplc on the flowers
while longing for the stars. Live up to
the full measure of life, give way to your
impulses, loves and enthusiasms; sing,
smile, labor and be happy. Adore poetry
for its own sake; yearn for, strive after
excellence; rejoice when others attainiti
feel for your contemporaries n loving
envy; steal into your country's heart
glory in its greatness, rNult in its spower,
honor its gallant men, immortaliZc Its
matches women" How much better
to do these things than to go sulkingand
skulkiny throug gh lie like some diShon-
orcd cur! tits better and easier to do
right than to do wrong. You go straight
forward to the right, but you approach
the wrong by devious and doubtful ways.
-Quincy Modern A'yo.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14
The Giant Cacil or Arizona.

A writer in the Philadelphia Times,
describing trip through Arizona, says:
We soon entered the land Of giant
cacti. was never more surprised than
ut seeing the wonderful development of
this plant in this region. | am satisfied
that nowhere in the world is such size
attained. The species called Swatara
grows to the enormous height OF sixty
feet, and measures six feet in diameter.
There are tens of thousands OF this
species. Most ofthem will measure from
eight inches to two feet in diameter and
reach 4 height of twenty to thirty, feet.
Some have no limbs, and resemble u
high post; others have from one to three
arms. They seem to stand on the top OF
the sand, with scarcel y any root. and
must receive their nutrition largely from
the atmosphere. They are capped with
beautiful flower. and later with fruit. Tha
Indians remove the fruit with long
spiked pole, and use it in large quanti--
ties. The center of this cactus is pierced
with hard. tough rod, which supports
il in times of storm. So firm is this sup
port that one is seldom found broken or
blown to the earth. When in a state of
decay YOU can extract the centre, which
resembles more than anything else Il fish
ing-rod.
There are fifteen or twenty different
species Of cacei growing in this region.
The pole cactus grows much like a large
corn stalk. Each years growth.is indi-
Gated by u joint, and rich, tenacious
gum eyudcs from the surface, causing it
to burn like pine when it is entirely
green. There are two varieties of what
is called the bulb. These grow in the
form ola ball and nearly the size of y
pint cup. One variety is armed with
thorns half IN inch in length, the other
with q different kind Of thorn, much re-
semhling porcupine's quill. These
thorns are rs sharp as needles. and re-
quirr but little pressure to penetrate
their entire length into the foot of n man
or the hoof Of Il horse. The variety hav-
ing the short tholns bears red-colored
fruit, about the size of Il small peach; it
is very sweet, and the juice flows from 4
gold pen us beautiful red ink. There is
another species which bears n different
kind of fruit, resembling a cucumber
about two-thirds maturcd. The pulp is
of the consistency of the banana, but
much swcetrr, and very full of black, flat
seeds. the size of dime. AS far as [
have been able to ascertain there are
three kinds of fruit growing on rs many
different species of cacti in this desert
land. Another kind, priced more than
I'll the rest by tn" Indians, very much
resembles our century plant. The wild
Apachcs have for ages depended largely
| on this for sustcnancp. They boil the
root, make il into mush and thus eat it..
and from the rest Of the plant MAKE Il
sour drink, which they greatly enjoy.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14
Little JOhnny's Philosophy.

There was dog, and there was cat,
and there was q OK. The dog it scd to
the OK, the dog did:
"That's mighty long tail you got
there, mister. with q nice tossle to. the
end, but you can't waggle it when you
meet your master"
Then the cat it sed to the OK:
"No, indeed, and you can't bio it. up
like bloom when you git mad"
Then the lam it sed: .
'' You amt able for to twinkle it,
either. wen you think of something
funny" =.
The OK he thot q while, and bime by
.he spoke up and sed his>ownself:
Il plade hooky wen was little boy
$50 much that I dident learn. them vain
that's a fack, but got
tolably good bisness edecashun, and /
CESS mebbe you fellers wude have to cum
to me for to hellep you out if you had to
fiji n order for OK tail SOUP"
Wen Mister Gipple was in Africa he
seen sum natifs, witch is called Hotten-
tops, and they likes their beef raw, like
dogs, and he see EN- cut it orf of the cat
ties vile they was a life and bellerin.
And sum Of the cattles had ben cut up q
good deal that way, but not ded.{ One
day the King of The Hottentops he see
Mister: :Gipple, and he sed, the King sed :
;. did you see any cattles long the
road you cump' Cos mine have strade
away, and I can't find 'em."
Mister. Gipple he sed:
'":Yes, sir, Jest over beyond that hill is
porter:house stake with one horn broke
orf, and bout n mile further long yule
find a rib roast eatin the wilers, and near
by seen two houtches Of bull fitin sum
soop bones, and onto the other side Of
the spring I CESS yule see liver and sum
tripe a laYin in the shade and chewin
their cuds." -.
But Mister Brily, the butcher, he mock
em onto the he'd with axes and cut their
throte in minnit, and me and Billy we
say hooray. 3,
=. Cows is beef, and a calf it is veal, but
little pigs is mutton -: =,
One time wns in Mister Brily's shop
and he had cut OFF pigs he'd and set it
on the top of barrel, and ole CATER
Peters he cum in and seen it, and he sed,
old CATER did,.
..Mister .Brily, your pig is; agitting
OUT ... go - =.
Mister Brily he luked, and then he sed:
-"That's so, CATER, you: jest take that
stick andrap him onto the nose fore lie
can draw it in"
So CATER be took up. the stick and
snook up real sill, and fetched the pigs
he'd a regular nose wipe, hard as ever ne
tcude with the stick, and nocked the pigs
led erf the bari, and you never. seen sech
Sstonish man. But Mister :Brliy he
pretend ded like, he:wasent lookin, and cid
CATER he,sed: - - :; = ~, & s
3.sMister Brily, you must t>xcuse! me.
hut wen I struck at that pig itdodged
and cut its he'd orf agin the jetof the
barl." u -; 3 z. :. ~
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14

Mr.. John i. Cough is in his sixty
second wear, has travelled about 10000
miles and delivered nearly 5000 lectures
within the last tliirly-scvcn years, and
vet he has not been in bed Il whole day
from illness since 1916.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14
WatcllWOrdS.

WatchWOrds. (
Through gathering clouds and stormy seas Of
Two golden watchwords guide and comfort
me; &
Toiling along my path, early and late,
cling to patience and fidelity. r.
In all the weary changes of my day
strive to follow duty faithfully;
And when ialter, tainting by the way,
With subtle influence patience strengthens
me-.
: So onward, through what suffering God. may
send,
walk with faith, and feet that shall not
tire,
Trusting with patience, strong unto the end,
To reach at last, oh, Lord, my souls desire.
Helen S. Conant, in Harpsr's.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14

The Charleston (Ill.) Paindca1er says
that the farmers of that vicinity have
discovered new cure for hog cholera.
When the cholera appears among their
animals they cook n dead one and feed 1t
to the others, md it rarely fails to effect
q cure.