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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-04
AYERS Ague Cure,

1i7l Fever, Remittent Fever, Dumb Ague,
srj08jcal or Bilious Fever, &c, and indeed
t4ce affections which arise from n1alCri-
-, marsh, or miasmatic poIsons.
lis IS n compound remedy, prepared with
scieltific skill from vegetable ingredients, which
rarely fails to cure the scyCrcst cases of Chls
=.ntj fcver and the cOnCOmtdnt disorders. Such
:: remedy the necessities of the people in mala-
-ious districts demand. Its great superiority
over any other medicine yet discovered for the
cure of IRtcrnittcnts j., that it contains no qui
nine or mineral, and those who take it are free
from danger Of quinism or any Injurious effects,
:nd are as healthy after using it rs before. 1t
has been extensively employed during the last
tlnrty years in the treatment Of these distressing
disorders, and so unvarying has been its success
nat ihas gained the reputation of being infal-
lible. 1t can, therefore, be safely recommended
IS 4 sure remedy and specinc for the Fever and
Ai;to Of the West and the ChiIls and Fever Of
the south. 1t counteracts the miasmatic poison
II The blood, and frees the system from its in0u-
cnce, so that fever and ague, shakes or chills,
ol,cc broken up by it, do not return until the
disease is again contracted.
Inc great variety of disorders which arise from
.hc irritation of this poison, such as Neuralgia,
rheumatism. GoUt, Headache, blindness,
:@ugisiacEie, Ea"ache, EatarrlI, Asthma, Pal
u. aii@r, SpIenic GPctioas, Mysteries, Pain
:. lie Eso.yels, Cola. Paralysis, and derangc-
q the stomach, all cfWhich become ntermit-
CT q periodical, have no spcedier remedy than
yrs AGJE CURE which cures them all alike,
Z a protects the system from future attacks. As
icevcltivc, it is CT immense service in those
II li;.5i;ies where Fever and Aguc prevails, as
It vs the Cicy20l,-a-.:t Of the disease if taken
o. le Iirst a!'p@oa !. 9fthc prcmonitory synlp-
sol ;. Travellers mi temporary residents are
t.Hs er1.:lCd 10 dt Il JHes2 disorders, and few
Nj! ever suffer if l..r avaii themselves OF the
sol- hon tbs Ten,, ;.l.oris
-rFiv"r Comp .'.iS, &i'-ins from torpidi'y,
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-04
Daily weather Report
EsuEvu4E 1KyN,. April. l.-9.

Esviuum Thermometer Az, Minimum So.
B. K. HCUGs,
Ser cant Signal Corps u, >. Amy
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
Millers to Have an Exposition.

George Balm. president of the Ameri-
can Millcrs' National Association, has
issued IN address to millers, millwrights,
dealers in mill machinery, flour dealers
and bakers OF the United States, setting
forth that the grand exposition of mill
machinery. mill products, grain, etc.,
will be held in connection with the an
nual convention of the Millers' Associa-
tion, next June, and asking them to
cooperate in making the event note
worthy one. Besides the exhibition of
domestic flour and its various products
in the way of bread, crackers, etc, SAM
pies ofcclebrated flour made in Europe
will be imported, so that comparisons
may be made between the wheat pro-
ducts of the two hemispheres. Deal
in grain, as well rs millers, ere invited
to exhibit samples of grain raised in
their parts of the country, and railway
companies offering lands to emigrants,
and States seeking to promote emigra-
tion. are expected to make large exhibits
of the products of their lands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
There are cases in which, through the

There are cases in which, throu gh the
giving way to excesses of various kinds,
including intemperance in eating and
drinking, the sufferers feel what they
often describe as "altogether out of
in the body that is not crippled more or
less, and the mind too seems to partake
of share of the general wreck. Mind
you, there may be no real disease in
any part of the frame, and still the pa
tient feels as i'll as possible. For cases
like these I can prescribe nothing better
than change of scene, and complete rest
of body and mind. This, combined
with temperance in eating and drink
ing, will soon repair the system. But
once restored to health, let complete
change in the system and style Of living
be had recourse to, or the second i'll
ness will be infinitely worse than the
first.
Tonics of some kinds may be found
of great use in helping to restor relaxed
constitutions during the holiday taken
Immediately before the advent of win
ter. The mineral acids with bitters,
and the t;ncture of bark, will often be
found invaluable; so will the bath.
Here is u capital tonic in the form Of a
bath. Well lather the body thoroughly
with soap and hot water, from head to
foot, by means of bathing glove. Then
Immediately after take a cold sponge
bath. which should be ready at hand.
If real sea-water is at hand, so much the
better; if not, the bath should be got
ready the night before. by throwing into
it two or three good handfuIs Of the
rough sea-salt of the shops. The bath
should be taken the very first thing
after getting out of bed, and if afterward
short walk be taken before breakfast,
the sense of exhilaration will be very
great. Bazar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
A Horses Revenge.

The society for the protection Of ami
mails against the cruelty of human ami
mails is not remarkable for activity in
this country, writes the Paris CORE
spondent of a London paper. Tile po-
lice appear to think it no business of
theirs when carriers or coachmen bru-
tally maltrea. their horses in the streets,
or when boys amuse themselves by tor-
turing dogs and cats. or whatever other
creatures have the ill-luck to fall into
their hands. The horses would appear
to be aware of the supineness of their
supposed protectors, for they have taken
the matter into their own hands, or
rather into their own teeth and feet.
A carter by dint of hard hogging at his
three horses, persuaded them to drag
sixteen tons of coal to the root of the
steep hill which leads to the Boulevard
Bessiers; but his powers of stimulation
utterly failed to induce them to proceed
any further-a thick steam rose up from
their painting sides and nostrils.
Budget" said the fiend; and straight
way the carter began to lash and swear.
A crowd gathered around the furious
beast, who abandoned the lash
and began to bang his stick about their
heads and kick them with hob-nailed
boots in the sides. The leader of the
team took upon himselfto protest against
this extreme measure. He turned round,
seized the carriers arm with his teeth,
tossed him to the ground, and trampled
him with his hoofs; then seized him
again with his teeth and tossed him
about. The crowd and the police, which
had approvingly looked on while he
tortured the horses, interlered for the
protection of the human monster, who
was with great difficulty torn bleeding
and mangled from the just equine re-
sentiment. He is justly punished; but
surely some penalty should be inflicted
on the railroad company which sent ouI
this heavy load of coal to. be drawn up
hill by three horses, when twice the
number would barely have sufficed fol
the work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
A Mountain OF Glass.

Another marvel recently brought to
light IN the Yellowstone park of North
America, is nothing less than a noun
tain of obsidian, or volcanic glass:
Near the foot of the Beaver lake 3 band
of explorers came upon this remarkable
mountain, which rises at that place in
columnar cliffs and rounded bosses to
many hundreds of feet in altitude, from
kissing hot springs at the margin of the
lake. As it was desirable to pass that
way, the party had to cut a road
through the steep CLASSY barricade.
This they effected by making huge fires
on the glass to thoroughly heat and ex;
pand it, and then dashing the cold
water of the lake against the CLASSY sur
face, so as to suddenly cool and break |
up BY shrinkage. Large fragments were
in this way detached from the solid side
of the mountain, then broken up small
by sledge-hammers and picks. not, how
ever. without severe lacerations Of the
hands and faces of the men from flying
splinters. In the grand canyon Of the
Gibson river, the explorers also found
precipices of yellow, black and banded
obsidian, hundreds OF feet high. The
natural glass of these localities has from
time immemorial been dressed by tn
Indians to tip their spears and arrows.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
The King of Beasts.

William Garhart denies Congressman
Daggett's assertion that the mule is the
king of beasts. Garhart accords the
palm of superiority to the hog. A hog
always knows what he is about. Car
hart claims that no man on earth ever
got the better of hog in fair struggle.
He has tried to drive over hogs many
times, but was successful only once.
They sometimes lie in the hollow of the
road fast asleep. Mr.. Garhart has often
borne down on them ut a 9. 40 pace with
a fve-ton stage and siX-in-hand on a
down grade. Just, however. as he con-
idently expected to see the air filled
with wagon-grease and spare-ribs, they
would lurch clear of the wheel or glide
under the stage and come out all safe
and sound, with q grunt Of quiet salts
faction and q look that was more ex-
asperating than to be. robbed by road
agents. Mr.. Garhart never got away
with a hog but once. The animal
lodged a train of cars coming out of a
tunnel, and he whipped up his horses
and caught the hog square in the neck 4,
with one of the forewheels and killed
it. The stage, h 'wever,. upset and
smashed everything in sight: Two
men were killed outright and several
women manned for life. The hog cal.
culated all right for the locomotive. but
was out of his reckoning on the stage
But the company thought the victory
over the hog was dearly purchased.
Garhart also asserts that a hog can whip
a mule, Daggett's assertion to the con.
trary Notwithstanding Frg'na (Nfv.
Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
A Mistake Worth $25, 900.

A mistake sometimes proves a lucky
affair. While in the midst of his can.
vass Governor Foster received an offer OF
100000 for some railroad property
owned by him. He had no time to con,
slider the offer carefully, but concluded
that he would telegraph his acceptance.
He had at the same time occasion to
telegraph to his old friend and COM
panion in most Of his stumping tour.
Gen. W. II. Gibson, who was in q
neighboring town, and, being bothered
at the time by a dozen of claims upon
his attention, he got the addresses of the
two dispatches mixed. The acceptance
of the business offer went off directed
to General Gibson at Pine street, New
York. Next lay came q reply from the
telegraph office saying that no General
Gibson could be found in Pine street.
By that time Mr.. Foster concluded that
it would be better to hold on to the
property little longer. Now it is said
to be salable for 1925, 200, so the mis-
take in the address of the telegram was
worth S25. 900 to him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
Feeding Children.

DR.. St. John Roosa, professor of oph-
thalmotology, writes to the New York
Medical Record a strong protest against
the common practice Of feeding little
children with meat, tea and coffee and
all varieties of food eaten by adults.
It induces diseases of the eye as well rs
of other parts of the delicate body. He
pertinently says: Z" If the good Lord had
wished us to eat meat at the age OF
twenty months He would have given
us full set of teeth ready for use at the
time" He agrees with DR.. Leaning,
who has for several years had charge OF
an asylum in which large numbers OF
children are cared for, and who does not
allow one Of them to have anything ex-
cept milk until they are seven years old.
DR.. St. John Roosa begs the physicians
whom he addresses to use all their in
fluence to have children reared upon
milk alone, withholding meat, cake and
puddings, tea and coffee. Milk and fari-
naceous food until the child has teeth
with which to prepare other articles OF
food for the stomach is the rule in ordi-
nary cases. Many a mother who reads
tuis will wonder that such advice should
be necessary, but the proportion OF
mothers who understand the relation OF
food to health and development is very
small. This is not to be wondered at,
as no provision is made in our school
system for teaching our boys and girls,
unless they enter the high school, the
knowledge which is most important to
their future welfare. Whatever their
rank in the various branches taught, il
they are ignorant of the conditions of
health they are not properly educated
To say that they should learn these i'm.
portant truths in their homes does moi
meet the difficulty. The mothers are
usually rs ignorant as the children
One has but to notice the food Of little
children to be convinced Of this.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
Another Little Lamb.

On the day in Mar,h, 1873, SAYS the
Augusta (Ga.) Nesos. the fearful cyclone
which ravaged middle George was doing
its most destructive work, white lamb,
no larger than an ordinary house cat,
was safely deposited, among other de-
bris, in the yard ofMr. Don Prather,. an
old gentleman. who lives near Berzelia,
on the Georgia road. AS soon as the
lamb was discovered some one of MIR.
Prather's family ran out, picked it up
and carried it into the house. Where il
came from no one knew, but it was fed
and warmed and nurtured and became
a great pet in the household. In fact,
like Mar'ys larnb, it followed Mr.. Pra-
ther about all the time. After inquiries,
Mr.. Prather could find no one who
owned flock of sheep in the direction
from which the cyclone came for q dis.
tance of twenty miles, and where his pei
came from was more of q mystery than
ever. At any rate, it grew to be tine
healthy sheep, and as years passed II
was regularly sheared and the wool ap.
piled to domestic uses. There was nc
other sheep on the place, and it is doubt
full if ever this lamb saw another OF it,
species since the memorable Marcf
wind took her upon its wings and de-
posted her safely in Mr.. Prather's yare
over six years ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
A NihiIIst's Remarkable Adventure.

Fomin, the Nihilist, who escaped
from the citadel of wilma q few days
ago, was no ordinary conspirator. When
only seventeen he joined the revolution
ary associations although little. is
known of his operations until his arrival
at Odessa in 1877. He then went by the
name of Matvaeff, rand acted as deputy
chief to Captain Tchubaroff, the Nihil
ist leader, who was hanged at Odessa
few weeks ago. One Of his early
escapades was an attempt upon the Life
of Goronovitch, the spy, which re.
suited in the recovery of the wretched
victim-who was beaten and then
drenched with vitriol-and a confession
that led 10 the arrest of 300revolutionists.
Fomin escaped, being included in this
number, and shortly afterward was sent
by his "Captain to Kharkoff to release
the conspirator Voinoralsky. Assisted
by several members of the revolution
ary league, Fomin established an ami
bush outside the town. and when the
Cossack convoy passed with the prisoner,
the Nihilists poured several yolleys
into them. Some of the gendarmes fell
dead, others set spurs to their horses
and darted back to Kharkoff for assist
ance, and Voinoralsky, disguised in the
clothing of one of the victims, rode of
with the Kharkotf Nihilists, and effected
his escape. Fomin alone returned to
Kharkoff, and was arrested wbile in the
act of taking return ticket to Odessa.
After his Incarceration in the kharkoff
prison series of audacious attempts
were made to obtain release. A band
of Nihilists came to succor him from
the Kieff, and two Of them, dressed as
gendarmes, presented themselves at the
door of the jail with an order TO convey
him to the presence of the governor.
The chief warden was on the point OF
removing Fomin from the cell, when.
by a curious coincidence, two real
gendarmes arrived with genuine order.
and exposed the plot. The Nihilists
then hired a house opposite the prison,
and began burrowing under the road to
Fomin's cell This was discovered
during the mending of drain, and the
excavators had to fly to escape arrest.
Fomin himself now tried to break out
of prison, and, with the aid of seventy
criminals who shared room with HIM
self, he dug out the inside of the
chimney, and climbed up the channel to
the root. Six of his companions es-
capped with him, but the entire party
was recaptured few miles from Khar-.
koff. Last March Fomin was put on
his trial, and the day that the order was
signed summoning the court-martial, ,
the governor, Prince Krapotkin, out OF
revenge, was assassinated. The trial
ended in the condemnation OF Fomin to
the mines of Siberia for life. but, as it
was imagined that the careless trans
Ural officers would not keep him in safe
custody, he was removed to perpetual
Imprisonment in the citadel ut wilma.
From this confinement he has now sue
cessfully escaped, and by this time has
probably Joined the Nihilist refugees in
Switzer1and.-L,oa,don Examiner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
How Bar.room Liquors are Made.

There may be seen daily on Chestnut
street, says the Philadelphia Bulletin, a
man dressed in faultless apparel, with a
great diamond on his breast, vainly en-
deavoring to out-glitter the magnificent
solitaire on his finger. In German
university he learned chemistry. and not
even Liebig knew it better. His busi-
ness is the mixing and adulterating of
liquors. Give him a dozen casks of
dcodorized alcohol and the next day
each of them will represent the name Of
a genuine wine or popular spirit. He
enters wholesale drug store bearing a
large basket upon his arm. Five pounds
of Iceland moss are wei ghcd out to him.
To raw liquors this imparts smooth
ness and oleaginousness that gives to
imitation brandy the glibeness of that
which is matured. An astringent cate
chu that would almost close the mouth
of glass ink-stand, is next in order. A
couple of ounces of strychnine, next
called for, are quickly conveyed to his
vest pocket, and a pound of white vitroii
is as silently placed in the bottom Of the
basket. The oil Of cognac, the sulphuric
acid, and other articles that give fire and
body to liquid poisons are always kept
in store. The mixer buys these from
various quarters. They are staples OF
the art.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
Tie Meanest Trick on Record.

We have to record this week a pecu-
liarily aggravated case of misplaced
confidence. Everybody who attended
the recent masked ball at the pavilion
remembers the exceedingly vel
cuted representation Of Lotta's foun-
tain that sidled it's majestic way around
the room. This massive and faithfully
hideous fac Sinile, it appears, was con-
structed by two young gentlemen,
room-mates, one Of whom has confided
his tale of woe to our sympathetic paper
bosom. It seems the arrangement was
take turns in showing round the foun-
tain from the inside and supplying the
spigots from the reservoir of bucket
also concealed inside, by which arrange
ment the one not employed for the mo-
ment could participate in the outside
| festivities. Our informant faithfully
furnished the first hours locomotion to
the edifice. but when the time came for
| his relief his chum was nowhere to be
found. Worse than this, he discovered
that his per6dious friend had carried off
the key of the door on the side of the
structure, and as the latter was too
heavy to overturn he was complete
prisoner. By applying his eye to a
small peep-hole he could descry his
companion enjoying himself in a distant
part of the room. but when the indig-
nant captive had laboriously pushed his
prison house to the spot he would find
that the deserter had carefully waltzed
to some still remote corner. This con-
tinued for several hours, the eXasper-
ated man making occasional frantic
efforts to escape from his confinement.
The spectators were highly amused at
the manner in which the fountain would
make spasmodic rushes across the room.
knocking cupids down by the dozen and
causing monks and martyrs to yell with
anguish as their corns were sacrificed to
this new-fangled sort Of Juggernaut,
while instead of water the spigots afore-
said uttered regular melted lava torrents
of maledictions from the true inward
the rage and perspiration Of the foun-
tain's motive power was the fact that
every time he caught q glimpse OF his
betrayer the latter was engaged in hirt-
ing, ncck-deep. with the formers sweet
heart, to whom, in the kindness of his
heart, he had only introduced the per-
iurer the evening before. The injured
party says that he was finally about
fainting from heat and exhaustion when
about three in the morning he happily
fell through ventilator hole, over
which he accidentally wheeled his in
cubus, and was set free in body, but
with d mind whose confidence in his
kind has been shattered forever.-San
Francisco Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
The Patchwork Spread.


The cottage stands back from tho sidewalk.
In front is largo willow tree,
While nesting among the morning glories
A flower hanging basket I see.
Madeira vines climb DER the window
And gay lady-slippers so red,
While mother, she sits in her rocker,
Busy making patchwork spreed.
The garden is teeming with flowers,
The bright portulaccas in bloom,
With myrtle and gay creeping Charlie,
And sweet heliotrope sheds perfume.
But brighter and sweeter than any
Gay flowers that grow in their bed,
Is the dear one that sits in the rocker,
Busy making patchwork spread.
With pieces of muslin beside her,
Each one OF q different hue,
Some light and some dark and some plail
ones,
Some well worn asrwell as some new.
How deity she puts them together,
The bright ones surround each dark snred'
So that when it 70 all completed
IT'S beautiful patchwork spread.
The children are home for vacation,
They gambol and play in the room,
And swiftly her needle is plying,
And she blithely singing tune.
I think as I watch her spare figure,
Some few silver hairs in her head,
How much that our lives twined together
Resemble that bright patchwork spread.
Some days have been happy and Joyous,
And some have hsd heartaches and tears,
Yet bright they appear altogether,
For now nearly twenty y-eight years.
God grant when our lives are both ended
And sewn with sweet loves silken threaa,
Our children will think Of Ms kindly
When they look at that patchwork spread.
-Ormcnd Place.