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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-18
Ayers
Cherry PICTORIAL
For Diseases of the
Thros, and Lungs,
such az .oughs, Colds,
Whooping Coug b,
Bronchitis, Asthma,

The reputation ithas attained, IN consequence Of
the marvellous cures it has produced during the
last half century, is a sufficient assurance to the
public that it will continue to realize the happiest
results that can be desired. In almost every
section of country there are persons, publicly
known, who have been restored from alarming and
even desperate diseases of the lungs, by its USE
All who have tried acknowledges superiority;
and where its virtues are known. no one hesitates
as to what medicine to employ 10 relieve the dis
tress and suffering peculiar to pulmonary afec-
tons. CHERRY PICTORIAL always affords in
slant relief, and performs rapid cures of the
mider varieties ofbronehal disorder, as well rs
the more formidable diseases oG t.le lungs.
AS safeguard to children, amid the distress
ing diseases which beset the Throat and Chest of
Childhood, it is invaluable for, by its timely use,
multitudes are rescued and restored to health.
This medicine gains friends az every trial. as
the cures it is constantly producing are too re-
markable to be forgotten. No family should be
without it, and those who have once used it
never will.
Eminent Physicians throughout the country
prescribe it, and Clergymen often recommend it
from their knowledge of its effects.
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THE FLORIDA AGRiCULTURIST.

The druggist said that on general
principles he would take his chances
with the evening newspaper journal
list, as they excelled the morning men
in more ways than one, and he would
doubtless be so drunk that he would
lie dormantly quiet all night. lie
went to bed and was soon sound
asleep. The journalist, however,
awakened about II o'clock, and think
ing it long time between drinks,
dressed himself, unconsciously in the
druggists clothes, and sailed out to
make night of it. Ever and anon
he muttered, as he treated all pres
ent:
''Funniest thing l ever heard of.
When went to bed last night l only
had 25 cents to my name, and now
I've got over hundred dollars (show-
ing a corpulent roll of bills), and I'm
bound to spend every cent Of l. be-
fore morning" He did.
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A suRscR1pER,s soL1LOaUX.

To paw OF not to pay, that is the question
Whether tits better for me to refuse
To take local paper and deprive
Ny family from reading all the news.
Or pay up promptly what the printer asks,
And by such payment cheer him NO pay
no paper
Then no more shall be posted on the
news,
And local haps throughout the town,
And divers topics-'tis a consummaIlon
That l have long feared. To pay or stop .?
To stop! perchance to lose-ay, there's the
rub;
For in that stop no interest take
In any of tn affairs which move the town,
And such shuffling of all that's. good
Must make me pause. There's the respect
Which every editor maintains for those,
Who come down with the cash and ne'er
delay
would bear
The pointed squibs and pungent para
graphs
Which far too oft reflect upon the man
Who fails to settle his subscription bll1Y
And, with my purse plethoric in my hand
Will settle up In full one year from date,
By paying to him from my ready cash
The sum of TWO DOLLARS IN advance:
oil City Derrick.
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"chatine pish,,.--Oyster Stew.

Take dozen oysters and STRAIN
them. With little of the liquor, or
milk, mix smoothly about a table
spoonful of butter and halfa teaspoon
ful of flour, lido not let it be lumpy.)
Warm about a cupful of milk, with a
scrap of mace, if you like, or CRATE
of nutmeg,) stir into this the butter
and flour-have it quite smooth-be
sure to stir always one way, OF 1t VIII
curdle Now add your oysters, put
the pan on the fire, and when it comes
to boil, if the oysters are pumped
up" your stew is ready.
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tempt the step of Al Southern lady,
and she would turn ler. ankle. There
is only one wonialf in the North
whose foot will compare with the
Southern foot"
"Name her." said the reporter.
"The Jersey woman" said Mr..
Wolf
''The true JERSEY Woman has foot
on a par with that of a Kentucky
belle. can't imagine where she gets
it, but she has it. One would think
that the defendants IF the Aquacken-
onck Dutch ought t0have splay feet,
but it is not So"
Numbers OF the Aquackenonck
Dutch married among the French
Huguenot families ot Staten Island"
the reporter remarked. isn't it pos.
sible that the mixture of the blood
| may have something to do with the
size of the feet ?" -,
CHATS So" replied Mr.. Wolf; a
| never thought Of that. One thing is
| certain, l never saw a prettier foot
than the foot of blue blooded jersey
| woman. They would go In a sail
cellar. II is worth. trip to jersey
just to look at the feet Of the women.
"How do the feet Of the jersey
men compare with.shem?"
"Good Lord !" exgAimed Mr.. Wolf
GDon't talk about it. The real Jerse.
man has got a foot like a griddle
Put brick in a glove box, and
would lay clean over the loot OF
Jersey man. If there is any one maj
| in this world whose feet is uglle
than that of any other one man Il
this world, that man is Jersey man.
| Here customer entered the store
| and Mr.. Wolf turned his back on tn
reporter and concentrated his power
ful mind upon a new subject.
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To wash Blankets.

Have an abundance OF hot wafer IN
which borax has been dissolved, and
soan without a bit of rosin in it, as
rosin always hardens the fibre OF
wool. Put the suds into the washer
or pounding barrel, and then put in
the blanket; after all the dirt has
been removed, wiring through the
wringer, then put into tub OF scald-
ing hot water with little pl9elng 10
it. Wiring from this, and hang at
once in the open air to dry.
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"Well, | went some time before
dinner, and, sure enough, they were
at it. They had three tables-one
had quarter ante, one halt, and
one a dollar and a half. l wanted
nv seven dollars to last as long as
could make it, and so l sat down to
the quarter table. We bet on until
dinner, and by that time | had WOE
enough to do better; and, after we
had eat, 1 sat down to the dollar-and-
a-half table. Sometimes / won, and
then again ia lose on until nlgh
about midnight, and then had better
luck. I know'd Mary was sitting up
and praying; l felS like it and 1t
made me cool. set my hat down by
nv side on the floor, and every time
I'd win I'd drop the money in the hat
We played on, and / didn't know
nothing about how much I'd won. |
didn't keep any count, but know'd
/ was winning. I thought maybe
I'd won a hundred dollars, or maybe
two hundred, but 0lunt Know
set there until day broke, and Their
| we went home. l took my hat up IL
both hands and mashed it on my
head, and went home so without tax
ing it off When / got to my room
there sat Mary in her gown, and the
bed wasn't mashed. She'd set up al
night waiting for me. She seemed
tired and anxious, and, though sh'
looked mighty hard at me, she didn'
say a word. l walked right up t,
her, and, pulling of my hat with botl
hands, emptied it all right IN tn
lap of her gown. And then we sa
down and counted it.
"How much was there, Genl"
| Gust 81 500 even"
"And that" added the General, a
he walked off, "gin me start"
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A Newspaper Mails Good Luck.
From the Pittsburg Telegraph.

FROM the F1ttsourg Telegraph.
During an excurdion from this city
to Niagara Falls, ar Id while at Cleve-
land, an incident dcurred which will
never be forgotte by those who
heard of it. The II ennard House at
that city was crow ded with guests,
when an eccentric Ind witty druggist
of Smithfeld street appeared late at
night and demande bed. The clerk
replied that there was only two va
cant beds in the nd use, one wherein
was quartered a Pittsburg morning
newspaper man, Ind the other in a
room wherein was a Pittsburg even
ing newspaper ma }, who were with
the excursion.
"To tell you Il truth, they are
both pretty drunk so you may take
your choice as to which room you
will sleep in"
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General Forests Desperate Game
of Poker.


Several years ago General Forrest
visited the city and stopped at the
old City Hotel. That night several
gentleman called to see him, among
them a gentleman now connected
with the Banner The room had
been crowded during the early part
of the night, and Forrest had re-
ceived the usual attention bestowed
on him. Now, however, he was sit
ting off to himself, aud appeared worn
and tired out. Our informant, wish
ing to have talk with him about
himself, sought him, and entered into
conversation with him.
General" said he, Owe heard you
were a great poker-player IN your
time"
eyes," says the General, 81 have
played some" and his eyes began to
Sparkle with the memory ofold times.
and he at once seemed interested in
the subject, for be it known that no
one vas tonder than he in recounting
his wonderful exploits.
GLOW much, General, was the
largest stake you ever played 7"
Il once called $4,000 in New Or
leans"
"Did you win ?"
sob, yes / won it."
rJa What wa1eg ~Kfnggsed, General j?
"But," says he, "the hardest game
/ ever played was at Memphis. Just
after the war closed, me and my wife
went to Memphis, and we stopped at
the Worsham House. The next
morning we got our things together,
and I emptied all my papers out of
my trunk on the floor, and Mary I'm
not certain his wife's name was Mary,
but that will do for the tale) went
over and over them, hunting for
something to raise money out Of. l
emptied my pockets and Mary
emptied her'n, and between us we had
$3.50. After huntin' over everything,
we found that every man who owed
me was either dead or broke. 1
hadn't one single paper on which l
could raise cent outen. After we
got through the pile, l looked at
Mary and Mary looked at me. Now,
what's to be done, Mary p says I. Il
don't know says she, but the Lord
will provide You see, Mary was
one of the best women in the world,
and she had heap Of faith in her re.
ligion. l looked at her right straight
long time, and at last says I, Mary,
you are mighty good woman and
I'm going to tell You something.
There's to be big dinner at-this
evening, and I'm invited. They al
ways play poker at that house, and
you have always been agin me play
ing, and / reckon you are right about
it. But things have become despe.
rate with us, and somehow I feel if
you wouldn't be agin me, but would
pray for me, could make raise to-
night
"Says she: Bedford, 1 can't do it.
It's wrong for you to do it, and I'd
heap rather you wouldn't
"tBut, Mary, said l, i never was
in such a fix before Here we are
with no money but $3.50, and that
wouldn't pay our tavern bill. l
can't lose Nc more than that, for I'll
swear I won't bet on credit. If /
lose that I'll CONE home, and if 1
win then we'll have something to
start on Well J argued and argued
with her, but she W ouldn't say yes.
But at last she says:
Bedford, / know yC 'ur mind is set
on it, and know you 're gong to
bet, whether I'm willln' o. not; so L
won't say nothing more abo at II. i
But, somehow,I te!t when started
la@ IL Il I n0Wpd
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moravian sugar Cake.

One cents worth OF yeast, one cup
milk, one cup sugar, three cups flour !;
set over night then add three'to1rths
CUP of butter, two eggs; mold up
with -four and set to rise again ;
when light, put in pans and set TO
rise again; when light again, put on
the top butter, sugar, and powdered
cinnamon. Bake in quick oven.
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The HandsOmeSt Foot.

From the New York Sun.
A San reporter dropped into a
Blocker street shoe store on Friday
evening, and saw Mr.. Charles Wolf,
a clerk, selling an exquisite pair OF
CATERS to handsome girl.
"What is the largest size of CATERS
that you ever sold to a LADY," we
asked.
''The largest was pair of nines,"
Mr.. Wolf replied. 1.-TWO sisters
and very pretty girls they are-live
not far from here. One wears Fights
and the other Mines.
"How do their hands compare with
7 0iIvFs-s0oU-s-'w ds the nexU qtIeStIon.
"Their hands look as though they
required a gentleman's kid glove"
said Mr.. Wolf "But they were
faultless in shape, and had the sweet
est pink nails that I ever saw on a
hand" He smiled as he again refer.
red to their feet. "The oldest sister,"
he continued, tried hard to squeeze
on pair of Fights, but without sue.
cess. Finally she gave Inc an order
to make a pair of mines, and they
really look we'll on her feet. You
wouldn't think they were mines to
look at them"
"Were the girls Americans ?"
mo" Mr.. Wolf answered. "They
are rosy.cheeked Irish girls"
"What is the smallest size of CATERS
sold ?" we asked.
"Number ones" Mr.. Wolf re-
sponded. "They were bought by a
married lady living on Macdougal
street, and they were actually little
too large"
do you sell many number ones ?"
More than Fights" said Mr.. Wolf.
II have been in the business over fiji
teen years and l find that the major.
ity OF those who wear ones are South
ern and Spanish ladies'"
"What is the difference between
the foot Of Southern lady and the
foot of Yankee woman ?" we in.
quired.
"The difference is the same as the
difference between the foot of a
Southern man and a Yankee" Mr..
Wolf replied. Southern feet are
narrow and bowed in the middle, Civ
ing them very high instep. The
Yankee foot is spread at the toes, and |
has more surface. You, for instant
have genuine Yankee foot. The
difference from bunion to bunion-I |
beg pardon, from the joint Of the big |
toe to the joint Of the little toe-iS |
much greater than that of Southern
foot. There is much grace about the
foot OF Yankee lady, but it lacks
the suppleness of a Southern foot.
Its merits are its exquisite shape,
small heel and strength. Compare
the walk of a Southern woman with
a Yankee woman. The Yankee lady
has short springy step. The little
heel first catches the sidewalk, and
the CATERS sound like the click of
telegraph instrument. The Southern
woman walks languidly and makes
long steps. The feet makes the diff
ference. Let the Yankee girl at.
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cood Flour Pancakes

Nav be made of rich buttermllk,
with flour stirred in to proper thick
ness, little salt and sufficient soda
dissolved in warm water to make 1t
sweet and entirely neutrallze the
acid. The proportion of soda will vi
vary with the sourness OF the milk
and should be carefully adjusted.
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HOUSEHOLD KNOWLEDGE.
Renedy foF couch.

One ounce Of eIecampane root,
one of wild cherry bark, one OF com
frey root, one of horehound, and one
pint of best OF spirits. Boil in two
quarts Of water, and add one pound
Of brown sugar; strain, and add the
pint of spirits. Take one-half a wine
glass three times day.
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is porter house size Wlth'One horne
broke orr, and Tut mile, further
long yule find a b roast eaten the
wilers, and near BIZ seen too Aonches
of bull ftin sum Sop bones, aud onto
the other side othe spring 1 guess
yule see liver ansome tripe 4 layin
in the shade and lewn their euds."
But Mr. Brily, e butcher, nocks
EN- onto the he'd it'll axes and cuts
their throte in mint, and me and
Billy say hooray
Cows is beet, a1 a calef is veal,
but little pigs is milton.
One day was Mr.. Brily's and
he had cut orr a pig he'd and set it on
the top of bari, ad ole CATER Pc
tiers he cum in and cen it, and he sed,
ole CATER did:
"Mister Brily, ne pig is getting
out"
Mister Brily he liked, and then he
sed:
That's SO, Cafe. you just take
that stick and rap lin onto the nose
tore he can draw it ~
So CATER he toolIup the stick and
snook up reel sli, and fetched the
pigs he'd regular lose wipe, hard as
ever he cude Wit the stick. and
noked the pigs he'd orr the bari, and
you never seen ssch a stonish ole
man. But Mister Brily he pretended
like he wasent a lookin, and ole
CATER he sed:
Mister Brily, yoh must Reuse me
but wen l struck at that pig It lodged
and cut its he'd OFF aoin the edge o.
the barl.n
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in about two tabIespoon1uIs OF WaVeT'
Mold this into loaf, then roll it in
eight tablespoontlls of rolled crack
.rs and pour over it three table
spoonfuls of melted butter; place
in pan and bake two hours 10 De
sliced off when cold.
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CitrOn Preserve.

Peel and cut the citron into inch
squares; the part containing the
seeds should be cut out; then TO
every gallon of water, add alum as
large as a large walnut; in this boil
the citron slowly till straw will cas-
lily pierce it, then drain well and put
into the preserve syrup" allowing a
pound of sugar to every pound OF
fruit. Also add four sliced lemons
Ito remove the seeds) to every ten
pounds of cltron, and one-quarter
pound green ginger root, well cleaned
Boil in the syrup till clear; then put
away in closely-covered jars after it
has become cold.
The manure OF COWS and pigs re-
sist decomposition for longer time
than that of the sheep or horse, bott
the latter being drier than the former
and decomposing more readily in the
soil.
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relishing blessedness, which is him
sell.
"Now, Mr.. Robinson" said a fair
young city visitor to the kind-hearted
farmer, won't you show us your
watermelon orchard P" Il haven't
watermelon tree on the place this
year, ma'am; they were all winter
killed" and his questioners wondered
why he smiled so pleasantly, as he
answered.-Neao Hdve,a Register.
edward" said Mr.. Rice, what do
I hear THAT you have disobeyed
your grandmother, who told you just
now not to jump down these steps,"
"Grandma didn't tell us not to, papa;
she only come to the door and said,
| Il wouldn't jump down those steps,
boys;' and 1 shouldn't think she
would-an old lady like her.
An Irish laborer was lying in the
ditch, very much the worse for liquor.
lie was encountered by the priest of
his parish. Very much shocked, his
reverence turned the drunkafd over,
who muttered Where am I ?" "On
the road to hell p replied the priest,
sternly. "Thank God, then" replied
Pat, 'sit's comfortin' to know that
Father Murtagh is with me !"
A little girl about four years old,
and little boy about six, had been
cautioned not to take nest egg;
but one morning when they went tor
the eggs, the little girl took it and
started tor the house. Her disap'
pointed brother followed, crying
aMother, mother, Susey's got the egg
the old hen measures by.'-Honae
Journal.
!: A party of gentlemen were playing
cards few nights ago, and the game
went on smoothly until IL o'clock,
when one of the party, a young man,
got up and said, hurriedly:
"Gentlemen, | must go; my wife
is expecting me-" -
"Don't co." urged another. "lm
a married man also, and if can stay
The young man agreed, and the
poker continued until o'clock. At
that hour he got up and said that ne
could not stay any longer.
"What the devil are yo~ gong 10
tell yo,~ wife ?" he SAID to his mar
ried contrere. ~,
"Nothing at all. She's in Wash
! ington. "-Louts0iNe Journal.
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OCTOBER 8
VARIETIES.

Song of the fawn-Call me early,
mother deer.
"You are my precious pearl" he
said, as he drew her near to his manly
breast. "Oh, john" she sighed,
"and you are my oyster !"-E@.
The world is composed of two
great classes of people. Those who
work and those who spend all their
time in getting ready to work.
The mastodon bones discovered
in Orange county. are supposed TO
belong to Jersey mosquito that got
too far North and starved to death.
II wish to be friend to the friend
less, father to the fatherless, and a
widow to the widowless," said a
gushing speaker at recent revival
meeting.
Whatever your profession is, en-
deavor to acquire merit in it; for
merit is esteemed by everybody, and
is so precious thing that no person
can purchase it.
We know a girl who will wrestle
with a croquet mallet in the hot sun
for hours and not complain. But
Just ask her to hold on to the wooden
end OF a broom for a few minutes,
and she'll have fit.
These are the days when the old
gray-headed liar comes into the print
| ing Office with corn stalk spliced
until it measures eighteen feet in
height, and then swears it was one of
the smallest stalks in the feld.-TSce.
A faint conception of what it costs
to "soap" great city may be gained
from late statement in parliament,
that the people of London would save
81, 100000 annually in soap alone by
having soft water to wash their
clothes in.
| A Greek maid, being asked what
fortune she would bring her husband,
replied: II will bring him what gold
cannot purchase-a heart unspotted
| and virtue without stain, which is all
! that descended to me from my par
ents."
polishing is not pleasant save in its
completion; all processes are irksome
the result admirable. God sees the
endA from the beginning-cares not
4 fey ~ x3EISs - tn. y. = Asor aRl
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Veal Loaf

Take piece of butter the size OF
an egg, three pounds ofraw veal one
lheaping teaspoonful Of salt, one OF
Aaspper, and tw96ew eggs; Gnop tne
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Little JOhnny's Stories.

Wen Mr.. Cripple was in Africa he
seen natif niggers which is called Hot
tentops, and they likes their beef raw
like dogs, and he sees EN- cut it OFT OF
the cattles vile they was a life and
bellerin. And some of the cattles
had been cut up good deal that
way, but not ded. One day the king
of the Hottentops he seed Mr.. Gipple
and he sed, the king sed
odd you see any,cattles long the
road YOU cum? Cos mine hava de
away and l can't fipa them"
Mr.. cripple he So
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-23
WEDNESDAY, APRIL % 1879.

THAT terrible Frye of Maine, has
vexed the Brigadiers once more.
It's awful naughty in him; really
too bad. This time he flung a red
rag in front of the big bovine Joe.
Blackburn, and Joe. was vexed.
The fiery flag was an editorial in
that Democratic bugaboo, the Oko-
Iona States approving one of Black
burns speeches. Here Is the speech:
"When these three laws are sub
mitted 20 the President for biz APPROX
al, as they will be, a8C are approved
by him, "a they ought t. be, the next
Congress will in my opinion, be ready
TO pass every appropriation Dill, just
as it is now, adjourn, aud go home
without attempting before next De
cembeT TO perfect an further legIsla-
ton. If, however toe President OF
the United states, ia t-e .SerCise Of
the power vested in hin. SEES ht TO
veto the bills thus presented to him,
then have no doubt those
same amendments VIII Ua again made
part of the appropriation bills, and 1t
will be for the President 90 determine
whether he VIII blOcz the wheels Of
Government and TefIsg to accept the
necessary appropriations rather than
allow the representatives. oI the Ee1-
pie to repeal OdiOus laws
MIR. Blackburn says he did not
mean it. he filings to the breeze
the old cry that he has been misre-
ported. Of course he did not say it.
The Democrats don't endorse any
thing they SAID then since Michigan,
Cincinnati and the little town in
New Jersey, Ohio, and Indiana told
them it wouldn't do.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-23

''still-house in every holler,' it
may be expected that The Revenue
Laws will be violated. We are
glad to see the forerunners of a
better era coming. May the main
body be not far distant.