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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-08
JUDGE HoUK,s SPEECH.

Judge Houk' 3 maiden speech in
Congress has attracted a good deal
of attention. The Washington cor
respondent Of the New York Times
says of it, it;
"Mr. Knott was followed by Mr..
HOuk, the only Republican member
fir IN Tennessee, who made speech
which was somewhat exaspereting TO
the Democratic side Mt. Houk spoke
plainly about the political situation in
the SOUTH and the means by which the
Democrats succeeded in making that
section solid. Ten years ago, he said,
majority of the Represen tati YES from
the SOuthern States were Republicans,
and an honest election and q fair
count would furnish the came result
now but the Democrats, by organized
violence and crime, started a plan in
Mississippi TO stifle the voice of the
people and to destroy the purity of the
ballot. This plan was successfully in
troduced In the other Southern
States, and the result is seen by
the solid Democratic delegation
from these States in the present Con
gress. He believed the purpose of the
Democracy now, in. seeking z to repeal
the safeguards thrown around the
ballot-box, was 70 carry the Missis
sippi plan to Northern States, SO far SIS
it was possible and rudent. BE did
not care whether the laws which 1t
was sought to repeal were eoDstitu-
tional or not. He would oppose every
effort, no matter in what shape made,
to repeal those laws until every man
in South, black and white, had fair
and even chance at the polls. Mr..
Rouk made a good point on the con-
stitutiOuaI expOunders on the Demo
cratic side by saying he never saw a
Democrat who did not understand the
Constitution thoroughly, whether he
could read and write or not. Ihe
Democrats condemned everything
which they did not like by the Con-
stituGOn, and Justified everything
which they believed would pro-
mote their-theiF- purposes by an
appeal to the same instrument.
When the Democrats started arebel-
lion in 1861, they interposed the Con-
stitution, and said the Army could not
be used to cOeTce a rebeiIiOus State,
nor could President Lincoln call out
troops TO defend the Government
against the assaults of rebels.
"Mr. Houk, who is a new member,
Is a very earnest speaker. He has
good voice, and possesses the fervld
manner peculiar to Southern orators.
The matter of his speech, as well as
bis manner of delivery, secured for
him a greater degree of attention than
Is usually accorded to new and un-
known members. His speech to-day
will make him popular on the Repub-
Lican side of the House, and cor |
unpopular on the Demo-
cratic side. The Southern Democrats |
10 not like to hear this truth so plainly |
Ipoken about their section and particu-
arly by Southern man.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-08

To speak in public on the stage"
amid roars OF laughter.
Queen Victoria wore at her son's
wedding the far.famed Kohinoor blaz-
ing in brooch in her black dress.
Gen. Garfield is not a Methodist as
reported, but was lay preacher in the
Disciples, or Campbellite Church.
Mr.. Medill, the editor of the Chicago
Tribune, has been compelled to leave
his editorial work on account of i'll
health.
The oh lirmanship of the Committee
on Banking and Currency was offered
to Mr.. Blackburn by Speaker Randall,
but was declined,
The Galveston Nes0s says when q
great man receives an ovation the re-
Fiction that twice as big a crowd
would gather to see him hung ought
to discourage him, but it DON'T"
The vacant Berlin mission was
placed at the disposal of Mr.. White
law Reid, editor of the New York
Tribune, but he would have none of it,
preferring to remain at the helm of
the great daily.
During the prevalence OF the famine
in Upper Egypt 10000 persons died of
starvation. The famine was caused
partly by the high tithes demanded
by the government, and partly by a
partial failure of the usual overflow of
the Nile.
The health of Archbishop Purcell is
fast falling under his financial troubles.
OF late he has been attacked with
fainting spells, and on Tuesday, last,
he remained so long unconscious in
one OF them that his attendants feared
he might die. GIG
Atlanta is awakened on the subject
Of carrying concealed weapons. Not
content with hauling ia the men, the
grand jury has brought in indictments
against two women, a circumstance
which the Constitution says has never
happened before.
The wife of Senator BayaId has just
received 800 goo from her father,
Blumore banker Count that as a
little boom for Bayard. IF he can per-
suade his wife to make few mere such
"lifts,n and will cease being really no
better than Republican, there may
still be some chance for him.
AT the centennial celebration of the
city of Lexington, KY, the other day,
the venerable General Leslie CoOmbs
appeared upon the stage. He referred
to his extreme youth, and,eupported
by his huge walking-stick, six feet
long, be spoke the well-known piece
beginning
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ARRETIES.

You'd scarce expect one of my age
To speak in public on the stage"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-08

Judge Houk' maiden speech in
Congress has attracted a good deal
of attention. The Washington COR
respondent Of the New York Times
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-11-12
Hang on Like a Beaver.

When our Tom was six years old, he
went into the forest one afternoon to meet
the hired man who was coming home
with a load of wood. The man placed
Master Tommy on the top of the load,
and drove homeward. Just before reach
ing the farm, the team went pretty brisk
ly down steep hill. When Tommy en-
tered the house, his mother said
Tommy, my dear, were you not fright
ened when the horses went trotting so
swiftly down Grow HIP
" Yes, mother, little, replied Tom,
honestly; Il asked the Lord to help me,
and hung on Ikea beaver"
Sensible Toni Why sensible? Be
cause he Joined working to praying. Let
his words teach the life lesson; in all
troubles, pray and hang on like beaver
by which I mean, that while you ask God
to help you, you must help yourself with
all your might Young Pilgrim.
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Washington's Emotion.

Washington had accepted an invita-
ton from Arnold to breakfast with him
on the very day the plot was discovered,
but was prevented from keeping his en-
gagement by what men call chance-by
the earnest request, namely, of an old
officer near whose station they passed,
to spend the night there and inspect
some works in the neighborhood Next
day, while Washington, with his staff,
including La Fayette, were seated at ia
bic at this officers quarters, despatch
was brought to the American general,
which he Immediately opened and read,
then laid it down without comment. No
alteration was visible in his countenance,
but he remained perfectly silent. Con-
versation dropped among his suite; and
after some minutes the general, beckon-
ing La Fayette to follow him, passed to
an inner apartment, turned to his young
friend without uttering a syllable, placed
the fatal despatch in his hands, and then
giving away to an ungovernable burst Of
feeling, fell on his neck and sobbed
aloud. The effect produced on the young
French marquis accustomed to regard
his general (cold and dignifed in his
usual manner) as devoid of the usual
weaknesses of humanity, may be mag
med. II believe" said La Fayette, in
relating this anecdote, that this was
the only occasion, throughout the long
and sometimes hopeless struggle, that
Washington ever gave way, even for a
moment, under a reverse of fortune
and perhaps was the only human being
who ever witnessed in him an exhibition
Of feeling SO foreign to his temperament.
AS it was, he recovered himself before I
had perused the communication that had
given rise to his emotion; and when we
returned to his staff not a trace remained
on his countenance either of grief or de-
spondency "-Lippjncott8 Magazine.
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Ostrich Hunting.

Apparently, there Is no connection,
save that of a common humanity, be-
tween me elegantly dressed belle of Lon
don society and the lonely, fur-robed man
who accompanied by a pack of dogs,
gallops over the plains of Patagonia
But the ostrich plume which futters
above her head connects her with that
hunter of the pampas.
Over those plains, extending for hun
bred of miles, the ostrich roams in i'm
mense numbers. He is much smaller
than the African cousin, and pinnated
with less valuable feathers. Neverthe-
less, aided by the wild pampa life, he
attracts scores of hunters, who find IN his
pursuit qualification to their vagabond
instincts and the means of satisfy their
simple wants.
The hunters outfit consists of ten or
twelve hardy horses, five or six mongrel
greyhounds, a lasso, pair of bOlas, a
knife, and long steel.
Besides these, and the necessary horse
accoutrements, he carries a small stock of
rice, biscuit, farina, and sugar, little
spirits, and much mate, an herb which
furnishes him with a cheering cup Of tea.
The capa, long robe of guanaco furs.
is his cloak by day, for the winds are
cold and searching, and his bed at mig hit.
If luxurious in his habits, he also carries
a small tent. But usually a thick brush
shelters him This may become, if game
is abundant in the vicinity, his headquar-
ters for months for he is indifferent to
time. His larder is supplied with fresh
meat by the flesh of the guanaco and the
ostrich, in whose nest he finds eggs where
with to make d dozen patable dishes
The guanaco has been well described
as an animal with the head of a camel
the body of deer, the wool of a sheep,
and the neigh of horse. With the hide
the hunter makes his lasso, reins, bolas
and shoes.
His horses are hardly, sturdy, and as
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-11-12

The business man, after business hours,
ought not to "talk shop" Reading,
music, conversation, rolicking plays, reli-
gious devotions in the season thereof,
these should fill up the hours after bust
ness. The man of business should not
repel his children because he is tired or
because he wants to think He has no
right to be thinking about his business
after the hours. Let his children climb
over him. Let them fetch him down on
his all-fours; let them straddle him, let
them chase him round the chairs. Let
them be gladden. to have their father
come home than to have any angel out Of
heaven drop down in their midst 1t
will not only be better for the children
and the wife and the whole domestic cir
Gle. but in an especial manner it will be
better for the business man himself. He
will 90 back to his work fresher, strong
er, and like a giant.
But if the business man be so unfor-
tunate as to have no home circle let him
be careful in regard to one thing, name
": that he abstain from all studies con-
nected with his business. If he be en-
gagged during the day in finance, don't let
him read the newspapers in those portions
where they give an account of stocks
Let him frequent no business club but if
he must 90 to club, let it be one of art
lists, or of men engaged in any other bust
ness but his own. Let him set himself
Systematically to give certain number
Of hours before sleep to the study of some
subject as remote as possible from that
which engages his attention in business
hours.
Sunday comes after business, after all
the business days Of a week. Sunday
ought to be day of mental as well as
spiritual repose. tits not a day on which
to read hard books on theology Even
the clergyman must abandon his studies
on that day We must have repose and
quiet and refreshment That is the rea-
son why even intellectual men, when they
go to church, don wish to hear great ser
.ons. Great sermons are a delusion
and a snare Men ought not to pursue
a long course Of hard thinking on Sun
day. Business men can employ their
nights reading treatises on theology and
metaphysics; and this would do them
good. But after all the strain Of the
week it is a mistake to ask even intellec-
tual men to listen to long arguments
They want that which will quicken the
moral sense, while it soothes the tried
spirit; which will lessen the cares of the
world and the heart, and put wind under
the tired wings Of the spirit to lift it up.
1t is wise to learn the uses and adjust
ment of things. 1t is not always "in bus
mess sometimes it is after business. -
But in business we should do that, and
only that, which will make the employ
ment of after business" sweet; and the
em4eleyHsSkts of after business should
be such as shall make the hours in "busi-
ness" as sweet and refreshing as they are
powerful and productive.
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Ghildteu's Column.
The Echo-Boy.

A little boy once went home to his
mother, and said, Mother, sister and l
went out into the garden, and we were
calling about, and there was some boy
hooking us. How do you mean, John
ny?" said his mother. Why" said the
child, a was calling out Hol' and this
boy said Hor So I said to him, Who
are you?' and he answered, Who are
you? I said, What is your name g? He
said What is your name?' And l said
to him, Why don't you show yourself?
He said, Show YOURSELF And jumped
over the ditch, and went into the wood,
and I could not find him, and | came
back, and said, L you don't come out |
Will punch your head and he said, l
will punch your head. -"
So his mother said, "Ah, Johnny, if
you had said, Hove you, he would have
said I love you. If you had said, Your
voice is sweet, he would have said, Your
voice is sweet. Whatever you said to
him, he would have said back to you,
And the mother said, "Now, Johnny,
when you grow and get to be a man,
whatever you will say to others, they will,
by and by, say back to you; and his
mother took him to that old text in the
Scripture, with what measure We mete
it shall be measured to you again. Tile
PRESBYTERIAN.
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Don't Give Up.

A gentleman travelling in the northern
part Of ireland heard the voices Of chill
dren, and stopped to listen. Finding the
sound came from small building used
as a schoolhouse, he drew nearer; as the
door was opened, he went in and listened
to the words the boys were spelling.
One little fellow stood apart, look very
sad. why does that boy stand there?
asked the gentleman.
80, he is good for nothing" replied
the teacher. There's nothing in him.
He is the most stupid boy in the school.
The gentleman was surprised at this
answer. He saw the teacher was stern
and rough, that the younger and more
timid were nearly crushed. After few
words to them, placing his hand on the
head of the little fellow who stood apart,
he said; cone of these days you may be
a fine scholar. Don't give up; but try,
my bOy-try'
The boys soul aroused. His sleeping
mind awoke. A new purpose was form
ed. From that hour he became a fine
scholar. 1t was DR.. Adam Clarke. The
secret of his success is worth knowing
" Don't give up; but try, my bOy-try.
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A connects for Milton, n. C.
B connects for Asheville and all points in west
ern North Carolina daily, except Sunday.
C connects for Macon and all points IN south
west Georgia.
D connects for Jacksonville and all points in
Florida.
E connects for Macon and all points in south
west Georgia, and Chattanooga, Nashville, Mem
phis, and all Texas points.
F connects for Selma, Meridian, Jackson, and
Vicksburg.
G connects for Galveston and all Texas points.
Trains from the aboye-named points arrlpe IN
Richmond at 4:43 P NJ. and $50 A. NJ
Trains between Greensboro and Salem run
daily except Sunday.
Trains on North Carolina division make con-
nection at Goldsboro' with the W. & W. R. R. to
and from Weldon and Wilmington.
Pullman Palace Drawing-room and Sleeping
Cars run through on Train No. As from N. York
and Richmond to Atlanta, and from Greensboro
to Augusta and on Train No. AZ from N. York
and Richmond to Greensboro
Tickets sold to all points south, south east, and
south west, and baggage checked through.
No lay-over checks given on local tickets.
j. R. MACMURDO,
General Passenger Agent, Richmond, Va
T. NJ R. TALcoTT, General Superintendent