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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-10-11

The fact that {" Blower Brown, who
won the great six days match in Eng
land by score Of 54S miles, and that
Weston, who won it back from him BY
q score of $50 miles. were both over 40
years of ago seem to show that for some
efforts men reach their physical prime
later than has been supposed. For
athletics of some kinds a man is at bis
best under so, as in wrestling. swift
short distance running, boxing, etc.
But in long distance matches, which are
trials rather of endurance than Of
strength and dexterity. the men Of over
40 have left the young men far behind,
and utterly broken down, while they
came out fresh at the finish. Some
thing analogous to this is found in trot-
ting horses. Horses that run reach
their prime at four or Eve years; the
trotters often do their best work at the
age Of IL or IA years. The reason may
perhaps be in this, youth Is more sup
pie and flexible, and its movements,
therefore, less regular and system
attic than those Of maturity. The
walk of . young man has not that
maohine-like regularity and precision
that characterize the pace of . walker
of long practice. There Is consequently
some loss Of power. The supplenesa
| that is necessary to enable the athlete
to run at top Of speed. is In his way
when machine-like precision Of pace u
the great 'lesideratum. The same re-
mark applies to the trotting horse. Ths
trot is usually an acquired gait thu
result oflong practice and training. Tn
steadiness Of stride that does not "breal
up" is Of the utmost importance. Bu
stiIl the recent result Of the pedestrian
matches in England, which twice CAV
] the victory to men over 40. whom tn
men Of rs and Severe utterly prostrat
ed by fatigue, shows that with goo'
care Of ourselves We may kesp our phys
ical energies up to latsr period o
life than is ordinarily supposed. II
man Il in his physical prime for an
purpose It 40, he ought not TO be 70
J down the hill & 60.-BaHssore EveT
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-10-11

old channel, so 1t has been the policy Of
Russia to keep secret the efforts 10 open
the channel. There are great difficult
ties In the way, as the Turcomans have
an army Of $4,000 men to oppose the
settlement Of the country, but these viii
be overcome, and Russia may at last
command her share Of the Central Asian
trade, through channel that will be
peculiarly her own.-Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
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tons Of deIicacy and chivalry. Such
action would destroy the necessity OF .
contest of the will. Mr.. Ellis's friends
in Brooklyn are united in the opinion
that he should not permit Mr.. Davis to
enter peacefully upon the possession OF
Beauvoir and the Louisiana plantations,
and If necessary they win doubtless aid
him to determine the legality of the
benefaction. a8f
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Woman's Way:

We know of o case lately occurring in
our own city which we can not refrain
from mentioning as an instance OF truly
noble womanhood. Ayoung man, late
" married to poor girl, was found, by
the examination of the books of GER
tain organization Of which be was Treas
urer, to be considerably short in his ac-
counts. Exposure and disgrace stared
him in the face, although his shortcom-
ings were attributable more to misman-
40 ement than to malfeasance in Office.
At this crisis in his affairs his young
wife stepped forward and paid the de-
ficit in full, to the surprise and satisfac-
ton Of all parties concerned. She had
been aworking girl before her marriage
and ths saving of her husbands honor
took the last cent of the accumulation
of several years Of toll and economy
Boston Gnsette. z 3tsst ~
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color, and each segment Il marked IN
the center with two small brown spots:
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-10-11

At the time he was candidate for
Congress he was sutton for the hand
of the daughter Of General Macarthur,
who was his political opponent. and,
we believe, engaged to be married to
her. Perhaps not engaged. though, AZ
she afterward married Colonel Coons
of Louisiana. Colonel Coons. however,
soon died, and, in the course of time,
Allen renewed bis suit and was accept
ed. During his second term in the Sem
ate the wedding day was appointed, land
every thing made ready for the mar
rage. Just about this time the Texas
annexation question came up and he
wrote to his affianced, who was at the
time living in Cincinnati, asking her to
postpone the ceremony until that ques-
ton was settled. To this she consented
and the nuptials were celebrated a. soon
afterward as he could leave. He took
his bride back with him to Washington,
and for nearly two years life was to him
but . long summers day of happiness.
Never was husband loved more faithful-
ly or trustingly than he by her; never
wife more tender and ADDITIONALLY than
she by him. In January, l847, his wife
died, leaving an infant child. the daugh-
ter who has since grown up to be
the head of his household and of her
husbands. At the time of his wife'a
death there were no railroads connect
ing the capital with the West. The
fond husband would not think for mo-
ment of consigning the remains OF the
one be loved and held most dear to q
grave amid strangers, and 80 he decided
to transport them to Chillicothe FOL
burial. So he procured the services o.
an undertaken and started with them
he riding behind on horseback. Whsr
| night would overtake them they would
stop at the nearest hotel, and he woult
have the coffin taken from the hears
and borne to his own apartment, wher'
he kept watch over it until morning
came and time to start again. Nor
than week elapsed in this mournfu
trip; yet at no moment during that tim
was his mournful gaze taken away fror
the last remains Of her whom he ha
loved 80 dearly in life. and could scare
part with in death. After her burial b
returned to Washington and fnishe
his term of Office, and then he betoo
himself with his child to the home whic
be now enjoys, and where he for
long led life of retirement among b
books and the study of science an
philosophy.-Cincinwat EnqNSrer.
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hara, in regard TO which M. de Lesseps
has been conducting some investiga-
tons, has been abandoned, and that
French capitalists are turning their at
tention toward the construction OF
railroad from Algiers. on the north
coast of Africa, through the desert OF
Soudan, and from there to the mouth OF
the Senegal, on the west coast. Both
Algiers and Senegal are French ports.
and such q road would throw the Medi-
terranean and Atlantic trade from Gen.
trail Africa largely into French hands.
The difficulty Of the undertaking il ap-
parent, when it is stated that such
road will be over 1900 miles in length.
and that the greater part of 1t viii be
over the desert. But the French Cham
Der of Deputies have appointed COM
mission to inquire into the feasibility OF
the project, and have made NJ. de Les
seps member.
At the same time, French capitalists
are showing great interest in the Pana-
ma Canal project, and some OF them
are limiting at the possibility Of second
canal by way Of the Nicaragua route. to
command the American trade.
While these great projects are being
discussed, and while General Fremont
is agitating the question Of turning the
Gulf of California into its old basin for
the benefit Of Arizona and Southern
California, Russia is actually engaged
in . work that win change the trade
conditions and prospects of Central
Asia. The trade OF the Caspian u in
the hands Of Russia and Persia. Gould
the trade Of Central Asia be diverted to
the Caspian. Russia would control,
through the volga, and the canals con-
Meeting that river with other rivers, .
large part Of the trade. With view to
securing this control, Russia has pushed
her conquests southwark into Turkestan.
But south Of the Aral lies the Kara Kun
desert, which stops the progress Of hel
armies, and lies as barrier cutting on
trsoe comun,cas.ons WIN 49, -
Ella has penetrated to BokhaEA and y
moss % sne A.gaan 11
Russian steamer proceeded mp the rive
to q point 600 miles above Khiva, or y
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desert ABOVE releleo -: sns soo
into the caspian Aoou' 2. - wy
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turned ASIDE ~ gfea. oa@ pun. y -
Khivans, ana became sne 0eS = Aia ne.
In liza the river Oro.e oser ING u., -
, and the wasers again nomou NV :.
Caspian. AS iate - iooo tug ilsoi We
described as flowing INTO the SasP,sl
and - late as i9zo . Du.cn esoslspu,
spoke OF the r1ver ss having 'wo olsn0.
les-one flowing INTO tne Afaa snu u
other into the caspian
: Peter the Great, informed oy ING iu
comans that the oxus mao Deen ui'e !,
Z 60 irom us o.u cnan
construction Of q fort on the Caspian
Krasnovodsk, the point where the nv
Q had formerly entered tho Caspian a.
2 made surveys along the olo cna
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-09
LITERARY NOTES.

The atlantic Monthly is to contain
more good things than ever, and in
more inviting form. Beginning with
the January number, it is to be printed
from larger type on page considera-
bly, larger than the former, and will
be increased to 144 pages.
A new Serial Story, by Mr. Howells,
begins in the January number, and
will run through six months or more.
This is probably the most gratifying
announcement that could be made to
American magazine readers.
The fine life-siza portrait Of DR..
Holmes, which Messrs. Houghton,
Osgood & Co. offer for dollar to the
subscribers for the Atlantic can hardly
fail to have very large circulation ;
certainly not, if the American people
remember how much the wise and
witty "Autocrat of the Breakfast Ia
BILE" has contributed to the brightest
and best, and most entertaining pOr-
ton of American Literature.
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Memphis with the further power to
fix maximum water rates with wat
companies for the supply of the city
and its Dhabitants with water.
5. To amend the charter ofapy one r
more of the cities or towns of the
State, where such amendment is neces
sary to enable such city or town to Ell
force proper sanitary regulations, and
if necessary for The purpose, TO eniarg =
or restrict the territorial limits of any
city or town, but no amendment t. be
made authorizing the creation Of y
public debt any city or town.
6. To SO amend sections 1919, 1850
and 1851 of the Code of Tennessee as
to make the crimes of tviolating
graves and dead bodies" felonies il
s!ead of misdemeanors.
Z. To enact such legislat ion as may
be necessary to enable the Memphis,
Paducah & Northern Railroad Com
pany to raise the means necessary for
the construction and equipment OF i =
road.
The primary object of the extra
session is to aid Memphis, and the
best way to do that is to put her in
condition to take care of herself.
Revive the "extinct corporation
and clothe the city Of Memphis
with municipal powers just as other
cities have, among which is the
right to tax the people to raise
money for sanitary improvement.
Let the Legislature do this and 60
home in time to spend Christmas
with their families. Body-snatch
ing and railroads will save for the
next regular session.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-09
SILVER AND GREENBACKS.

Thanks to the wisdom and
courage of Ulysses S. Grant, Ruth
erford B. Hayes and John Sher~
man, the American people have at
last got their National Finances in
a shape where they will take care
of themselves for a season. Igno-
rance and demagogism made des-
perate fight against reason, COM
mon sense and honesty, but the
right prevailed after a long
struggle, and now the greenback
dollar in the pockets of
the poor man, is equal
in value with the gold dollar in the
vaults on Wall street. False>
hearted demagogues told US up to
the very last that resumption would
prove failure, that it could never
come about-that it was impossible,
but time proved their position and
their words to be false.
We have reached a point where
we can afford to wait little-to
take breath. The question of linz
iting the coinage of silver and re-
firing the greenbacks, is not one of
such immediate Importance as
to demand settlement at
once. If silver is to be burden
some the people will soon discover
it, and then they will demand a
limit to its coinage. And SO with
retiring the greenbacks. We are
in favor, as we have always been,
of such measures as will fully sus-
tain the public credit, and if at any
time the credit of the Government
appears to suffer from unlimited
silver, or from the circulation Of
Treasury notes, We will be ready to
advocate the necessary checks.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-09
EXTRA SESSION.

Gov. Marks has called an extra
session of the Legislature, to meet
on the 10th inst. He fixes that
date, perhaps, hoping that the i'm
practicables may want ito hang up
their Christmas stockings and drink
their Christmas egg>nog at home,
and will consequently hurry up
matters and end the session in a
week. The subjects to be legislated
upon are stated in his proclamation
calling the extra session, as follows:
l. To amend an act passed March II,
1879, and approved March Is, 1879.
entitled can act to amend al act en-.
titled an act to establish Taxing Dis
tricts in this State, and to provide the
means Of local government for same, !"
passed January 29.h, 1879, and ap-
proved January 3Ist, 1879. 30 as to levy
an additional tax, not exceeding enc
per cent, upon the 800 upon all the
property in the territorial limits of the
extinct corporation of the city OF
Memphis, to be paid on the 1st day of
February, 1850, and to be expended in
the territorial limits of the ex tinct cor
poration of the city of Memphis, "for
the repair and paving of the streets
and bridges and construction of sew
ers, drains, and for sanitary purposes;'
and an additional levy of not exceed
ing one per cent. on the 500 for the
same purpose, to be paid on the 1st day
of December, 1880.
2. If necessary for the sanitary i'm
provement of said city, to increase the
tax on privileges within the limits OF
said extinct corporation, not to exceed
the ratio of increase of the tax on
property.
3. TO clothe the local government OF
Memphis with appropriate powers to
enable it to construct the necessary
sanitary improvements.
A. To clothe the local government Of
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LitteIl's Living AGE.

In 1880, THE LIVING AGE enters upon its thirty
seventh year, admittedly Hnriyalled and eontlnIl-
ousy successful During the year 1t viii furnish to
It's readers the productions OF the most eminent
authors, aboYe-named and many others; embracing
the choicest Serial and Short Stories by the Leading
Foreign N07eliStS, and an amount
UnspproachsGi by any O, n ar Period teal
in the world, of the most valuable Literary and Sci
entifc matter of the day. from the pens of the
foremost EsSayists, Scientists, Critics DISCOVERIES
and Editors, representing every department of
knowledge and Progress
THE LIVING AGE Is a '70eeEly magazine giving
more than
THREE AND QUARTER THOUSAND
doublecolumn octave pages of reading matter
yearly 1t presents In an inexpensive form. con-
sidering its great amount of matter with freshness
owing to its weekly issue, and with satisfactory
completeness attempted By no other publication, the
best Essays. Reviews Criticisms, Tales, Sketches Of
Travel and Discovery, Poetry, Scientific, Bi0graph-
cal, Historical and Political Information from the
entire body of Foreign Periodical Literature.
The importance of The LIVING AGE to every
American reader, as the only satisfactorily fresh
and COMPLETE compilation of an indispensable
current literature, -iRdispeHsaGie because it en-
braces the productions OF the
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-09

The GREATEST LIVING AU-
THORS. such as Prof. MAX Muller,
Est. Hon. w. e. Gladstone. Jas. A.
FrOude. Prof. Huxley, H. A.
Proctor. Edyg. a. Freeman. Prof.
TyndalI. DIR. W. B. Carpenter,
Frances Power G0bbe. The Duke
Of Argyll. VIM. Black. Hiss Thacix-
cray. Mrs. MulOch-tFaIlk, Geo.
Macdonald. Mrs. OIIphant. Jean
IngeiOw. Mrs. Alexander. ThOs.
Hardy, Matthew Arnold. Henry
kingsley,, ~. w. story. Turgue-
nief, Carlyle. RusAin, TennysOn,
browning, and many others, are represented
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THE KNOXVILLE CHRONICLE
And Weekly Wing and Chronicle
for 1880.


for 1880.
During the coming Presidential
year, the DAILY CHRONICLE will
take an active part in the vigorous
discussions of all political issues
involved, and will, at the same
time, keep its readers fully posted
on all the important events of the
day. 1t will do whatever is honest
and legitimate to promote the SIC
cess of the Republican ticket,
placing fidelity to the inter ests of
that party above any personal aims
or privata ambition. To this end
it will favor the selection of good
men with clear records, per-
sonal aud political, for standard
bearers in the coming canvass, and
when such are selected, it will do
everything reasonable to secure
their success. s ss
In State politics, the CHRONICLE
will support no man for any Office,
from Governor down to constable,
who is not in favor of paying the
State debt upon terms satisfactory
to the creditors of the State. It
will oppose the efforts of repudia-
tionists to drag the entire State
down to their low and degraded
standard, first, last and all the time,
and even though the repudiationists
should be successful, it will continue
to denounce them and their infa.
nous schemes.
The WIG AND CHRONICLE will
be published weekly, as before, and
will be made up from the issues of
the DAILY CHRONICLE. Tt will con-
tain a choice selection of miscella-
neous matter each week, together
with or;als, telegraph and local
matter. Especial attention will be
given its columns, and everything
that could be Objectionable in the
family circle will be carefully ex-
Guided. It will be the object of the
publishers to make it welcome
visitor into the families of the
country.
Its market reports will be carefully
revised every Tuesday and made as
nearly perfect and reliable as pos
sible.
The Agricultural columns of the
WHIG AND CHRONICLE shall receive
close attention, and will be i'm
proved all the time. In this depart
ment, the views of practical farmers
on topics of interest will be invited.
The proprietors Of these two old
and well established journals will
spare no pains to keep up and add
to their established reputation, and
are confident that they will make
them worth many times more than
the subscription price charged. ?
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ihaBsery Court al Knoxville T enn,

G, 1887.
I. D Ford, vs.. l. W Alexander and Richard R.
zE sSE Harris
IN THIS CAUSE IT APPEARING FROM
i the bill which is worn to. that the defend :
ants. L. w. Alexander and Richard X. Harris
noI-resid 4nts of the state Of Tennessee it is
ordered that the said defendants appear before
the Chanc sry Court at Knoxville, Tennessee, On
the lst Monoay in January next, lS8', and II AXE
defense to the bill hied in this ca use. or the
same vii be tax en- for c7nfessed. This notice
will be published in the Knoxville Wing and
Chronicle for 70 n consecutive weeks.
A true copy attest.
| This the Sd. day of December. 1879.
decSg4t M. Z. PATTERSON, C. & M,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-09
In the Chancery Court at Jacks.
boro Tennessee.

Joseph W, Wier. admir-. VS.. Henry Sharp. Ex'r.
and others.
TN THIS CAUSE 1T APPEARING FROM
/ the allegations ia the bill. which is sworn to,
resident of Lee county, State of Virginia. it is
therefore ordered that publication be made fol
four consecutive weeks in the Knoxyilie Whig
CITY of Knoxville, Tennessee, notifying said
James S. Smith to appear at the next term Of
said court, to be held on ii onday, the 18th ay o.
December, 1879. at the court house IN Jacksboro
same viii be taken as confessed as to him. and
set for hearing ex parte. by order of Clerk and
Master. This, October 22nd, 1879:
J. S. LINDSAY. G. & NJ.
Of the ChanceTy Court at Jacksboro'.
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