Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-08-04
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first engine over iron rails in England.
There are now 10000 miles of iron
rails in the world.
G. w. Williams. the colored Repre-
sentative from Hamilton county in the
Ohio Legislature, is writing a history
of the colored race in America.
Life is divided into three terms. that
which is. which was, which will be.
Let us learn from the past to profit by
the present, and from the present to
live for the future.
Basing his calculation upon the rate
at which the delta of the NIississippi
is deposited, Prof. Nudge reaches the
conclusion that man has been on the
earth less than two hundred thousand
years.
Boston has gained 10000 in popu--
latiOn in ten years, and many of the
manufacturing towns, as Lynn, Low
ell, and Lawrence, have added about
10000 each, drawn from outside the
State, and not from country towns.
Men and women are not allowed to
ride together in the street cars of
Egypt. but it is solely because the
women were in the habit of spreading
all over all the seats, the same as in
this country.
No member of the. British royal
family, except the children of the
Queen and Of the Prince of Wales. are
entitled to be styled royal highncss"
unless they have been specially created
so by her Majesty.
There are eighty-seven Indian rtser-
vations in the United States and Ter
ritories, embracing total era of
l39, POI 900 acres. There are about
243.37l indians maintaining tribal
forms, according to the estimate of the
Indian Bureau. This gives each In
dian of all ages and both sexes, 500
acres of land.
American farm products are now
sought for all over the world. The
era of low prices, dull sales and hard
times is about over. We shall furnish
the starving millions Of other conti--
nents with bread, and our waste
lands will soon groan with plenteous
harvestS.
Truth is always consistent with
itself, and needs nothing to help il out.
1t is always near at hand, and sits,
upon our lips and is ready to- drop out
before we are aware; whereas a lie is
troublesome, and sets mans inven-
ton upon the rack, and one trick
needs a great many more to make it
good.
A lucky chap at Washington, who
has the prescription, says: ga woman
is the best manGuver after all. Take
three pounds of petticoats, four smiles,
two tear drops, with CANNON at dis
cretion; stir briskly, and apply while
warm to the blind side of a secretary,
and you have never-failing prcscrip--
ton for getting Office.
English farmers can be arrested and
fined for killing hares OH the farms.
they lease and cultivate. The right to-
game of every kind is reserved by the
owners, who think nothing of riding
over the crops that may be standing
when the sporting season opens-the'
18th Of September-when turnips are
the principal crop.
1t has been discovered that the cli-
mate Of California and northern Gcor-
gia and Alabama is just suited to the
cultivation of the cinchona tree, from
which quinine is made, and it is pro-
, posed to introduce the cultivation of
these trees into this country, SO as to
save the expense it incurs every year
in sending to South America forPeru-
Wan bark.
Every farmer should know that ex-
i, posing potatoes too long to the rays of
the sun, or exposing to plenty of light
and air will soon ruin them. A good
3 farmer will dig and dry his potatoes
at the proper time, as quick as con-
venient, and take them to IFS dark
> cellar without delay, being carefulnot
to have too many in one bin. Potatoes
which arc fine and mealy when dug,
= treated in this manner, will remain
good until new early potatoes are
:, ripe.
G OF the great soldier who is now de-
e nounced as "traitor" in the Republi-
: can press, Captain Glazier SAYS. in
his "Heroes of Three Wars:' i'Han-
cock always displayed the character
istics of true and chivalrous man
hood. Gracious to a conquered enemy,
generous in all his instincts, incapable
Of pettiness, never revengeful, splendid
in military qualities, he was such a
General as would fifty adorn the
: annals of any age, however glorious.
The student Of human nature takes
courage in contemplating such char.
7, acter, and believes afresh in the posi-.
bility of the loltiest types of man.
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