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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-11
An Unf'uifilesa Prophecy
Washington.

If George Washington, like the sew
en- sleepeTs of Ephesus, could wake up
and contemplate his unfulfilled prOph
ecies and predictions, be would, says
writer in the Columbus CO.. State
Journal retire to some lonely sepulchre
outside of Virginia with mingled feel-
ings of pity and disgust.
In 1895, in writing to Sir John Sim
clair, of England. of his Mount Vernon
estate and its advantages, Washing
ton said that although he might in
cur the charge of partiaiity ia hazard
ing such an opinion at that time, he
did n 1t hesitate 10 pronounce that the
lands on the waters OF the Potomac
would in few years be in greater de-
mand and in higher estimation than
in any part of the United States" In
speaking of the close proximity Of this
estate to Washington, the then pro-
posed federal capital, he said, after emu
meratiDg it's great advantages: 'there-
by making the federal city the great
emporium of the United States"
Within full view Of Mount Vernon,
separated therefrom by water only,
was in that day one of the most beau"
| tiful seats on the river, called "Bel.
volr," belonging to Thomas Fairfax,
| Baron Of Cameron. This estate OftwO
thousand acres Washington said, was
for sale at $33 l an acre. To-day,
after lapse of almost century, these
or adjacent lands, wilder but less fer
tile than then, are offered without
buyers at $40 to Sis an acre, and lands
on the waters Of the Pa.omac, from
which can be seen the Goddess of
Liberty on the high dome of a mag
nificent capitol, are in less demand al
the above price than the wild and re-
mote, but fertile prairies of Kansas.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-11
VOICES.

nown in the night hear them
Tho voices of things unknown;
Thai murmur, and humble, and chucKle'
And whisper, and sob, and moan.
And often up from the chaos
OF deepest dreams hear
The sound of their phantom laughter
Filling the atmosphere.
They call to me from the darkness
They cry to me from the gloom,
Till ! start sometimes from my pillow
IA sar tbroT1gh the haunted room =
When the face of the moon at the "lhuo"
Weara pallor ike my own,
A oao,os 10 be listening with me
IT, tbs strange mysterious tone
To the strange, mysterious murmur
OF voices that seem to be
Striving in vain to whisper
Of secret things to me-
OF a something dread to be warned of
OF vision once teheld;
Or hints of the marvellous beauty
OF songs unsyllabled.
But ever and ever the meaning
Falters and falls and dies,
And only the silence quavers
With the sorrow of my signs,
And answered. Voices, you may not
Make me to understand
Tall nv own voice, mingling with you,
Laughs in the shadow-land.
flames W. Riley.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-11
TO PREVENT DROWNING.
A Clergymsn's Wonderful Invention
to Save Life in the Watsr
Sheffield (Eng.) Telegra. Ii.

A Wesleyan minister, Rev. w. Cowell
Brown, has patented an invention which
means lessening TIM number of deaths by
drowning. A chemical preparation is in,
serted i'll a portion OF the coat, waistcoat
or dress 1t does not add to the weight or
in any way alter the appearance of the
garment. The preparation is inserted be-
tween the lining and the cloth. In the case
of a coat it is placed in each side of the
breast and up the back The moment man
falls in the water the coat initiates and he
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-11
Agriculture.

Al the laying of the corner stone of
the new Agricultural Hall of the Uni
versity of Tennessee, last week, Major
Hi. Ingersoll was introduced, and
spoke as follows:
In etate where nine-tenths of the
nonuIsti0n till the soil for livelihood,
me youth should be Instructed In the
art Of agriculture; and, state univer-
s;,v. protesting to give instruction In
his art. and receiving much of it's en-
Sowment from fund dedicated TO
aorjcnltural education ought to have an
a9riculturaf hall, both as an external
symbol of this function, and also as a
temple sacred to Ceres.
This conviction, long cherished by
the bosrd of trustees as cardinal or
thodoxy, has now from dead creed
come to be a living faith; and to-day,
in token of their earnest sincerity in
this work, they lay the corner stone of
Agricultural Hall. May it be good
work, true work and square work !!
Nav 1t stand fact and be firm as the
rock ribbed bill beneath And may
the superstructure be comeiy and
graceful aud strong, and long may il
endure as monument to the Wisdom
andz Of it's founders!
Mythology says that, during thf
wanderiDgs Of Ceres in search of bel
lost daughter PFosepine, the cuitiVa
ton of the ear IA was neglected auC
the ground ot came barren. Might no
an ancient, travelling through Oul
beau iful land, wonder whether Pluto
had again abducted the goddess daugh
ter, aud Ceres was again wandering
over the earth in search Of her?
Many are the earth -tillers, who ar
idliDg away the day in the market ant
on the street corner, aud many tn
fields that suffer therefor. But man.
barren and desolate from ignorant, in
dOlent half-culture. Oh! the acres Q
land on our hill sides and in our val
leys even that for years have beef
scratched and starved by shiftlese
thriftless farmers |! Six inches undo
the surface the sunlight Ia perennial
stranger, and many fields havs fAste(
for more than forty years. Brier ant
broom se6ge penny royal and persim
mon sprouts, sassafras and sink field
gulleys an galls-these are the fruit
OF careless, listless hu-baadry,
thatli-do policy Of farming, wn'ct
may be seen in every direction. far all
near. From this beautiful sic. II
plain view of the University of Ten
nessee with it's department OF agricul
ture, this washed and WORKOUT Ian,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-11

stares us In the face, complaining of
the ignorance or Incidence of it's
owners, anu pleading for something
for chance, only a
fair chance, 10 bring forth grass and
herbs aud grain aud trees yielding
fruit for the Use Of mau and beast, that
1t may thus fulfill its destiny.
Have we rot some TriptOlemus,
taught of Ceres how TO plow and sow
and reap, TO make bread and take care
of fruit trees, aud like him commits
stoned and com manded by her to
travel 10 and down, and teach men
how live aud thrive and be happy
in the culture of the earth The
farmer ought to be the brightest,
healthiest, happiest man on earth.
Work aud labor, Of course, he
must; but he need not worry
and toll. Labor, sent 10 man
"a a curse, he has tried and studied
and courted, till he has changed il
into a nelper aud blessing ana now
not labor, but idleness, is the curse,
and be is the hopeless wight
who has nothing to do and knows
not how to do it. PIow and SOW the
farmer must, Of course, till he reclaims
struction aud incentive and soon he'll
Craze and NOW instead. Soon he will
learn that cattle and mules, sheep aud
horses ere better friends than corn and
wheat, and oats and miilet. Better a
rood Of grass than an acre of grain.
Teach him that il costs no more to
raise an AIderDey or short
horn than a spiney or scrub; that
with good food, aud shelter, and care
aud currying he may, in few years
make thoroughbreds of his common
stock; that deep ploughing will guard
against both flood and drouth; teach
him tho philosophy of rotation OF
crops, the value of manure; how he
may make 1t on his farm out of the re-
fuse and the rocks; how he may inn
prove his farm and his condition, inr
crease his wealth and his happiness;
teach him that learning Is not the en-
envy, hut the ally of farming; that he is
better off in the country than the town;
freer from worry and sorrow; from
vice ADD temptations; from sin and
disease, and nearer to nature, to health
to home and happiness, and you have
him aud his farm both on the high
road to redemption.
For those Of settled habits this may
not be dore. They may be too old to
learn. But this University may teach
the Ingenious youth, who come here
for destruction, the art and mystery oil
agriculture, so that another generation
snail make COR beaGtiful landscape
laugh with verdure, and our fields
groan with harVestf; and then short
/ horn aud Poland Chino shall supplani
pennyroyal aud peach orchard; the
Jersey the scrub; the Pescheron ths
Brimmer; the grass the grain; man
SIGN aud hall, cabin and hut; the car
riage the cart, the nacadam the cordu
roj wealth, poverty; health, disease
and happiness, misery.
To such ends as these our hopes as
pire. And may this building, dedi
Gated to such purposes, realize th
fondest expectation Of it's founders
and prove perpetual blessing TO tn
University and the stats Of TENNESSEE
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-11

The Democrat learns that for several
weeks past revival of religion has
been in progress at Sandy Springs, a
few miles south of Maryviile. The
services have been conducted by Rev.
MeCrosky and others. Thirteen con.
versions are reported, and the meetirg
IL still In progress.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-11
NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. Carr died in Washington coun-

4 g. 3 s
Mrs. Carr died in Washington coun-
ty Aug. l. aged 50.
Thoe. Yearwood, Esq, OF Monroe
county, exhibits stalk of corn with
eight years on it.
The United States internal revenue
collections in the Nashville district for
the month OF July amounted to $751;
202 49, TT
The Western Uplon Telegraph COM
pany has just completed two new tele-
graph lines between Nashville and
Chattanooga.
Steps are being taken by the e. t.,
Va. and Ga. railroad to establish de
pot at Shells, a flag station this side OF
Bristol, says the Courier.
Five hundred conyfcts have been
put to work on the Western North
Carolina railroad this week, says the
Newport Sentinel.
Robt. Gentry, aged about seventy
years, dropped dead in store house
three miles from Chattanooga last
Tuesday cause, appoplexy.
An offender in the Nashville police
court the other day was fined $50 for
disturbing public worship, and an ad-
ditional $50 for resisting an officer.
The Monroe Democrat understands
that the notorious Thos 6. Boyd, re-
Gently elected justice of the peace a
Sweetwater, viii be candidate for the
state senate,
An ice factory has just been started
st Nashville. Zen tons Of ice will be-
turned out daily, andthatis said to be-
just one-fourth of the daily eonsump-
ton in that city. #a
DR.. r. P. Eaton, of Eaton's X Roads,
Loudon county, is suggested by COT
respondent Of the LOudOn Journal, %
suitable candidate for the state ser
ate, on the republican IL ct.
A Hancock and English flag pole
was raised at Sweetwater last Saturday +.
The Democrat says two or three repub
licans aided in the matter, and the y
will be creme mbered." How?
The foundation for new blast fur
naces at COwan, Tennessee, has been
commenced, according to the Amer Z.
can. A stack. 100 feet high. the high
est stack in the o lth is TO be erecse
here.
The board Of directors Of the Wash
ington county fair, which occurs ct
Jonesboro next month, have offered
premium Of $50 for the cornet band
furnishing the best music on the
ground the two last days of the fair.
Kingston last Tenuesseean: "The
Oakdaie Furnace went into blast on
| Thursday last. They are making Is
run" every six hours, turning Ou'
about so tons Of pig iron every "A
| hours. Everything, we are 1nformeu
is working finely.
From the Rogersville Spectator, we
| learn that Prof. w. L.. McSpadden, OF
our city, has been elected principal OF
McMinn Academy, Hawkins county.
Prof. McSpadden is thorough AID
professional educator, and we Dave Do
doubt whatever, will give entire salts
faction.
Last Tuesday morning, before day,
the eve ling house-with portion ii
It's contents--of Constable John Viii
liame, at Kingston, was destroyed by
fire, says the East Tennesseean. /
was evidently the work OF an inceI :
diary, as the marks were left wheI.
some hay had been carried from q
stable near by and thus ignited.
According to the Democrat, Dick
Bradley, of Sweetwater, has son -
John Robinson Bradley-born the
night on which RobiDson's circus
exhibited at Sweetwater, four yeai,
ago. Mr.. Cullen, the agent, when b,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-30
Ghe g ailg Arsus.
The Sink Industry in the United States.

| n. 7. Herald.
| According to a well informed writer in
The November AtLanttc as fine QUALITY Of
silk can be raised in the United States as
n any part of the world. but the silk can
not be produced here and reeled IA
cheaply as the raw silk can be imported
from China and Japan. These facts are
proved by many experiments In silk cuI-
ture extending through more than two
hundred years and made 10 almost every
part of the country. The climate of Cali
fornia is admirably adapted to silk raising.
Cocoons and eggs OF excellent qualify have
been raise there. But those who have
engaged IN thelndustry have found it more
profitable to ship the eggs to France than
TO rear them for silk. 4 well organized
effort to make silk culture successful and
profitable in this country is now In progress
10 Kansas. LIZ was started by Nj, De
boIsslere, who came from France and
settled 10 Franklin county. He has es-
tablished small mill. and with, NJ Crozier
the author OF treatise on the raising of
silk worms, is working with hope and
enthusiasm among the farmers of Kansas
But the success of their experiment re-
mains to be established.
While silk culture has SO far nroved
a failure in the United States. the mapn-
facture of silk has been a remarkably
successful industry The first mill on the
continent was built at Mansfield, Conn. 10
1910. To-day 279 firms are engaged in
the silk manufacture in this country. the
most of them being in New York. New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and
Massachusetts They have eighteen
million sdollars capital invested. ploy
eighteen thousand operatives. pay aDnu-
ally more than six million dollars wages and
yearly produce goods worth twenty~seven
million dollars. The greatest centre Of the
industry is Paterson, Il, j. The Lyons Of
America, where thirty -two firms are
engaged In the business with eight thou>
sand operatives and an invested capital of
six million dollars. Nearly every variety
OF silk manufacturers is represented in the
United States, while ''the quality of the
work" says the writer above cited, will
compare with, and in some departments is
superior to, that of any other country in
the world" Indeed. the goods OF the
Cheney Brothers, whose mill at South
Manchester, Conn.,. is the largest in the
United States. are. uow initiated in Europe.
The display of American silks at Phiadel-
phia in 1876 surprised Americans them
selves hardly less than foreign experts.
Our marked success in the field is due in
no smatikmeasure to the improvements we
We have ade in machinery. In silk
the Centennial judges declared
this country to be ahead of all others
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-30
Hum plugged again.

saw SO much said about the merits OF
Hop Bitters. aud my wife who was always
doctoring, and never~well, leased me so
urgently 10 get her some. | concluded to
be hum plugged again; and [ am glad |
did for IL less than two months use Of the
Bitters Hv wife was cured and she has
remained so for eighteen months since.
like such umbngging. H T, St Paul.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-30
STOCK SPECULATION.

john A. DODGE & Co. Bankers and Brokers, -
Wall Street, New York. buy stocks on reasonable
margin, and. when desired. viii advise when and
what to buy Also Stock Privileges in which SOS
to $500 can be probably invested. Opportunities
for good profits are constantly occurring. Fhll in
formation on application, and Weekly Report sent
free.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-30
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For want OF space here give the certificates
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-30

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-30

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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-27

Before tire election the Democratic
press Of the conntiy engaged IN a
systematic attempt to convince the
people that Gen Garfield the Repub-
lican candidate for President was q
man Of very bad character and entire
II unified for the great dignity to
which lie aspired.
Since the election such sentiments
as are expressed in the following
paragraphs have been printed IN the
editorial columns Of nearly all the
leading Democratic papers of the
United States:
From the Washington Post.
Gen, Garfield ii an Intellectual man and
a man Of exceptional culture; strong in
argument ard brilliant in conversation.
He is also gentleman in his instincts and
habits. Such q man, with the large and
varied experience he has had in public
affairs, ought to be able to repay the great
honor conferred on him BY giving the
people a wise, benefcent, honest and able
administration.
From the Louisville Courier Journal.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD-He is a person OF
commanding intellect voluminous expe.
rienco in public aff;lirs. incapable alike Ct
personal venality Or nalignity, and capable PAL
Of being, and Of wishing to be, just chief
magistrate. That this will be his purpose
and policy We sincerely hope.
Not only are these complimentary
opinions Of our President elect enter
tanned and expressed by the news
paper writer's who were so recently
denouncing him as thief, but the
conviction seems to be quite preva-
lent among them that, as the Mem
plis Avalanche puts its, "the Demo
Gratis materially aided in Gartield's
election by their personal warfare
upon him."
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-27

For our share of this graceful COM
pliment we return sincerest thanks to
our appreciative aud appreciated con-
temporary, the Gretna Courier
A v1srT.-We acknowledg sc q friendly
call from Mr. A. ]. Reynolds, principal
typographer, Of that sterling paper, the
Donaldsonvil1e CHIEF, the ablest among
our rural exchanges.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-27
He Wise and Happy.

# you will stop oil your extravagant
and wrong notions in ,loctoring yourself
and family with expensive doctors or
hun,bng cure-alls that do harm always,
and use only natures simple remedies for
al your ailments-yon viii be wise, we'll
and happy. and save great expense. Tie
greatest remedy for this, the great, wise
and good will tell yon, is Hop Bitters-
rely nn IT, See another COLUMN.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-27


We are glad to note that the publ
cation of the New Orleans Ledger is to
be continued, and We. hope the paper
will be literally sustained aud widely
read by the people Of New Orleans
and the country parishes rs well.
The result Of the recent National cleo
ton should convince every Louisiana
Democrat Of the folly Of depending
upon the newspaper organs of his own
party alone for reliable information
concerning the political condition Of
country and correct estimate Of the
claims, purposes and characters Of
the rival parties and their candidates.
Political questions, like all others,
have two sides, aud it is essential to
intelligent Judgment that both should
be understood. The Ledger is q
high toned Republican paper, edited
with distinguished ability, represent
ing il, its political attitude the best
impulses and aims Of the party low
dominant in National affairs; and
apart from politics, its merits as a
literary, society aud family journal
are Of the highest order. We feel
assured that all who will give the
Ledger trial will be pleased with it.
The subscription price Is the same as
that of the CnIgF-S2 per aunum.
The Ledger is published weekly at N, j.
50 Camp street, New Orleans, and
should be ADDRESSED
accordingly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-27

In Warren county, Miss, Of which
Yicksburg is the county scar, the
Board Of Election Commissioners
threw out over 1000 Republican bal
lots, on the frivolous ground that the
printers dasles used in the printing
of the tickets constituted "device =
within the meaning ofthe prolibitory
State law on the subject. This out
rage was perpetrated for the purpose
ef counting in the notorious Gen.
James r. Chalmers, who Was squareiy
dafeAted f,rs Csiagreas ID the = Shoe
string District" by Hon. John r.
Lynch. Gen. Chalmers has been given
= pretended majority BY this fraud
nloa,t mcane, hut q Republican Con-
greas may be depended upon to raise
him out Of the seat which he has never
yet occupied BY virtue Of the will Of
the people of his district. The Vicks-
burg Herald, an indepenarnt Demo-
cratic paper, fitlv characterized the
action If the Commissioners as not
only wrong, but futile, aud "a injury
TO the Democratic party.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-27

Tho editor Of tho Colfax Chronicle
proposes to att1nd the next meeting
Of the Press Association. The pros
poet III . large attendance and an
Interesting and profitable session is
exceedingly good. Every paper in the
State should be represented.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-27

Full returns from the fifth Texas
district show that Jones, Independ-
ant. has been elected to Congress,
defeating Shepherd, Democrat; BY
ANAL majority. ss8sess1s Il 1