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Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-14
The Census,

Knoxville Chronicle: The following
table furnished us by Mr.. j. A. Newton,
Supervisor of the census for the first
district of Tennessee, shows the number
of enumerators to be appointed in the
various counties: Roane, 10; Leudon,
s: Monroe, -; Blount, IL; Sewer, II
Knex, 25; Anderson, s; Campbell, 8;
Scott, A.; Union, Z; jefferson, 10; Clai-
borne, 3; Hancock, 6; Hawkins, -;
Granger, 8; Hamblen, 6; Cooke, II
Unicof, 4; Greene, 10; Washington, II ;
Carter, g.; Sullivan, Is; Morgan and
johnson, not yet appointed.
Knoxville Tribune: Census Super
visor Newton has received nearly one
thousand applications for appointment
as enumerators in this district. This
Supervisors district embraces the first
and second Congressional districts, tc
complete the census of which, within
the time specified, about two hundred
and forty enumerators will be required
OF this number about 1l0 will operate III
the first and 1874 in the second Congress.
sional districts. Enumeration district;
are to be so regulated as to make tho
average population of districts from
! 300 to 1900, in order to equalize al
nearly as possible the work of enumera
tors. Supervisor Newton states that the
work is to be commenced on the frs
Monday in June and shall be complete,
within twenty-one days, exclusive o
/ SUNDAYS,
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-14


The Index is pleased to accuse us of
belonging to the Kearney school of
politics and the Ingersoll school of
theology, and says we have abused
DIR. b. and others, including the
Faculty of Mar, vile College, editori-
ally.
We belong to the school of politics
known as Hard-Money, Free-Trade
and Home Rule Democracy; and we
have been taught and educated to be-
lieve in the Presbyterian Confession
of Faith, and no other, ........
We do not make war on The clergy,
as class. 1t is only hebad ones that
we say can lie or sneak out of mean
thing, when they arc caught This is
the course they have pursued in some
transactions we have had the misfor-
tune to have with some of them, as
we are abundantly able to prove.
We have not said one word, editori-
ally. about the Faculty of Maryville
College. We regard them all as high
toned gentlemen, with one exception,
and we caa prove to the satisfaction of
the editor of the Index even, that we
have good groRnds for our opinion of
This one. r 3''' @'''. %
We do not, for moment, suppose
that the editor of the Index is any
thing bNt a gentleman of the high
toned kind--if ae is preacher.
Wheaever a preacher does a mean
thing. which happens sometimes. and
il is brought home to him, and he is
charged with it, the aecuser is inva'
riablv branded, by the guilty party
as a Kearneyite, or follower of In
gersoll. or a disbeliever in the Bible
They muddy the water in this way
40 as to bring down the curses ant
tho anathemas of the faithful on TIT
head of any ono who is so presump
tuous as to insinuate that they arr
not entirely Holy. H
We want it understood that we d'
not hesitate to say when man doe
mean thing, if heis a preacher, o
even a.D. d.
The Index need not apply our re
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-14
WEDNESDAY, APRIL IA, 1880.

From the Knoxville Chronicle we
see that a Republican Congressional
Convention, for the Second District, is
called, TO meet at Knoxville on the
Oath of next June, for the purpose of
nominating candidate for Congress.
The basis of representation is fixed at
one vote for every 200 or fraction
thereof of the Republican vote cast
in the last Sheriff's election in the
several counties. ... t..'
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-14

The Society Of Friends deserve
great credit for the way they are
managing their school. They have
five professors, and elegant school
rooms with accommodations of all
kinds, for students from a distance.
The tuition is cheap, and the board is
almost nothing. Everything is taught
that can be taught at the College, and
the school has the advantage over the
College of not being "mixed."
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-14

The Index intimates that it is
strange that the County Court should
have misunderstood us, when we adj
vised it that in our opinion the county
could not succeed i'll rcpudiating the
debt. The County Court did not mis-
understand us. The members, each
and every one, will bear us out in
saying that we have always expressed
but one opinion on the subject, and
that was that we would have the debt
TO pay. @
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-14

Since our last weeks issue we have
met and conversed with several prom
inent Democrats from the country,
and without any exception they all
declared themselves in favor of Tilden
as the Democratic candidate for Pres
idcnt. The people arc for Tildcn, but
the politicians seem to be against him,
rs they were in 1876. The people
were strong enough then to make
themselves heard in the Convention,
and they will be again.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-14

Judge Houk and DIR, Lyle were
billed to appear at cambridge on
Monday last. The County Conven-
ton also met on that day. Five coun-
ties have already declared for Judge
Houk-Blount, Anderson, Roane,
Loudon and Sewer. I'M
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-14
ing a re.
from this county,
It is well known that

have a safe majority of from.
three hundred in this county, ana IL,
a Democrat cannot be elected to any
position, unless he is assisted by
Republicans. Republicans voted for
Brickell and elected him, and hence,
according to Mr.. McTeer's and the
Index's manner of reasoning, the Re-
publican party is responsible for his
election and his acts-repudiation and
all.
We voted for Brickell, and so did
the Democrats of the county, and a
large. number of Republicans. But
we do not want to resort to the quib-
BILE of a tenth-rate preacher and sad
die the responsibility for his acts on
the Republican party, because he was
elected by Republican votes. He was
the Democratic candidate and was
elected, hence that party is responsible
for his acts. - e-
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-14
We see that our Republican friends
nlount held a large and ehthusi-
recently, and endorsed
$? We have understood

.nat some people who had aspirations
for office, such as Census Supervisor,
were very much opposed to Houk,
and that they threatened that he
should not be endorsed in Blount.
These parties seem to have lost their
grip, and Houk still goes marching
on, ..........
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-14

marks about ministers generally tot
itself, or its editor, for we do not allude,
to good people, but to those who do
wrong. "
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-14

The California House of Represent
atives recently passed bill to allow
women to vote on all questions affect
ing the public school system. ''.
The Democracy of Sullivan county
have been called to meet at Blount-
vile on the first Monday of May, to
appoint delegates to the State Con-
vention at Nashville, June s.
Col. E. w. Cole now proposes to
build Railroad from JacksoA. :,
via Nashville, to the Cincinnati Sou
them about the mouth of Obey river,
and connect with Knoxville via the
Emory Gap line.
At Atlanta, Ga, and Louisville, XIV,
OH the 9Th inst.,. Republican Conven-
tons were in session, and both culmi-
mated in big rows and general fisticuff
fights. The "party of great moral
ideas" is ION its ear" in those States.
Newport Sentinel: AT this writing
the STOW is falling thick and fast and
the surrounding mountains are liter
ally white. THAT q very valuable
silver mine has lately been discovered
near Whitwell, in this county, by f.
G. Wagner, may be set down for a
fact. We have in our Office specimens
of the ore which have every appear
ance of lead and silver. q
SANTA FE, New MEXICO, April TO-
information received at military head
quarters states that General Hatch, with
part of his command, attacked three
hundred Indians who were encamped in
San Andreas mountains. The fight last
ed six hours, when the Indians retreat
ed, leaving their dead behind. Captain
Henry Carroll. of the 9th cavalry, and
seven soldiers were wounded.
At the military barracks, West
Point, recently, colored cadet named
Whitaker was found in his room
bountlsecurely and a piece of his ear
cut off, and his body otherwise bruis-
ed. He claims that masked men en-
tered his room at night and assailed
him. The case is now undergoing an
investigation. Some persons think
that Whitaker committed the acts
hiRself, while others believe his side
of the story. tt ...
New York Times: The citizens of
Nashville, Tenn, are making extern
sive preparations for the celebration
of the Centennial anniversary of that
city, which occurs on the oath inst.
The celebration will be continued from
that date, in various forms, until the
first Of June. Gen. John f. Wheeless,
Chairman of the Military Committee,
has sent invitations to the military
organizations Of this city to be repre-
scented by at least one company, and
several of the crack companies of
infantry will probably 60.
THE New York Tribune says: "The
dIsgraceflll story of the failure Of the
Freedmen's Savings bank is recounted
anew in the report Of Senator Bruce's
committee, with an additional chapter,
which is Of piece with all the rest.
Since the institution went into liquida-
ton, $4,000 has been paid as salaries to
the commissioners appointed by the Co
vernment to wind up its affairs, $40 ,0CO
to agents, and $3l 900 to attorneys, all of
which has been taken out of the funds
due the poor depositors. The report re-
wives unpleasant memories of a recent
regime at Washington of which this
Freedmen's bank swindle was but cir
cumstance among many"
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-29
Mrs. Oakey's Advice.
Boston Transcrlpt.

"A woman chose for her profession the head of household. Let her not enter on it lightly. Properly viewed. it is the most elevated of all professions. She has in her hands the welfare and direc- ton of a few of many people, but it is a work which cannot be neglected. It is her duty to see that her home is elem, airy, cheerful, happy, and its various economies attended to.
 "A mistress should 90 through her house every morning, praise where praise is due, and quietly find fault with any carelcsspess or omission, thinking nothing baneath her notice, but with gentle authority which admits of no question.
 Do not live with fine house over your head and subsist in the basement Few people out of your family know or care how you live. Let your house, large or small, be kept for the benefit of those who live in it. Warmth and light are better than fine furniture, and good beds better than fine bedsteads.
 "Liye in your drawing rooms; have books, work, music, fire, all to make it the pleasantest for the members of the family; a place for rest, comfort. con VerSatlOn, WltH nothing too hnc u sit upon.
 Curtains are not for ornament, but use, drop them, shut out the cod, and have an open fire. It is the best of luxu- ries, an ornament and cheerful coul- panion.
 "Early rising is desirable. I do not mean getting people up before daylight. It is useless to begin the day by making every member of the family uncomfort- able.
 "The mother should set an example Of being neatly and appropriately dressed She will see no one during the day be- fore whom she should desire to appear so well, or be so attractive.
 Treat your servants with confidence and consideration, and do not suspect them of doing wrong.
 They must have time to do tbeir washing and keep their cloths in order or they cannot be clean and look nioe and tidy.
 "Without wholesome intervals oi amusement, uninterrupted work be- comes intolerable. There are and must be differences in the modes of enjoy ment, but there is common woman' hood
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-29
The Labor Question.
St. Lonis Times.

St. Louis Times.
 There are evidences enough that the labor organizations of the United States are attaining greater strength than they have ever before wielded. They will foIce such recognition as has othitherto been accorded to them in this country, and as they have not been capable of commanding in any other country. The reasons for this are many, but the chief one, and which alone would account for the growing power alluded to, is the superior intelligence and enterprise of the men who compose the labor unions and cooperative organizations now found in every ueighborhood of the United States.
 Liberal systems of public education have afforded the opportunities to those who labor as well as those whom fortune has placed above necessity of toll, of degree of mental culture necessary to the achievement of the purposes they have in view. Their power is now be- coming plain 10 thein and they will not be slow to make the fact known
 The leaders in the labor organizations understand the great fundamental truth that money is simply the representative of labor; that accumulation of money IS but the accumulation of the power to command labor; that the very property which labor has created is nearly worth less, and rapidly perishable if moi guard ed, renewed and supplemented by labor They see, and know, that If the wealth of Pactolus should flow into the cotiers of the favored classes it would be but the fruit of the Dead Sea, which turns to ashes on the lips, if the laborers should refuse to exchange their laDor for it. 1 Only want of more intelligence, and per feet and universal organization, combin- ing labor as capital is combined, arc needed to give the laborersth full fruits of thelr toil. Only this to compel an equitable distribution of the products ot labor And this, too, by methods US le- l gal. and as moral a. are known and | practiced by those in the highest walks | of wealth and culture. With an ahso- lute monopoly of the great essential Of l the world, without which accumulatiqns are worthless as body when ue | bresth of life has lett it. the laborers A'e ! beginning to discern the possibilities M | their power. They no longer colonHe 1 Utopia when they contemplate the pos1 ble amelioration of the future of thx laboring masses. N
 The history of the past twenty years in the United States has emphasized every reason for their earnest action, l The phenomena of individual fortunes amassed by thousands of milionaires within brief decade constantly brIngs before their eyes the fact that q e law; of distribution prevalent in this country have been all partial to the rich anc powerful, and that nowhere under the sun in any age or state has labor been SC overreached Tn SO shert period. By as
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-29
Words of Wisdom.

Fidelity is the sister of Justiee.-Hor- ace.
 When frmness IS sufficient, rashness is unnecessary. .-Napoteon.
 Life is not the chief good; but of all earthly ills the chief is guilt.-Schaier.
 I fear God; and, next to God, I chiefly fear him who fears Him not.-Soodi.
 Foster the beautiful, and every hour thou callest new flowers to birth.-,Sciit- ter.
 It is heaven itself that points out hereafter and intimates eternity to man. --AddjS0a.
 How guilt, once harbored in the con scious breast, intimida;es the brave, de- grades the great.-Johnson.
 To Adam, Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants, home is Paradise.-Hare.
 Socrates, being asked the way to hon est famc, said, Study to be what you wish to seem."
 The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to find friend worth dying for.-H0r1le.
 Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else foreiving another.-RicItter.
 He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it.-sGhdrTOn. Bad manners are 8 species of bad morals. A conscientious man will not grossly offend in that wa y.-Boyce.
 A single bad habit in an otherwise 1 faultless character, as an ink drop, soil eth the pure white page.-H Baitou.
 Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them.-D1mcdn. | Nothing is more dangerous than an kmprudent friend; better is it to have No deal with a prudent my.-Lqon tgine.
 l \ know no real worth but that tranquil j hrmnees which seeks dangers by duty and braves them without rash-'@- ! = Mno5eJn,s
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-29
4 Good Time Coming.

We Jews are sailing into an open sea. Inc olG coast line is gradually disappear ing from view Exultant in the modern atmosphere, we greet with joy each em- bracing breeze, let it wait us never so far from port We are proud of newly-ac- quired freedom, and inspect with curious delight the modern tests and appliances. The pet words of science and philosophy we repeat with unrestrained glee; the names of modem masters are heard by us with cosmopolitan pride. 1t does seem as if here in America period is ap- preaching like that ln Spain, when the ethics of the Arabic philosophers had their cotene of admirers, and Jewish thinkers like Maimonidcs, and Gersoni- des showed such marvellous intellectual acumen, and aroused such intense ex- citement in theological circles Even then our people were breasting broad CT current than that with which their fathers had wrestled, cxI eriencing ideas to which the latter had been strangers. Science and religion, Aristotle and Moses wcre then the opposing cries. And ad- vanced thinkers were already breathing an atmosphere far, far removed from the Palestinian. and extending their range from Sinai, Jerusalem and Tiberias to the all-embracing rclion of humanity.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-29

much as the private fortunes of Amer ica, as compared with those of the old world, are greater and more numerous, being the growth of the span of ten years, by SO much has labor been over reached in this free land than in the governments of other parts of the earth. The undue accumulation of one class, they logically sec, neeessita.es q cores bonding depletion of another, and that other is themselves.
 The growth, therefore, of the labor organizations under the various styles and clothed in various guises, is marked and rapid, and is based on the reasoning and the facts we have but shadowcd forth. There is enough in it to excite the attention of thoughtful men. And yet it is plain the light is but dawning upon the subject but opening to the men engaged in the labor movement.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-29

A HUMaING birds nest found at Eliza beth by some persons who had sufficient natural curiosity to overcome their com passion, and who captured the nest, two young hummers and the old one, took them home and stuffed them. They are to be sent to the museum of natural curiosities in London. The nest is built on little twig and scarcely the size of half an English walnut. Both nest and twlg are covered with little patches of lichcn until it is almost impossible to tell one from the other, and the nest looks like kind oi natural cxcresence on the twig. The nest is pliable, like a tiny cup of velvet, and the inside is lined with Q white substance, as rich and soft as white silk. The little birds are about the size of humble bees, very pretty, and they sit on little perch just outside the nest, with open bills as the old one hoy. CTS over to feed them.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-29
RUssELLyIILE POPE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JAN

1 ii the early part of the Seventeenth l Century, and certain lands were granted to it by the Tokugawa dynasty of Sho guns. Tho society was filled from the ranks of the suD,urdi class alone There seems good ground for believing that it was a refuge for men who had accident ally taken life, or committed some breach in the punetilious code of honor, or w~unded fellow-clansmen by mis- adventure. Many. whose histories re semble that of the Hermit of Engeddi in Scott's "Talisman," doubtless found ref uge and oblivion by assuming the white robe ofthe Komoso. None were admit ted into the ranks of the brotherhood who had been guilty of the meaner crimes. The chief was invested with q priestly character, and usually resided at the chief temple in the province of Dwarf. He had power of life and death over his fellows, and was so far inde- pendent of the government that he could put any of the brethren to death, provided he formally reported to the au- thorities that he had punished an nollend- CT against the laws of Komoso, according to it's recognized rules He was not re- quired to specify the offense for which exemplary punishment had been in flicted on the erring brother. The so- ciety. it seems, has ever been q large one, as, after man had avsiled himself of the privileges of asylum which the fraternity afforded, he often retired to his own province, uslng the Komoso as sanctuary to protect him until the trouble for which he had sought its shel- ter was fairly blown over.
 Various stories are told of romantic incidents occurring in connection with the guild. The dramatist has not failed to employ the machinery of the secret order. An effective scene in the great tragedy which is founded on the story of the "Forty-seven Ronin," introduces the ayenger dressed in the white robes of q Komoso. Men have been known to join tine society with view to carry out in safety plans of revenge on the mur- derer of relative, and have found the murderer taking refuge in the same tenn pie in the dress of the brotherhood. The tragic climax of such situation is reach ed when the avenger carr: es out the vendetta by killing the man he sought, in spite of all oaths and bonds of union The peculiar garb selected by the Komo- so reminds one of the old Jewish Fs- senes, but with this resemblance between the two societies ceases. The Japanese mystics wore peculiar hat and carried flute, and they were known to each other by certain notes on the latter as Freemasons are known by words and gripes of the hand. Of the ritual very little is known. Gustav Schlegei has given us some curious particulars of the forms and ceremonies, the questions and answers used in the Triad Societies of Chir a, but, as far as we know, no invest igator of the history and objects of se- cret orders has revealed the mysteries of the Japanese Komoso. We have spoken 1.-the society in the past tense, but it may exist even now, and have future of activity in store. The votaries of the order took part in the civil war of 1868, and they may reappear if any revolu- tionarv movement should arise.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-29

TIE fumes from the smelting of lead ore are now passed through very long line of pipes and woolen bags, and con densed into lead again as steam is con verted into water. The lead thus ob- tained is powder of exceeding fineness, which makes an excellent blue paint. An intense heat meits this powder, and by similar process of catching the fumes white powder is obtained, which makes a superior white paint.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-29

CHIEF JosEpH's band of captive Nez Perces includes considerable number of Presbyterian converts. A full-blood Indianby the name of Archle B. Lawyer, licentiate of the Prcsbytery of Oregon, came from his distant home in Idaho to preach to them. He reports that more than 100 profess to be Christians, and wish to be connected with the Presby- terian Church.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-29
A Delightful Spot.
Detroit Free Press.

In a vacant lot on Peterboro street i a strip of ice about foot wide and thirt, feet long, and yesterday lone boy witl a pair of big skates was making beIiev, that he was having heaps of fun. passing pedestrian couldn't sec it in tha light, and he leaned over the fence an, called out:
 Sonny, what are you doing?p
 Skating" was the reply, as the young stcr cut pigeon wlng and got his breatl again.
 Isn't that pretty small spot to skat' on?n queried the man.
 "Ohl it's plenty big enough 10 fal down on" was the cheerful answer "Over seven boys bumped their nosei hero till they had to stay ont Of seho"' and ono fellow nf'"''''' '''' h"