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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
Tho Abolition Of Pettieoats.

1t would appear that the doctrines Of
woman's emancipation from the trammels of
feminine Dress promulgated some time ago
with considerable vigor by strong minded
ladies in the United States. have recently
been enthusiastically adopted by an associa-
ton of German matrons and maidens,
which under the significant title of ''Cloth-
ing League for the Abolition of Petticoats,'
recently held its first public meeting in a
concert-room of the Brunnen strasse, Ber-
lin. chairwoman having been duly
elected, the proceedings were opened by
an eloquent speech setting forth the incon-
venlences and disadvantages from sani-
tary point of view, of the flowing garments
hitherto deemed appropriate wear for civil
lied females. This discourse | ronounced
it to be the sacred duty of every member of
the association to discard, with the utmost
promptness, such Objectionable raiment,
typical of all the disabilities wrongfully as
cribed to woman by her oppressor, man,
and to assume in it's stead ''dualistic form
of covering for the legs as well as for the
arms" This daring programme of action
was hailed with acclamations of approval
by all present save one, Frau Peters, who
courageously stood up for the denounced
petticoat upon the ground that it was far
more becoming than trousers to members
of the female sex. Her protesting voice,
however, was drowned in storm of in
dignant clamor, and a resolution embodying
the sentiments previously enunciated by the
chairwoman was passed by an overwhelm
ing majority of the fair leaguers.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
Sir VIM. Thompson on 6tOred-up
Ele' tricity.
limo

Sir William Thompson, in ve'y in
teresting letter to Thursdays Times,
points out the new discovery made by
N Faure for the storage Tor electric force
will enable the engines which p oduce
electric force to work when it is not
wanted for imm diare consumption as
we'll as when it is wanted; SO that, for in-
st nee, in the electric lighting Of city
you may produce the requisite electric
power by daylight, as well $ at night
until the .ccumulatur-the electric cis>
tern, as we may call it is full. THE
Faure accumulation, always kept charged
from the engine by the house supply vi e
with proper automatsc step to check
the SUI ply when the accumulation is full,
will be aiw US ready at any hour of the
day or night to give whatever light is re
CURED. In the anne way, il this 70 ce
is used for sett ng engines in motion, you
may by this method of both storing aud
transferring it, accumulate your 70 ce
whore you will, as we'll as when you will
aud always have an enormous supply
ready for use. We might con eivabIy, Tor
instance, accumulate during periods of
wind and hurricane or for that matter, if
proper machine could be devised, during
every ebbing and flowing tide, emo gh
electric force to turn all the manufa ctur
ing engines in England without any use
Of coal and steam. And were that posi-
bic. what m ght we not gain for the puri
ty and wholesomsness OF social life?
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
Ru pture
Wesley Phillips Case.

DR.. ]. A. SHERMAN-Dear Sir am happy to
Inf nm you that l am entirely cursd of my large
scrotal ruptu e. 1t Is one year ago to-day that |
received Y III treatment. / have tested the cue by
going without the appliance. My business Is at
of a locOmo i've engineer. My rupture as you Will
call 10 your mind, was similar 10 Mr.. Jordan S,
In you pamphlet of Illustrate S
l was ruptured in the year S63, while In the
army. have tiled Sprins and elastic trusSeS with
great d scomfort and injury, my rupture ways
growing worse. Findi 6 must get som relief or
give my business, deter mined to try as a
last resor al d must say tina | found your treat
ment a complete cceSs. My Improvement and
cure have. considering my teIrib condition, sur
prised my friends as well myself. During your
treatment h we worked hard in my business, en-
ioying botn So ETY. apd comfort and have not | st
d US work. M general health has also imprOy-
ed. will take pleasure in Recommending the at
fiicted to you whent yer h We an opportunity.
You may publish this letter [ r the benefit OF
h"n1ani y. NJ address is 81 1 East 18th t. With
best wishes l remain yours resnec fully.
WISELY PHILLIPS
New York City, Oct. %, 1873
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
The New York Tribune has the

The New York Tribune has the
following good word to say for the
Presidents attending physicians:
There is a great deal of captious
criticism in regard to the treatment
Of the Presidents case which is to
he deprecated. The four surgeons
in attendance have probably among
them seen and intelligently examin-
ed more gunshot wounds than any
other four men in America-it would
hardly be exaggeration to say in the
world. DR.. Barnes is the Surgeon
General of the Army; DR.. Wood
ward is the most famous snd the
most accomplished of that medical
staff which have given our Medical
Museum and Library so high place
in the scientific world; DR.. Bliss
and DIR. Reyburn have had enormous
experience in the field and in civil
lite. If any surgeons can be emit
tied to confidence it would seem
that this is case where confidence
is iustifable. They have done
their work with admirable devotion
as we'll as reserve. The bulletins are
models of definite, accurate and
cautious expression. They will have
hereafter nothing to retract or
modify. For the first sixty hours
their efforts were directed to coun-
teracting the effort of the shock,
which in cases like this is usually
fatal and that danger escaped, they
have met and successfully overcome
each succeeding crisis in the case,
until now they feel justified in
emerging to some extent from the
reserve they have hitherto properly
maintained, and in predicting the ul-
innate recovery of their illustrious
patient. It is the prayer of millions
of people that this hope and this
prediction may prove to be well
founded. In that event a new and
interesting page will be added to our
surgical annals, and the gentlemen
who have so earnestly and with so
much professional propriety laborsd
to save q life precious beyond esti-
mate to the country, will receive a
full measure of public gratitude.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
Our Instsn,f1caut Earth.

It is only when We regard our globe rs
a member of the planetary system. and that
system in turn as q unit among the systems.
that we realize how infinitesimal are its con-
Germs and how relatively insignificant it is.
We may for practical purposes treat the
orbit of Neptune as the circumference of
our planetary system, and state the diane
ter of it therefore as about 5,486, 900, 900
miles. But if we could suppose all this
vast plane converted into solid disk, in
stead of being, as now, for the most part,
empty space, and if it were then given, by
some means or other, slightly luminous
surface, it would appear to an observer
upon the very nearest fixed star no more
portentous than a new shilling glittering in
the sunshine would appear to an observer
at distance of somewhat over a hundred
yards. In other words, it would want
fairly good eyes to discern it at all. We
may safely say that the annual thermal loss
of our sphere, though sufficient to melt TIT
cubic miles of ice, wonld, even though
multiplied by centuries, no more affect the
temperature of space than the striking CT a
match would avail to moderate the climate
of Siberia. Belgravia.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
THE PRESIDENTS PHYSICIANS
DIR. Bakers Statement of the Manner Il
Which He was Treated by DIR. Bliss

DIR. Bakers Statement of the Manner In
Which He was Treated by DR.. Bliss.
From the Providence, r. l., Star, July 10.
We are permitted to publish the following
letter from DR.. j. Fl. Baxter, of Washing
ton, to DR.. c. G. Mcknight, of this city,
concerning the treatment which the former
received from DR.. Bliss
WASHINGTON, July Dear Doctor
think it due to you, as my friend, that you
should know precisely my status in the
Presidents case. / have been President
Garfelds family physician for the past five
or six years, and since his advent to the
White House have continued to treat him
professionally. Mrs. Garfield prefers
homeopathic treatment, and in her recent
illness had no professional connection with
her case. At the time the President was
shot I was absent, having left the city
twelve hours previous to spend few days
with fIend near Wiliamsport Pa, but on
receipt of the news of his being shot l re-
turned by the first express train, reaching
Washington Sunday, July 8, at a. m.
went directly from the depot to the White
House, and finding DR.. Bliss, said to him :
doctor, have come to ask you to take
me in to see the President" He replied ::
"Wen, I don't see the necessity of
your seeing the President wish to keep
him quiet" Somewhat astonished at his
reply, said: Il make the request as the
Presidents physician. have for years
been his physician" EYES," replied DIR.
Bliss, 81 know your game. You wish to
sneak up here and take this case out of my
hands" I said: 81 wish nothing, DIR.
DR.. Bliss, except what 1 am entitled to. If
the President prefers that you should take
charge of this case, | haven't word to
say" ''Well," said DR.. Bliss, "you just
try it on. tell you that you can't do it.
I know how you are sneaking around to
prescribe for those who have influence and
will lobby for you" "That is lie !" re.
piled, whereupon he sprang to his feet, and
his son, coming across the room, placed his
hand on my shoulder and said: 81 think
have something to say about this" The
improperly of having any disturbance in a
room next to that in which the President lay
SO grievously wounded at once came in my
mind, and taking my hat, l left the room,
and have not since attempted to visit the
President. believe, as do other members
of the profession in this city, that the treat
ment received was discourteous in the ex.
treme, and that in making the request / was
fully justified by the code of medical ethics
Of the American Medical Association. l had
no desire or intention to dispense with the
| medical services of DIR. Bliss in the case hu
thought, as I was the physician of tn
President, had right to see him and take
part n his treatment.
Sincerely yours,
IN. BAxTz,,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
His Tee tn In q Mad Bulls Nose.
Brooklyn Times,

Morris Simonsop. of Glen Head, had q
narrow escape from being gored to death
by bull last Thursday. He was crossing
u field in which the animal was pasturin. :,
and he ring a noise behind turned around.
The bull Was making tor him at full speed
He ran for the nearest fence, but the bull
overlook him and tossed him in the air,
and when be struck the ground made q
plunge at him. The BULBS horns tore the
clothing from his breast and inflicted .
flesh wound. Simonson tells story the
contest that ensued, which would seem in
credible, but those who rescued him cor.
roborate it. He says that he fastened his
teeth in the bulls nose and held on until
assistance arrived. This hold gave him
some cohtrul over the infuristeo snimal.
but did not save him from the infection OF
several cuts and bruises. though he be.
lieves it saved his life. His clothing was
nearly all torn off, He will be laid up for
some weeks,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17

hold it is all gone 1t is tale that is told
it vanisheth and no one knoweth whittier it
goeth. He riseth up clothed in the chilly
garments of the night and seeketh the SOM
nolent paregoric wherewith to soothe the
colicky bowels of his infant posterity. He
becometh as horse or the OK, and draweth
the chariot of his offspring. He spendeth
his shelkels in the purchase of fine linens to
cover the bosom of his family, yet himself
is seen in the gates of the city with one
suspender. Yea, he is altogether wretched.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
Shan't I Take a Blue Pille

No, don't take it and run the risk of mer-
curial poisons, but when bilious and consti-
pated, get package of the celebrated Kid
ney- Wort, and it will speedily cure you. II
is natures great remedy for constipation,
and for all kidney and liver diseases. 1t acts
promptly on these great organs, and so re-
stores health, strength and vigor. It is pu.
up in liquid and dry form, acting with equa
efficiency. Price 81. See adv.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.

Our readers will rejoice with us
over the news from Albany this
morning. The news of the election
of Mr.. Miller to the Senate for the
long term. to fill the vacancy occas-
Toned by the resignation of Mr..
P.att, will be received with pleasure
by the whole country. The strug-
gle at Albany has gone on until the
country was getting sick and tired
of it. This was especially so as
there was no question of great pub
interest involved in the contest, but
a mere struggle on the part of Mr..
Conkling to obtain vindication for
a very foolish act. The reasons
why Messrs. Conkling and Platt re-
signed are understood by all, and
were satisfactory to none. In elect.
ing Me-. Miller as Mr.. Platt's sue
cessor, the people of New York have
said to the world, through their le-
G lily constituted representatives,
tlat they indorse President Gar
fisld's wise administration, and they
mean to sustain him.
The action of Speaker Sharpe yes
terday, who has been Mr.. Conkl,ng's
staunchest and ablest supporter in
the legislature, is significant. 1t
shows that the ex-senator can no
longer retain his hold on the minori
ty that has stood by him with SC
much pertinacity, not to say obsti-
macy. Judge Lapham came within
five votes of being elected yester'
day, and we entertain scarcely 6
doubt that he will succeed to-mor-
row. The success of Miller and the
detection of Speaker Sharpe will de-
moralize the Conklng squad, and
we will not be surprised to hear O.
many of them going home in dis
gust.
We will not now speak of tn,
effect that Mr.. Conkling's defeat vii
exercise over his future politica
fortunes. We believe it is death
blow to all his hopes for the future
We do not underestimate his grea
abilities as a man, nor have W,
any evidence of his dishon-
esty or corruption. We d.
believe he is either. But he il
cursed with an imperious DISPOSE
ton and an inordinate ambition tt
60 always in the lead He has little
regarl for the feelings of those WHIT
differ with him, and despises a maj
whom he cannot absolutely control
He wants no friend who is not willing
to be his slave and do the bidding
of his master, asking no questions
These unfortunate qualities discoun
all his good traits and weaken hi
influence. He is fitted for a politi
cal "boss rather than great states
man, and his past success aros'
almost entirely from fortuitous Sc
of circumstances which favored hi
methods. His retirement will result
in no injury to the country and will
in our candid opinion, prove benef
cal to the Republican party, no
only in the State of New York, bu
in the country at large.
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place, is an encouraging omen for
The future of educational interests
in Tennessee. The fact that two
hundred gentlemen and lady teach
ers are willing to leave their homes
in midsummer, in this unprecedent-
ed hot weather, many of them at
very considerable expense, and att
tend the sessions of the Normal day
after day, at manifest inconvenience
to themselves, argues well FIR their
earnestness and fidelity TO the good
cause in which they are devoting
their lives and energies.
The field of education is not a
tempting one to any one, the main
object of whose life is to accumulate
money. As rule, teachers are
about the poorest paid class for the
labor performed, of any other, with
the exception of ministers of the
Gospel. A wealthy teacher is some-
thing phenomenal, and if one is
found, it will prove generally that
their wealth came through some
other agency than that of teaching.
And yet we see many noble men and
women, who are willing to forego
the pleasures and advantages of
wealth, in order that they may do
their country and society a great
service.
Heretofore, as We have often re-
marked, one of the most discourag
ing features of our common schools
in Tennessee has been the incapaci-
ty of great many teachers. But ii
the spirit manifested by the two
hundred teachers now in attendance
on College Hill at the Normal Insti-
tute, furnishes an index to the spirit
of the teachers in the s ate, this will
be no longer subject of complaint
Persons who have SO much
zeal and are so deeply in
terested in their profession, will
overcome every obstacle in their
way, and cost what of time and
money and personal sacrifice it may
they will fit themselves for the high
calling in which they are engaged.
We are greatly encouraged at many
things in our beloved State. We art
encouraged at the progress being
made in the improvement of GU,
agricultural and manufacturing in.
terests. We are encouraged at the
steady development of our rich min
eral resources. We are gratified al
the enterprise of capitalists il
building railroads. All these
things fill us with hope
for the future of the grand old Vol.
unteer. But towering far above al
these things, we rejoice at the rapid
progress of our educational inter
ests. In the past, the census re
ports have made an exhibition of ou
illiteracy, such as to cause ever,
Tennesseean who has such thin,
as State pride in his bosom, to blusl
and hang his or her head for YER
shame. But we are going to chang
this. We are going to educat
our children and prepare them TO
useful citizenship. And to the self
sacrificing teachers in our commo
schools, as we'll as to the president
and professors in our colleges an
universities will belong the credit
And the day will come when ,hei
services will rank, in point of honor
along with those of the ablest an
most patriotic statesmen. All homo
to our noble teachers
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
Its Relief and Cure M Certain as Bay
Follows Day,

Since the reduction DR.. ShermanS terms
tn y,lsands are crOwding upon him tor trea IN Mt,
Spirlting and lfe-bun sh1ng trusses. His treat
ment for this affilcti, maxi The ateit com1or.
able and safe in the performance of every Kind OF
exercise or labor. II Is a grand thing and those
who are ruptu ed and do not provide themselves
with it must endure the dangers If that precarous
Athletic and the use OF .TuSseS all fh o gh life
Thousand of these cured give the m, st fiatterlng
testimonials Of graft de to DR.. SHkfMAN. He is
the auth and invento Of his popuial sy,tem
he imparS his secret to no II Is applicable TO
ali classes and cases, and, under his reduced rate,
within the reach of almost evt ~ one.
Parties C n receive trea ment and leave foI
home same day. Dr. SHEh MANS Book on Rup-
ture gives C, nyncing proofs firm professional
gentlemen and others of his successful tream mt
L is Il ust ated wi h photograph pictur OF Dad
cas- before cure, and Is sem to those Who sen
10 cents Principal Office Psi Broadway, n. Y
Branch Office 43 Milk street. Bo ton. Daysin New
YOrk-Monday. Tuesday Saturday In BOSOM
WedneSd y Thursday and Friday.
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ALL HONOR TO THE TEACHERS.

The zeal, energy and determines
ton shown by the very large NUNS
Der of teahers now in attendance
upon the Normal Institute at this
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
About Man.

Man that is married to woman is of many
days and full of trouble. In the morning
he draws his salary, aud In the evening, be-
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-10-13


That milk is q compound Of water.
chalk and Sleeps stomach. Milk al
ways comes from the cow--a great way
from the COW.
That brass-h band music Is unpleasant
to the ear. We know Of q man who
has lived for years next door 10 q band
room and has never uttered one COM
plant in ell that time. He is deaf
mute.
That a small boy hates an overcoat.
He loves it so well that he dislikes TO
wear ii out.
That whistling il disagreeable. It
is always agreeablc-to the whistler.
That the market is overburdened
with spring poetry. The waste-bas-
ket captures so much Of it that but
very little Of it comes on the market.
That any fool can write poetry. It
is only fool here and there that can
do it.
That women 90 to church to see
other women's bonnets. They merely
90 to show their own.
That boy thinks he knows more
than his father. He only pridas him.
self on his superior intelligence.
That q widow wears weeds TO catch
a husband. She would rather catch
a man who is not husband.
That q silver watch will tell the
time just as well as gold one. A
gold watch will tell the time ten times
to q silver watch's once. and be just as
fresh as ever.
That shopkeepers never mark their
goods below cost. They frequently
mark them down much below what the
Goods cost the purchaser. especially if
lie be particular friend, you know.
That the self-conceited man thinks
everybody is fool. He does not in
clude one person in that category,
namely, himself.
That extemporaneous speakers pre-
pare their speeches beforehand. They
get somebody else 10 do that.
That the average merried man dis
likes marriage. He ia ell ths time
yearning for another opportunity TO
enter the sacred state.
That parents love their children be-
catise the little ones are 10 much like
themselves. That is just what they
punish them for.
That it is hard TO attend to ones
business. Lots Of people think noth-
ing of ii. and have plenty Of time 10
attend to the business Of n score Of
others.-Bost0. TronscriPt.
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Approved Anril DO. lsa0.
FOR RENT.

JAS. r. BRISCOE.
July -, Ie9ls-3m. Seerelarr ofSlate
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LEAR PHorooRAPEs-A very pfet.

LEAF PHoToGRAPEs.-A very pref
ty amusement, especially for those who
have Just completed the study Of bo-
tany, is the taking of leaf photograph.
One very simple process is this:-At
any druggist :, get dimes worth Of
bichromate of potash. Put this in q
two-ounce bottle Of soft water. When
the solution becomes saturated--that
IL the water has dissolved as much %
it wiIl-pour of some Of the clear
liquid into q shallow dish; on this
float piece Of ordinary writing paper
till it Is thoroughly and evenly mois-
tened. Let it become nearly dry. in
the dark. II should be Of a bright
yellow. On this put the leaf; under
it put q piece Of soft. black cloth and
several sheets Of newspaper. Put
these between two pieces Of glass Cali
the pieces should be Of the same size)
and with spring elothes-pins fsslsn
them altogether. Expose TO . bright
sun, placing the leaf 30 that the rays
will fall upon ii az nearly peFpendicu-
lar as possible. In q few minutes It
viii begin to turn brown: il requires
about half an hour to produce q per-
feet print. When Il has become dark
enough, take il from fhs frame ansl
put it in clear water. which mast De
changed every few minutes, till tie
yellow part becomes perfectly whise.
Sometimes the venation of che leaves
will be quite distinct. by following
these directions. il i scarcely po sibis
to fail. and little pIae lie wiil max :
perfect. The photographs. if well
taken. are very pretty ~ well - inter-
ezting.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-10-13

E0R RENT, che Store- House, wheelwriehs
and Blacksmith Shops at 81. fnigoes'
desire 70 rent By the year, or aterm Of years.
the above bniidings and lots. The stand Is well
known ~ good bnsinees one, being about che
centre of the district. The wheelwright and
blacksmith shops are not surpassed ID Lower
Maryland, being new, eommodioas and CON-
sogtabls. The rent must be secured tony sat-
issaciipn.
SUSAN 3. BURCH, 81 Tnigoes'.P o.,
Inlr a ,ss,-,f .. AAs1 county.