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Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-12-13
THE LEGISLATURE.

The proceedings of the General
Assembly, SO far, give very small
Indications of the drift that legisla-
ton will take during the pending ex-
ira session.
The utterance Of a number of its
prominent members, have, however,
led us to the belief that the mass of
the Assembly is eager to adopt such
measures as will relieve the State
from the financial difficulties which
have surrounded her since the session
of 1880.
We failed to find any members
welded to any special plan Of re-
1ief,nOt even those who have advanc-
ed the State Board of Equali-
cation plan, which they seem willing
to abandon for some other that will
be more acceptable to the people.
Our Legislators, though, seem unit
cd in the resolve to put an end, for
ever, to the warrant business, which
has cost SO much while it has de-
stroyed the public credit, and has
absolutely prevented the proper ad-
ministration of the Government, in
all of It's departments.
All recognize the necessity of pro-
-viding q revenue sufficient to cover
the appropriations.
Some want to reach this result by
equalizing the assessments on real es-
tate, which would thus become the
principal object to be attacked by
taxation; while others are anxious to
relieve it as much as possible by OBJ
tanning great portion of the revenues.
through we'll devised license sched-
rlle, and by taxing the capitalists
who manage to elude the assessor by
all manner of devices and pretenses.
We are decidedly with the latter,
and with them feel confident that the
State Board of Equalization plan is
as unnecessary asst is unpopular with
the people of the parishes, who
will oppose any method that subjects
the assessment rolls to the revision of
any authority located outside of the
parochial limits.
Let our Legislators show their wis
dom otherwise than by crowding the
real estate owners, whose property
can never appreciate in value so long
as it bears the burthen OF taxation.
The capitalist, when taxed, will
cease to keep his fortune concealed in
his. pocket book, but will, instead, in
vest it in that very real estate which !
he SO studiously shuns.
The source of wealth lies in our
lands, which should be liberated as |
much as possible from the burthens |
that have rendered them an expen.
sive luxury.
Since the war the land owner has
striyen to convert it's value into cash.
when the reverse should have been
the case, and the monsyed man in
duced to use his means in develop
ing its productiveness and value.
Such is the policy that ought to
guide our Legislators who have Lou
isiana lying before them in the posi-
ton of long ailing patient.
We will soon see whether the pres
ent General Assembly is equal to the
emergency.
Well not condemn it until it has
failed to act intelligently.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-12-13
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VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
MaPositiye Cure

~ fOelLN0 OQL0
~ oil tAsae Palnfhl Complalats ano Woakneooeo
eeeennen teeaP best fsna1e D0Dulatlen.
twill cure entirely tho worst form Of Female Com.
pants I'll ovarian troubles inflammation and Ulcsrs
tion Falling and Displacements, and the consequent
Spinal Weakness, end Il particularly adapted 70 The
Change Of Life.
It will dissolve and expe tumors from tho uternsi
an early stage Of development The tendency to can.
cerous checked very speedily BY III usa
II faintness nasulency, desroysall craving
Tor stimulants and relieves weakness OF the stomach
It cures Bloatlng, Headaches, Nervous Prostration
General Debility, sleeplesnsss, Depression and lndi
gestion.
That feeling Of bearing down, cauhng pain, weight
and backachA ID always permanently cured IL use
It will at all times and under alicircumstances oct IN
harmony with thelaws that govern the female sStsm
For the cureof Kidney Complaints Of either sex thia
Compound b unsurpassed.
LYDIA =. PINKHAND VEGETABLE CON.
POUNDS prepared ct ~ and ~ Western Avenue,
Lynn, Mass PRICE q. sixbottlssfor q. Sent By mail
In the form Of pills. also In the form OF lossngsg On
receipt Of price, q par boz Tor either. Mrs Pinkham
fresy alletters Of inquiry. Send for pamph.
let Address - above xsMssos tAls Hepm.
No family should b without LYDIA Z. PINYHAND
LIVER PILLS. They cure eoaslipseion, blioaasu.
and toEpidity Of the liver. xesaAs pr bsx
n Sold By I'LL DruggiGts. -
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-12-13
GREAT GERM DESTROYER!
DARBY'S
Prophylactic Fluid

Pxti,ag of Small Po1
prevented.
Ulcers purified and
Gangrenc prevented
and cured.
Wounds healed rapidly.
Scwrcy cured in short
time.
letter dried up.
Il IS perfectly harmless.
For Sore Throat it is a
sure Cure.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-12-13
|DlPaTHRRIA
PREVENTED.

Ship Fsuer prevented by
its use.
Removes all unpleasant
0dors.
In cases of death in the
house. it should al
ways be used about
the corpse = it will
prevent any nnpleas.
ant smell.
An AntidOte for Animal
or Vegetable Toisons
Stings, sc.
dangerous efhuvias Of
sick rooms and hOspi.
tails removed by its.
use.
XeNoa1 Fever .Eradic0te9
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-12-13
SMALL pOX
ERADICATED!

Co1,tagion destroyed.
Sick Rooms purified and
made pleasant.
Feuered and Sick persons
relieved and refresh
ed by bathing with
Prophylactic Fluid
added to the water.
Soft White Oon,plerions
secured by its use in
bathing.
Impure Air made harm.
less and purified by
sprinkling Darby's
Fluid about.
To purity the Breath,
cleanse the Teeth, it
can't be surpassed.
Cotayyh relieved an d
cured.
Erysipelas cured.
Burns relieved instant.
~. Scars prevented.
Cholera dissipated.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-12-13

For diseases of the nerves, brain blood and
lungs, superior medicine to all othersis Browns
Iron Bitters.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12
Ages of the Presidents.

President.clect James A. Garfield will
be 40 years old the 10Th of this month.
When he takes his seat in the White House
next March he will be the third youngest
President this country has ever had. Grant
was the youngest, having lacked one month
of AZ years when naugurated. Franklin
Pierce was four days younger than GAR
field will be next march when he was in
augurated. Two other Presidents were in
their tifteth year when inaugurated -
James X. Polk and Willard Fillmore, but
the one was seventeen days, and the other
five months, older than Garfield will be.
The next youngest was John Tyler, who
was over 81 when he succeeded to Harri-
sons barely begun term of office. Abraham
Lincoln was so years old, and Martin Van
Buren, and r. b. Hayes not quite IS. An
drew jackson lacked eight months of be-
ing 81, and George Washington had passed
that age, when inaugurated. Oddly enough,
the four consecutive Presidents, Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe
and John Quincy Adams, were each in
their 59th year when inaugurated. Zachary
Taylor and "Tippecanoe' Harrison were So
and GO respectively when they took the
oath of Office and neither lived to ill oui
his term. In point Of age James Buchanan
came between the two, being in his 66th
year when inaugurated. The average age
of Presidents at Inauguration has been
| 81 years.-Butat0 E.rpress.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12
The Saint and the Actor.

Remarks are often made implying that
ministers are overpaid, or, at least, that
such men as Mr.. Beecher and DR.. Stores
are exravagantly paid. The following
figures, given by the New York Tribune
are worthy Of being borne in mind :
Beecher gets $4,000; Edwin Booth,
100000 year; DIR. Hall, of Fifth Avenue,
and DIR. Dix, Of Trinity, get SIS, 900, while
i. A. Sothern earned over 100000 as
Lord Dundreary, aud John Il. Owens
plays thirty weeks annually for 100000.
Talmage preached for $4,000, aud Joe
Jefferson plays forty weeks as Rip Van
Wrinkle and earns 100000. The scholarly
and gifted DIR. STORES has $40, 900, aud
Maggie Mitchell earns $50, 900 to $4,000,
DIR. Cuyler works hard and faithfully for
$4,000 year, while Dion Boucicault fu-
ished season at the Shaughrun, etc, at
$4,000 week, and his manager scolded
him in the public prints because he would
not play longer at the same price. DIR. Pot
ter, of Grace Church, has $4,000 and a
patronage; tho eloquent DIR. Tiiihay has
10000; the once vigorous, lnow deceased)
DIR. Chaplin received $4,000; while Fanny
Davenport earns $1,000 every week she
PLAYS.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12
Astronomical Phenomena of 1881.

The present year is remarkable one in
an astronomical sense. 1t is full Of extra
ordinary astronomical phenomena, the APP.
pcarance Of which has been long anticipated
aud the subject Of varied predictions. The
planetary relations this year are interesting
aud important, as they will set at rest many
theories concerning the influence of the
various members Of the solar system on
one another. The planetary phenomena
consist of unusual coniunctons during that
period when these heavenly bodies are in
perihelion-namely, at that point in their
orbits nearest the sun. Some astronomers
hold that the planetary phenomena Of tho
present year have not occurred before in
the worlds history since the Mosaic crea-
ton. Some Of the planets have already
passed the point nearest the sun; others
have yet 10 reach it. For instance, the
giant planet Jupiter was in perihelon ON
the 25th of last September The ringed
planet Saturn was in perhelion mouth
earlier, namely, on the goth Of last August.
The Earth was in perihelion on New Year
day. Mars will be in perihelion on the
Goth Of May next. Venus, which is at
present such beautiful object in the even
ingsky, owing to it's brilliancy and close
relationship TO tho planets Jupiter and
Saturn and tho siivery crescent of the young
moon, will DO in perihelion ON the 9th Of
March, aud then again on the 10th of Dc
tober. The little planet Mercury, which
completes his revolution around the Sun
every lightweight days, will be in peri.
helon four times during the year, namely,
February 2lst, May Goth. August i6ih
and November 18th. Mars is in periheliou
on the Goth of May. Tho two outside
planets, Uranus and Neptune, win not b,
inperihelion until next year, that Of Uranu,
occurring March 25th, 1882, aud Nep.une
October Esd, 1892 The presence Of thu
intra-mercurial planet Vulcan, which wa
about year or two ago reported Il
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12
SATURDAY PRESS.
NARCH ". ISL.
In the Shade.

Where fragrant redwood branches bond and sway,
Within the gloomicst shadow ~ the wood,
starry hlusaum, white and lovcly, stood,
tnvisitcd hy sunshine oil the day,
SAVE that sometimes q lonely, rltmmcring raw
when winds had stirred the houghs, crrpt softly
through.
Far in the field the rod gold pnppics grow
And blue eyed lurncs smiled their hnppicst way
Vet lnvclicr than them oil was this trail nowcr,
That grew where light and Sunshine entered not,
shining motr fair and star like hour hy hour.
And Caring On its beauty, came this Thought
The faircst souls that 1ud has ever made.
Have they not also, blossumcd In the shade
D. fa.tg
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12

A DEsIRAB BE INvEsTNENr.-rhe We'll.
~ known premises OF the undersigned, situate ON
King street. together With the furniture, etc. OF the
sae, II desired The house has II rooms, u IN good
order aud 10 welfnrnshed throughout. thus giving an
excellent opportunity 10 parties deriroas OF continnin
Its ongesabli-hd business. For further partis
apply " LII THOs. A. fhRuA.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-22
Death of a Negro With Curious
History.

WARRENToN, VA. January a.
An aged negro named Hannibal
Brown, who lived alone, was found
dead Friday night. He had probably
frozen to death a week ago He was
brought to this country from Africa
in 1920. He affirmed that his father
vas king. His former master re-
eeived convincing proof of his royal
birth and emancipated him long be-
fore the war. Hannibal as black
smith made much money and invest
ed itin slaves, and was, as far as
known, the only negro in the United
States who was a Shareholder. From
his slaves he required the homage
due bis rank. He was devoted t,
the cause of the South during the war,
as be believed in the right to own
slaves. He was short time, during
the latter part of the war, imprisoned
in the old capitol at Washington, as
hewas suspected of giving aid and in
formation to the Southern sold ers.
Everything he hsd was invested in
slaves, and the war left him penni-
less. He has since managed to make
a meagre living by blacksmithing.
He never married, because he could
find no woman of his race who was
what he considered his equal by birth.
He would not permit colored people
to visit him.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-22
u " ID ~ u N
FOR 1881.

Eve y1ody reads TIE Sun. In the editions
of this newspaper throughout the year TO come
everybody Will find
l. All the worlds news, so presented that the
readers will get the greatest amount Of informa-
ton with the Last Improbable expenditure of
time an eye-sight. THE SUN long ago discovered
the golden mean between rebunaant fullness and
8 tisfac DRY brevity.
II Much Of that sort Of news which depends
interest to mankind. From morning to morn ng
The sUE prints a continued story OF the lives VI
real men and women. and OF their deeds plans,
loves, hates and troubles. THIS story is more
varied and more interesting than any romance
that was ever devised.
ness, originality. accuracy ami decorum In the
treatment OF every subject.
w. Honest comment. THE Suns habit Is to
speak out fearlessly about men and things
Y. EQua candOr In dealing with each political
pa ty, and equal readiness to commend whas is
prniseworthy or to rebuke what is bla naole I'm
vi. Absolute Independence of partisan organi-
zations but unwavering loyalts to true Dem cratic
principles. IHE Sun believes that the Govern
to keep. Its notion Of duty is to resist to its
utmost power the efforts of men in the Republican
party to set up another form Of government In
the years Immediately following will probat ly de-
eide this supremely import mt contest. THE Sun
believes that the victory will be with the people
pfund r. and the Rings for Imperial power.
Our terms are as follows
For the Daily SUN, four-page sheet of twen.y-
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cents month, Or $3.50 year; or. ir Guiding the
Sunday paper. an eight page sheet of fitJsix
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The Sunday edition of The Sun is aieo fur
nished Sc. aratcly at Sl.2O year, postage
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-22

Gated to noble and better Life, and learn
how to add to, instead of detracting from, !
the good in the world. 1t is high time an
asylum for these youths was established in
this State. Other States have reform
schools and farms, and youths who have
gone into these seemingly lost to I'll hons
orable motives have left with their hearts
orerfowing with gratitude to their teach
ers and instructors for having saved them
from life Of degradation and shame. IL
our legislature can succeed in settling all
political disputes and turn its attention to
this humane scheme, it will receive
the hearty appreciation of all who desi,e
to advance the morality Of man.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-22
WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
Repudiation in Tennessee.

To the Editor of the N. Y. Evening Post:
l read recently-in the Evening
Post T thlnk-an extract from len
nessee newspaper pledging the coed
faith of the State for the payment OF
the interest on its bonds held by Mrs.
President Polk. Whatever degree
of reputation might be found neces~
sary in the case of other creditors,
could there well be a cooler or more
shameful proposition than this7 It
has been thought that the result of
the recent election afforded some as
surance Of an equitable adjustment OF
the State debt, but the choice of a
low-tax speaker, and now the disap-
pointing tone OF the governors mes
sage scarcely warrant any such ex-
pectation. The governor asserts
that 1he State may make its own
terms with it's creditors, upon the
ground that the attempt to do more
would involve tax upon her people
in excess CT the general ratio of taxa
tion.in other States. Could there be-
more direct premium upon reckless
expenditure than such rule would
afford? Il is not surprising that the
"self-constituted committee of bond
holders las the governor opproh-
rlly styles the body of creditors
who are try ing in a perfectly legiti-
| mate way to recover their money
| should take different view of state
obligation. If the views of the gov-
ernor are to shape the legislation OF
| tue State it is no wonder that its
bonds, with adozen past due coupons
attached, should 60 begging (notwith-
standing the enormous advance in all
trustworthy securities) at the rate
of less than fifty cents on the dollar.
Tennessee will yet discover that an
honest acknowledgment of her debt,
and a resolute determination to pay
it, will be the easiest, as it will Ger
tainly be the most reputable, way out
of her present difficulties, r.
Geneva, N. Y, January Is, 1881.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-22
Winter butter.

How difficult it is to get good win
ter-made butter! Often know by
the taste just where the difficulty lies.
Butter-makers sometimes let the
cream etand too long before skimming,
and one can hardly believe, from the
taste, that their butter is really fresh.
Sometimes bitter flavor comes from
lack of care in keeping the rising
cream undisturhed. The pans are
dipped into, and in skimming for but
ter the second rising over part of
the pan, which has somewhat bitter
flavor, goes in with the better cream,
and spells the taste of the wi ole.
Then the cream may be kept in the
jar too long before churning, while the
outer maker waits for enough cream
to accumulate to make it worth while
to churn. It would be better in this
case to bring the butter by stirring it
in the jar with ladle or pudding
stick, if enough cream cannot be
gathered within week lat longest 10
cold weather) TO fiji the churn so as
to work it we'll. In this case, skim
the cream of very slowly, and tree
from milk, and If you stir each skim
ming in with the others as you put it
IN ths jar (this should always be
dont(, and then warm the cream
moderately before churning, 1t is no
dtficuit task to bring the butter by
stirring. have eaten excellent but
tar made in tnis way. Some persons
never make good butter In winter,
because they keep their milk among
bad odors, as IN a celler with turnips
and other vegetables,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-22
A Need of Tennessee.
Chattanooga Comm ercial.

The sentence of several rather youth.
full criminals to the rock pile in our mag
istrates, courts, lately, suggests to us the
inhumanity of the great State of Tennes,
see in thus far failing to provide retreat
for these waits wherein they may be turned
frsn their criminal courses aud saved
from the ultimate loss of all fprinciple and
sense Of horor-where they can be edus
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-22
h0ttanoOga MsFket

thottano0ga Market
ChattAnooss Commercial. Jan. Il.
OoRH-Steady, 52la53c per bushel.
WHEAr-Receipts light, $L10al.20, per
bushel.
MEAL--55 cents per bushel.
MATS Bulk meats, long clear sides. 8sc
BACoN-Tennessee sides, To-; hams,
l(aa11c.
LARD-.-In cans. 9ic: tierces, &c.
OATs-Per bushel, 4'at5 cents.
HAY-$1Sa20 per ton.
PoTAToEs-Irisb, II CO; sweet Soc per
bushel.
FLoUR-Family. $52o; extra family,
1915; fancy, 1895. 70.
PouLTRY-Chickens. l5ej hens, loc;
turkeys, 5Oa6Oc; geese. 25a30ci ducks, loo.
Eaas-Per dozen, zoe.
BurTER-Per pound, 1916 <&
GIEsENa-Per pound, b, Oal D.
BEEswAx-Per pound, l6c.
HIDEs-Green. 6s7".; salted. 7asr. 4irs
sailed, 1Oa14c. Ia 81
DRIED berries, &c; apples,
&c per h.; peaches, halves, Ale; quarters,
33e.
FEATHIRs- Choice, 37ia42c. ..-.
TALLow-Per pound. &C..
LIVE STocK-Hogs. Ac gross; cattle,
2a22c.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-22

teoxAfcrHp DArLY.l
ne-4 s UHRoH1cr OTTIqH,
KxoxvuLx, TENN. dan u 1851
Limited arrivals Of graia both wheat
and cora And ready sale at full prices.
Wheat wanted; choice White
and Lancaster. 95ca$l.00. Prime Fulte,
95c, and medium grades 85a95o.
Corn q little off, 45a46c for loose; sacked.
In car loads. 4sa5Os; selling Jobs, 51la62c.
Oats In fair request at S6a30c.
Bacon, old stock exhausted. Bulb .ssats.
dry salt sides, 7&s71c; shoulders. 4ia5c
Lard in so ID. tin cans, 8&s8ic.
Field seeds are offered freely by cur
merchants. Clover $5.OOa$5. SO; timothy
$s. Is. red top SLIGO and orchard grass 81 90
per bushel.
PorAroEs-Irish, loose. active, Goa.
dA1-Loose, 75as5c per 100 ID; baled
81. O0a$1. Is.
PKAs-In fair demand, 65a70c.
BKAN-90c per 100 pounds
DRIsDFRUIr-Apples. 2issc. Peach
es, dull, Ale.
FLouh-Nominal country exsr~ :
ing, dull, $2O0a25o. selling, SO 10
per sack; family, buying. 81 5Oa <.76,
ceiling, 81. 75a3.tO Der sack.
F.ATHERs-Good demand; Ale; mi ed.
2Oa25.
orrnR- Choice roll. ,6.l7c; prime
6a10c; grease butter. GATE.
Eaas-Buying, 15c.
PoULTRY-Live chickens. 4Aa5e Der ID;
BOOSTERS, &c; Turkeys, 64c; dressed
chickens, 7c; turkeys, Sc per Id.
RAag-Ootton, tic.
B1 lswAx-20c per pound
HIDKs-Ury flint, lSal4; green 6ia7e.
TALLow-4a44c.
FLAX SEED-Per bushel, Soc.
BRAss-10al2c.; Copper, 10s12c.
WooL-More enand; pr ices unchanged.
We quote choice tub washed, 40c; fair to
good soc; dark coarse Doc; unws>hed
224a25c.
GINsENa-Nominal. 81 40al.5O
sEsEkA SNAKE--s35a40c.
PINK Roor-l6.
YELLOW RooT-25c.
| LADY SLIPPER-2c
MAY APPLE--lAc
BLUE FLAG 2a24c.
BLooDRooT---2c.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-22

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