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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-08-03
The PloughbOy.

[ wonder what he is thinking,
In the ploughing field all day;
He watches the heads of his oxen,
And never looks this way.
And the burrows grow longer and longer
Around the base of the hill,
And the valley is bright with the sunset,
Yet he ploughs and whistles still.
am tired of counting the ridges,
Where the oxen come and go.
And of thinking of all the blossoms
That are trampled down below.
wonder if ever he guesses
That under the ragged brim
OF his torn straw hat | am peeping
To steal look at him.
The spire of the church and the windows
Are all ablaze in the sum-
He has left the plough in the furrow,
His summer days work is done.
And | hear him carrolling softly
A sweet and simple lay,
That we often have sung together,
While he turns the oxen away.
The buttercups in the pasture
Twinkle and CLEAN like stars
He has gathered golden handful,
A-leaning over the bars.
He has shaken the curls from his forehead,
And is looking up this way;
Oh, where is my sun-bonnet, mother?
He was thinking of me all day.
And I'm going down to the meadow,
For know he is waiting there,
To wreathe the sunshine blossoms
In the curls of my yellow hair.
KATE SEYMOUR MACLEAN,
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(1ATEM ENT
F1NDER OATH.
| Startling Revtla-
Ition Of suffering.
b! Ny God, How I Did
] Suffer !"
Earnestly Prayed to Die J"

HAVE been afflicted for twenty years with
an obs mate skin disease, called by ONE
rs Psoriasis, and others L9prOsy, commenc-
sn my scalp, and. in Sp te OF all | could
II he hel p of the most Skilifal doctors 1t slowly
shfely entended, un il a year ago this winter,
7ered my -ntire person Ill form OF dry scale E.
Il last hree years | have been unable to do
Dor, and suffering intensely all the time.
d mo ming there could be nearly dustpaniui
II les taken from the sheets on my bed, som g.;
BIN half as large as the envelope containing
ter In the latter part OF the winter my
commenced cracking open. | tried every
almO t. that cou d be thought of, without
i lei. The 18th I June l started West, IN
/ could reach the Hot Springs. reached
il al d W 5 so low [ thought | should nave TO
he Spital, but final got as f1r as Ian
NJ ch., where | had SIS eI living. one Dr.
4 reA ei NE about two weeks, but did me no
n Ali thought had but short ime TO live.
3e-tly prayed to die. Cracked through the
n J over my back,acToSs my ribs, arms hands,
4 feet badly swollen, toe-ndlS came on,
mails dead and hard as bone, hair dead, dry
y feless as Old straw. q, my God how did
fsiSfer, Mrs. Z. H. Davis, had small part of
b CuticuFa in the house. She wouldn't give
Bald. We will try Cuticura." Some was
II d on one hand and arm. Eureka there
felief; stopped the terrible burning SenSd-
from the word go. They Immediately got
ReSOl ,ent, CutiCufa and Soap. | commenced
king one tablespoonful OF tteSolvent tire
- daT, after meals had a bath once day,
II about blOOd-heat; used CuticHra Soap
Iy; applied Cuticura morning and evening.
lt, retur ed to my home in Just six weeks
4 ,ime left, ana my skin is smooth as this
4 oil amer. RAM T. CARPENTER.
Henderson, Jeffer. on County, n. Y"
worn to before he this 10Th day of January.
d. A. NJ. LFFFINGWELL,
Justice of the Peace.
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MARKET REPORTS
Wholesale Grain and Produce Market.


ICoRRKCTED DAILY
ear zgs CHRONICLE OFFICE,
Knoxville, Tenn. Aug. 2 1881.
Libere | receipts of new Wheat, but much OF it
of inferior grade. Prime white aud Lancaster
finds ready market at 81 %. Inferior grades
are hard to cell at s5a9Oc old nominal at qnota-
tions.
CONSTITUTING loose, Goo !; selling, sacks in
Guided, car lots, 65a67c.
OATs-New crop threshed: il demand at p
ago cents per buShel red rnst-prOof, 30a35c.
BACON-Actiye, buying, 534a9c, hog round;
selling, packed in depot, clear sides, l1Nal2c
shoulders. &c; hams, 101za1 1i4c.
LARD-Jn 50 pound tin cans, l1d12c; selling
12a13c.
POTATOES new, S0as0c.
HAY-LooSe, S0a90c per 100 pounds; baled,
s1.O0.
PEAs-In fair demand retail, S10o.
BRAN-$1.25 per 100 pounds.
FLoUR-NOminal, country extra, buying, dull,
$250a2.75: selling, $2.50a275 per sack; family,
buying. $250a2.75; selling. S2.75a30O er sack.
FEATHERs-Higher, 50a52c.
pound.
BUTTER Choice roll. sal2Lac; prime, 6a10c !;
grease butter, 5a7c.
EGGS-Dull. buying at &C.
POULTRY-JIlve chickens, hens, &C per pound;
BOOSTERS, 21sc; turkeys, gobblers, 4c spring
CHI ckens in demand sc per Id.
RAGs-CottOn, 112c.
BEESwAX-In demand at zoe per pound.
HIDEs-Dry flint, i0c green, &C.
TALLOW-5c.
FLAX SEED-Per bushel, Soc
BRASS-10a12c copper, 10a12c.
WoOL-ChOice tub-wasned, 35c fair to good,
27laaS0c dark coarse. 25 unwashed, 221aa25,.
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NO HUMAN AGENCY

s. speedily. permanently and economically
k,e the Blood. clear the Complexion and
4. restore the Hair, md cure every species of
. Scaly and SCrofulOus HumorS of the
4 alp and Blood is the Cuticura Remedies,
sting of CUTCURA REsOLvENT. the new
Il Purifier. and CUTICURA and CUTICURA
he great Skin Cures. ask your druggist
d them Right here in this town you mag
Evidences of Incl wonderful healing powers.
j Sunbun, Tau and Greasy Skin use CUTI-
i SOAP. an exxuiSit toilet bath and nur-
$ native, fragrant with delicious flower
3 and healing baSamS.
xcura Remedies are for sale by all druggists.
eof CUTICURA. a Medical Jelly, small boxes,
:slarge boxes. 81. CUTTCURA RESOLvENT
new Blood Pa ifier, 81 per bottle. CUT CURA
rlNAL TOILET SOAP, 25c. CUTICURA
HINAI. S-AYiNG SOAP 15c. In bars for
fIS AID large consumers. SOC. Principal
h, WEEKS Il POTTER,
Boston, Mass.
7All mailed free on receipt of price.
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Chattanooga Market.

Chattanooga Commercial. July 80.
CORN-On wharf, &c !; in depot, 70aI2l2c per
busheI.
WHEAT-Receipts light, S1.05a1i0 per bushel
in depot 9Oc.aS1.O5 on wharf.
MEAL-70 cents per bushel.
MEATs-Bulk meats, long clear sides, 94c.
Il BACON Tennessee sides, lie: hams, ioHa
11Hc.
LARD-In cans. 131sc; tierces, 15c.
OATs-Per bushel, 30a40 cents.
HAY-$15 0Ca2000 per ton
POTAToEs-Irish, 40a5Gc per buShel sweet
none.
FLouR-Family, $5.75; extra family. $500 !:
fancy, 1928.
PouLTRY-Ch Chickens, 1OaI2c hens, 22kc.
EGGS-Per dozen, &c.
BUTTER-Per pound, 12a15c.
BEEswAX-Per pound, 1Sal9c.
HIDEs-Green, 5lsa6c; sailed, 7a7Ac; dry
sailed, Sal0c.
FsATHEES Choice, 3oa4Oc.
TALIOw-Per pound, 5>Ic.
LIvk SToCK-Hogs, 4a41ac gross; cattle, Ella
SIC
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Live Stock Market.

Live Stock Market.
CORRECTED DAILY BY BRADLEY LEE.
REVIEW.
KNOXVILLE, Aug. 2
Cattle and sheep are in fair demand at quo
tations, especially for 500 to 700 pound heiters
and No. sheep.
CATTLE
No. 1. 214a2l2c; good fat. 800 TO 800 lbs. "a
a2Ac erdina y, 2ia2c.
SHEEP.
Best, 2Ha2a4c good. &c; lambs, 3a31ac.
VEAL CALvES-SI .25a3 90.
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Knoxville, Tenn.
HENDERSON'S SPRINGS.
FINE SUMMER RESORT FOR
Health U2lU Pleasure.

Located midst the hills and mountains of SEWER
county near Pigeon river, five miles south OF Sc
yieryille and thirty miles east OF Knoxville.
Their excellent cha ybeat' water, their beautiful
AID he althul situation, their romantic surround
in4S and their present management afford g eat
facilities both for health and pleasure.
They will tie managed during the season OF 1881
by an old and eXperien> ed hotel man, ]. Ii.
WALKER. who will spare no pains or expense to
accommodate and please his guests. Guests, who
desire, can find accommodations at his h tel In
Seyierville. and horses and conneyances at any
me from his Stat les there.
The Springs will be opened on June LIST,
1851. Daily m,i and conveyance by Hack from
Knoxville. Trip easily made i'll one day.
Rates shall be exceedingly reasonable and sat
isfact0ry to every guest
RATES OF BOARD Per day, 81 90: per
week, $3.50; per month. $40. Children under 10
years old half pice. Arrangements for emil e
families reasonable reduction. For further par
ticuars, address j, ii. WALKER
v15d2mOs Sevieryie, Tennessee
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Atlanta Market.


ATLANTA Constitution, July 80
F1oUR-Family 1918; extra family 500;
fancy $725a9.50.
BAcoN-Sugar cured hams lsl4a14c; Tennessee
hams none breakfast bacon non
BULK NEATs-Clear rib sides l034c.
LARD-TierceS lac: kegs and cans l319a
14c. ,- M
bushel.
HAY-TimOthy S150; mixed sl.45.
CORN-White 7Sc, in sacks.
MEAL-S3c.
PEAs-Stock $1.9O per bushel.
PoTAToEs-Irish Tennessee, eating, ss.ooa3 so
per bb
ONION5-$5 .00a5.0.
EGGS-Per dozen 19ac.
BUrTER-TennesSee choice 1Sa2ec.
PoULTRY-Spring chickens, IOa2oc hens,
2sa3O turkeys, none.
BEEswAx-20A a21c.
FEATHERS-New choice white 50a55c.
DRIED FRUIT-Pealed peaches, nominal ap-
pies. 3Ha4c.
LIVE STocK-Cattle, Tennessee choice, 31saAc ;
Sheep, Tennessee, 3a4c; hogs, none.
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For the NORTH AND WEST
Do not fail to see that your ticket reads by
NASHVILLE,
CHATTANOOGA
and ST. LOUIS
Rail X q 4 d. :. -!

For speed safety and comfort you will fud
this line To he unriNallcd. For the tltbTated
Springs and Summer Resorts, Round Trip Tick
els can be purchased At all the prime pal offices.
EmigrantS wi hing 10 go West, either TO locate
or as proSpectors, will find it to their advantage
TO 90 by this route. Round Trip Elnigrant tickets
on sale to Texas roigtS. BY this line you have
no tircsome delays. Through coaches are run
from Chattanooga to Columbus W thout change.
Sleeping coaches OH all night trains. Good
coaches good road and quick time.
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90 .
See Here,

You are sick; well, there is just one rem
edy that will cure you beyond possibility of
s1oubt If it's Liver or Kidney trouble,
Consumption, Dyspepsia, Debility, Wells
Health Remover is your hope. 81. Drug
gists. Depot, Sanford, Chamberlain d
Albers, Knoxville, Tenn
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United States Official Guide for July.
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Retail Iron Market.

Retail Iron Market.
Knoxville, Aug.
TIRE IRoN-Two horse, per pound, Sc; one
horse, per pound, 312c.
NAiLs-Per keg rates $3.50; per pound, sc.
HORSE SHOES-Per keg, $500 turned, 10c
each
HORSE SHOE NAus-Per pound, 20a2Jc.
HARROW TEETH-Per pound, 5a3i2c.
HoLLowARE-P Per pound. &c.
GIAss-Common size, per box, Ss.75a40o,
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orn to before ne this 10Th day of January
A. NJ. LFFFINGWELL,
.InStice of the Peaco.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-12
RIVER Press.
Wednesday, January 10, 1851.

II. WILLIAMS. EDITOR
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-12

pelts, ETC., for the past year, there are no new
OR interesting features to report. A liberal
increase is shown in the amount of hne;noeo
transacted, and, taken altogether, trade has
been Of q prosperous and satisfactory char
actet to dealers. Every year The tanning O
pacity Of the west is increasing. and dnrino
the period under review from 45 to IN nor
cent. of all the hides received herein ada;
ton to the stake off, or Chicago slaughtered
hides, which altogether, amounted to over
1O5, 600, 900 pounds,-was taken by home
and western tanners. The receipts Of native
hides, as they are classed, in contradistinction
to those Of the remot sections Of the west
and southwest, were about 20 per cent. lar
ger than ever before, while the receipts from
Montana and the southwest AVE increased
largely also. There was no such "boom" in
the market this year as last, but values
have ruled comparatively steady throughout
the extreme range Of the market for green
sailed country hides-the leading description
being from 81 to 1O3 cents per pound. In
January last, green sailed packers hides were
selling at 10 cents, and dry flint stock at 12@
90 cent. Prices then gradually declined un-
til the middle of July or the first Of August,
when dry Colorado and mountain hides sold
down to Is cents. Since then prices for dry
have been working upward, having recov-
cred to II cents. Indian hides dry were
quoted in January last at 53 cents, and then
fell off in June to 1920 cent. Since Sep.
last they have ranged at about 81 cents. The
trade in sheep pelts was fairly active through
out, and a large volume of business was trans
acted by Chicago dealers. A liberal percent
age of the receipts, as usual, fell into the
hands of local manufacturer OF ~sheep-skin
mittene, ETC., and the shipment were also
bair. In January last dry. southwestern
sheep-skin were quoted at % cents per pound
then they advanced, in sympathy with the
advance in wool, to 2511 cents, sold doWnto
12 cents, and reached to IA cents, The aver
age quality of the dry hides received during
the year from Colorado and Montana was not
very satisfactory, as a rule, being inferior to
that of former years, and to this s ascribed
much Of the weakness and depreciation in
values for that class Of stock. AZ present
the market for all grades Of hides, as well as
for tallow, is in a dull and lifeless condition,
with the tendency of values Of late toward
lower figures.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-12

THERE is a disposition on the part Of our
merchants to branch out into retail lines Of
trade, and to discourage others from coming
in here to engage in any branch of COM
mercial enterprise which is now wholly
or partially controlled by themselves. 1t is to
be presumed that they find a degree of profit
in so doing or they would not engage in
them. But we believe the thing is wrong,
both in spirit and in effect, for they are not
only engaging in business which is a direct
drain on the jobbing and wholesale trade OF
Benton, in which our merchants could
realize dollars where they will only save
cents by the retail process, butthey check the
growth and development OF the town, and
destroy the very business which would
come from its expansion and prosperity
by the growth Of 8 healthy retail trade.
There is a sad lack of public spirit exhibited
by our wholesale merchants, and it can hard
ly be said that any Of them are as free from
this influence Of greed for small things as
they should be. We cannot understand why
business men, who are SO largely interested
in real estate in Benton and the develop
ment of the town, should adopt q policy that
will indefinitely postpone its growth by keep
ing the very class Of people out who would
aid most largely in building it up, nor can we
see where any advantage will be gained by 8
%usurpation Of retail trade, which must depend
upon local growth ever to become worth hav-
ing. We are certain that our wholesale mer-
chants would sell twice the goods by exhibit
ing a disposition to encourage retail trade by
retail dealers, and which would do more to
encourage population and increase consump-
ton than anything that could be done. The
details Of successful business are too many
and various to admit Of so much subdivision
under one head, and not even their efforts, if
continued, will prevent the certainty of sharp
competition which will inevitably lead to q
final closing Of such small potato business by
our wholesale merchants. The time is ripe
now to build up Benton and Benton's COM
merce on a broader and solder foundation,
and If our merchants will discard the idea
that they can retain sill the channels Of trade
and confne themselves 10 q jobbing
and wholesale business, they will certainly
control it, and, BY assisting in the develop
ment Of the town and section, vastly increase
their influence and profits.