Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-12-08
Crumbs from the Papers.

Now that it is generally conceded
that Mr.. Carlisle has the best pros
pect for the speakership of the next
House, the Democratic press in tariff
localities is busily engaged in ex-
plaing that he is not SO much of a
free trader after all.-Pittsburg Tel
egraph.
l think but small proportion of
our people to-day realize the fact
that the South is about to enter a
stage of unusual prosperity. She
never was so rich in corn, wheat and
cotton as she is to-day. ] make these
broad statements not from hearsay,
not exclusively as a result of the
careful and pains taking inquiries 1
have made during the growing sea.
son, but as result of a journey in
the South just made.--New York
Journal of Commerce.
The effort to re>establish the ma
tional board of health should be
encouraged. The South particularly
needs a national board that is fully
prepared to wage war against epie
denies. Every summer the entire
coast line of the South from Norfolk
to Brownsville is in danger of Wis
itation of yellow fever, and at such
times nobody can act SO efficiently
or economically as national board.
The States cannot be depended upon
20 adopt proper quarantine measures,
and the country has had enough of
the red tape rule of the marine
hospital seryice.-Atlanta Constitu>
ton.
A young lady of Chelsea, who had
been shopping in Boston, visited the
office of prominent physician on
Saturday. She was fushe1 and ex-
cited, and said she had very strange
sensation which led her to appre-
bend some serious brain trouble-in
short, insanity. The peculiar sensa-
ton she described was feeling run
ming around in circle on the top of
her head. The doctor took off her
hat and examined her head, but
found nothing, and she remarked
that the sensation had left her. She
put On her hat, and after sitting a
few moments, jumped up with a
scream, saying that it had come
again. Another examination follow
ed, first of the head, then of the hat,
and in the hat small but active
mouse was discovered-Boston Her
aid.
The advantages of broad tires on
wagon wheels may be thus summa>
rized: 1. They do not cut into the
ground one-quarter as deeply, and,
therefore, pull more lightly. 2. The
economy of draft on all roads would
be equal to twenty-five per cent. 3.
Wagons can be used over meadows
and lawns at any season, without
doing damage. A. Double the loads
can be hauled over plowedIground.
5. Stronger and more lasting wagons
can be made with the broad tire. 6.
In cities large sum will be annually
saved in repairs of pavement. 7.
Country roads will cost less to keep
in repair. 8. The narrow tire is
senseless custom, without single
reason to recommend it.
The near approach the Republi-
cans in Maryland made to success in
the recent election has inspired the
party with the hope Of controlling
the State in the future. Twelve out
of the twenty three counties in the
State gave Republican majorities,
and had there been better organizes
ton and more enthusiasm, the De-
moctacy would have met with sig>
nal defeat. There is an evident de-
sire among the Republicans to put
the party upon a better footing.
The New York Herald is somewhat
the reverse of complimentary to
Tennessee. In the subioined para
graph we may see ourselves as 9TH
ers see us as in a glass darkly-
The State of Tennessee continues
to express to money lenders and the
public generally its profound but
filthy satisfaction in fouling its own
nest by permitting its obligations to
daily weaken in financial esteem.
Reputation is regarded as a dirty
bird the world over, but Tennessee
seems to esteem it as an imperial
eagle, and cordially invites it home
to roost.
A writer in the Bankers Magas
zine favors continuance of the
present rate of taxation and the pay
ment of the $4O0,00O,O0O now sub
ject to cancellation on the ground
that the extinguishment of the ma
tional debt will force the reinvest-
ment of that amount of capital in
real estate and industrial enterprises
which will be of more direct benefit to
the people than the savings IN taxes.
Rev. Fred Wines, a statistical
crank who has been dipping into the
United States census tables, says the
lunatics in this country are increas>
ing at the rate of 100 per cent. In
ten years. If his figures are correct
the late overwhelming victory for
the reputation of ten cents in Ten
nessee is accounted for.-Avalanche
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