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wmEE1ER's CORN.
A Racy Agricultural Joke ON
the War Child.

Major Frank Foster, of Courtland,
Alabam, is responsible for the following
good one on General Wheeler, of caS-dl-
ry fame:
The greater part of the Generals life
having been devoted to the theory and
practice Of war, his knowledge OF agri-
cultural pursuits is rather limited and
vogue 1t was not until last spring that
he acquired his first bucolic experiences.
At that time the relations between the
blacks and whites in the vicinity Of Court
land were rather unsettled, and the lat
ter had been suffering considerably from
the depredatiOns Of their dusky neigh
bors. One morning, efter Jack Frost
had quit the bosom of mother earth, and
preparations dor the first ploughing Of
the season were in progress, the General
rode down to see what his hands were
about. In fence corner he found a
small knot of thenf, talking in low,
suppressed tone and with a mysterious
air thaL aroused the suspicious Of their
employer. As he approached, uTob-
served, he overheard one of the darkies
ask: "Wat dat you gwine to do?" An
swer-"I'se gwine to run de corn off
right away" Chorus-"So is l." Pot
ting spurs to his horse tha General Dashed
at full speed back to the house, armed
himself with a shot gnn and brace Of re-
volvers, and returned with equal haste to
the field where the conspiracy was being
hatched $50, you black scoundrcla.
you're going to run of my corn, are Jul
Cooking his double -barreled pcrsuader)
I'll blow to perdition the first rascal of
you that enters my crib" All this with
fiery fash of the eye and grim contrac
ton of the facial muscles that spread
constcrnation dire among his auditors.
As to how far the Generals wrath might
have carried him had not prompt and
full explanation followed from q neigh
boring planter who vas standing by at
the time, is left by our informant to con-
lecture At any rate, after the General
had been sufficiently initiated into the
mysteries of the field to understand that
running off, corn applied solely to
ploughing the squares at the angles OF
VI the grain is planted, he blushed
- bly,, laid aside his arnofy and
H. srh-;dnd tDut the Joke was
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MoRE horses are killed by hard riding
and driving than are worn out by hard
work although too many are worked to
death. 1t is strange that horse owners
will not see their own interest in taking
better care of so valuable an arr a
horse should never be put to :
without having his feet examined 90
that the shoeing is an right. Bs
about watering when the horssds 49,
Rub his legs well y Rer everyxkS4 Work.
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Hi'hnaa

T. o. Goalder, RahuIe yler, A.
D. Kingman, Walker & Cowgirl, Roul-
hac & Lauderdale; Oscar Turner, Bland
vile; J. G. Smith, Troy, Tenn; l.. Don
aldson, Tiptonville, Tenn.
Physicians.
Drs. Gourley & Corbett, Carter Blan-
ton, A. <. Faris.
Dentist
H. C. Buck.
Books and Stationery.
j. H. Davis.
Dry Goods
J. Amoerg, Vim. b. Benny, Wolf &
Plaut, Millet & Roalhac, j. ). Hubbard
j. ii Davis.
Drug Stores.
C. A. Holcombe, w. r. Walker.
Wholesale Grocers.
Millet & Roulhac, III. g. Bailey, 5. n.
White. Campbell & Co, Charles Mar
graft, John Troutwine.
Insurance agent.
Samuel Lanlrum.
Saloons.
,nercial Saloon.
Hard,care and TTa,care.
~.
Conn. iisSion Merchants.
Bondurant 4 Drewry, Overton, Steele
& Co.
.SaddIeyy and Harness.
\. S. Anderson.
Cigar 4MdnJactUrer.
Francis Miller.
Wagon Manufacturers.
Hertwick, Baltzer Il Co.
TdilorS.
Louis Persons, +. Case.
Bdrbers.
F. MargraF & Co.
Erprsss Companies.
Merchants Union Express; Southern
Express; Overton, Steele & Co., Agents.
Furniture Stores.
Charles Oswald.
Marble Works.
B. c. Ramage.
Boots and Shoes.
n. L. Nelson.
W. l.. Gaines.
Livery I&gble. %
:" :: =: :: !: !: !: !. !:
Wm. B. PlummeI DG
H. S. Campbell.
Planters Hotel,
Clinton street; Col
Young X Co., Clintd
House and
Thomas NJ. Jones'
C,
Mayor.-Sam'i! !!
City Jud9e-J ~
+ |Trr Collector \
Il Ciy Cterk.-B. K. walker
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Announcing Candidates.
/. .ef..- om $40 90
fsF S,Aae oiAS ID 90
For .ouhty oaaars 90
Ncsices of she above character will be N
sev,ea free of charge. Obituaries ana trio-
n,es OF respect inserted at 81 w per square, It,
-. 4drartisernents In Local Column 81
49, rrsr lines or less and 20 cents for each
stional line.
p Voluntary communications, contain
nteresting news, solicited from any
er News letters from western heh-
- Sessee especially desired.
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A SARATOGA jeweller last week sold a,
diamond ring for 800. The weighs|
o. he mag aiicent jewel is log caras
mint is said TO be the largest diamoH
.s--w in the United States. Fiske, Jr., ot]
.ssiie Railroad fame, owns the next
biggest. The purchaser is gentlemas
sssssiding in New York.
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sarety I'm Thunder storms.
BY EDWARD E. -ouIMBY.


The safest place 10 thunderstorm is
the interior Of an iron building, or of a
house we'll provided with lightning rods.
As to what meets the latter condition, it
is sufficient to say that the application OF
lightning rods is matter demandinS the
exercise of expert knowledge sEd judg-
ment, and Intelligent apprehension of the
laws of electricity. Experience has
shown that it is not safe to trust to an
ignorant person the decision as To the
quantity and location or arrangement of
lightning rods for any building what
ever.
Under ordinary circumstances, in a
house without any rods, or with rods i'm
properly adjusted, the safest position Is a
horizontal one, in the middle of room,
upon n leather bed elevated above the
floor.
An iron bedstead, however, furnishes
a perfectly safe position, and wooden
bcdstead may be made safe place of re-
fuge by attaching metallic wires to the
eorner posts. and connecting them all to-
r,ether 10y other wires running from one
to the other around the bed. In these
circumstances. discharge of lightning
IS provided with an easy path in any di-
rection, either vertical or horizontal, and
no injury can ensue to person lying
upon such bedstead.
Number nine annealed iron wire, or a
smaller copper or brass wire, may ne con-
veniently and. effectualy used in this
way; or strips of sheet-metal may be
tackled on
NaTlu hall ufp trrnF FntG Al
other metals in buildings present an in-
terrupted path for lightning. 1t is es-
pecially dangerous, therefore, to assume
a position between two detached lines or
masses of conducting matter. For ex-
aulple, a person has been killed by light
ming while seated in a chair with his
head leading against a bell knob in
another instance, a man was killed By 4
discharge of lightning, which passed
from so-called lightningrod on the out
side of the wall to the quicksilver on the
back of mirror, in front of which he
was standing; thence through him to
the floor, and to a stove pipe in. next
lower story. Positions neaI' ows,
doors, and freplaces are to be 4
particularly dangerous.
Out of doors, the safest
upon the ground, away FRI
elevated object. ,~Ihsssf
ing is partial
!! i ! J: !. !. : b
creased secpritN
DrOfa
with wirese2 Ds1cs similar t5~S1Il
ready suggested for a@pedstead, or they
can fasten a wire on a dong handled
pitchfork or rake, and. .ther ,old it verti-
cally, with one end in tHy ground, and
thus secure protection.
The interior of barn containing new
hay or grain is 2 ysEyfsagsrassass assass.I6l 6Glses
reed ifgs'hfning rods of the most complete
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q or in my fancies waqS,rings

a PEST PREscRIPrloN.-M "
(Iowa) correspondent forwards Il
Joined recipe for the benefit of th5s
are afflicted with striped bugs:
"Take fresh cow-dapg up in aDel,
thin it somewhat with water, then with a
handful of weeds, straw, or hay, pass
along by your vines and sprinkle them
with the above mixtute, by dipping the
weeds, or whatever you have, in it, and
letting it drip on the vines Try it, and
you will find it an effecfual remedy. If
rain Wishes this off, repeat the-dose af-
ter this is over. Those bugs will assail
pumpkin-vines as well as cucumber, and
farmers usually haveFan,acre or so of the
former; but he can sprinkle them nearly
as fast as he can walk, and the whole
cost-nothing"
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Many men of many minds.
Many birds of many kinds,
Many fish in the sea,
Men aud la1ies all agree
that Louisiana Creole Hair Restorer is the
best Sold by all druggist with satisfaction
in every case.
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crowd.
of hearts AMI
ptlemen, I'll bet s5Sl naIs
u the deuce of hearts.
advantage in the game. have
hces to your one, and if you bet 20
money you will lose it. Who wants
bet $50 that he can pick out the dec
kbearts p
ust then a young fellow, who was
bg the passengers on the train, and
gas plainly stool pigeon, bet $50
IN for three successive times.
~unsophisticated chap from the ru-
raj districts of the East, who was on his
way to California with 81 1900, all his
earthly possessions, in his pocket, en-
couraged by the success ofthe "capper, !"
tried his lack. and by a succession OF
bets lost 81 900. He then came TO tho
conclusion that the game was aswindlinG
operation, and for an hour cried his mis-
fortune to everybody in the place and
wanted the swindler arrested.
As there are no officers nor courts or
justice in Promontory, he found that a.
impossibility, and the poor fellowicould
get no consolation from anybody IN the
place He was soon after seen in com
pany with the stool-pigcon, who duped
him into trying his luck again at moliss,
with view of winning back his lost
money, and ten minutes afterward his
remaining s40G was in the till of the
three card monte man, when the unso
phisticated young countryman, with a
sad, wo- -begone expression on his coun-
tenance, sought lonely solitary retreat,
where he could bemoan the unpropitious
fates that had, iu single hour, brought
him from moderate competence to alb
solute penury.
The stool-pigeon meets every train
some thirty or forty miles from Promon-
tory, and plays the game that was 50 sue
cessful on the day in question.
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.the grain IS pIahIeu, nc UIusHe
bly, laid aside his armofy and 1
FLY subsided. But the joke was /
BOD to keep, and still circulates,
le usual additions and embellish- 4
,among his NorthAlabama friends
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WOW. So 49,,
said Isi
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breach, great results were involved.
There it was that Hugh l.. White and
)Iolmf Bell of Tennessee, and james h.
Polk of Tennessee. and Martin Van Bu-
rem of New York, became the leaders re-
spec.iFely of the Jackson aud antiJ ack
the s-ad xVhIe psrsss-. sis tliss,,;
existed for twenty years afterwards. Clay
aud Webster sided with Bel and White,
apd.the great South Caroiinian held aloot
acksou's support, though he was
ed as a Democrat. In this most
liant political era, John Bell was
the most important man, saYeGen.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-28
tOfFICIAL.l
LAWS OF TUE UNITED STATES
Passed at the First Session of ths Forty
FIRST Congrsss.


An Act making appropriations for the current and
contingent expenses of the Indian department
sud for fulfilling treaty siipulations with
various Indian tribes Tor the year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred aud seventy.
be 1t enacted by the senate and House of Rap
resenIatIves f the United STATES of America i'll
Congress assembled, That the follow ing sums be,
and they are hereby, appropriated, out Of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropri
contingent expenses of the indian department and
,uifilling treaty stipuaious with the various In
dian tribes
For the current and contingent expenses Of the
Indian department, namely:
FOR the pay Of eleven superntendents Of In
dian affairs and fifty mine Indian agents, one hun
dred and fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars,
rs follows:
SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Two .upernteHdents for the tribes east of the
Rocky mountains one for Oregon : one for WASH
iugton Territory; one for the Territory of New
Mexico one for the Territory of Utah one for
California; one for Nevada; one for the Terri
tory of Arizona; one for Montana, and one for
Idaho.
INDIAN AGENTS.
Three for the tribes in Oregon; four for the
tribes in New Mexico one additional 6ur Indians
in New Mexico one for the tribes in New.Mex
leo one for the tribes in Utah additional tor
the Indians in Utah one for the tribes 10 the
Territory Of Utah eleven for the tribes east CT
Rocky Noun tains; two for the tribes east of ths
Rocky MOI. ntains; four for the Indians east Of the
Omaha. kickapoo, kansas. aAd Nsosho agencies
three for the tribes east of the Rocky mountains;
one fos the Indians in the State OF New. York; one
for the Delaware Indiana: one for Green Bay, Wis
cOnsin; three for the tribes In WaShington Ter
rityry; one fr the M4cL.taa, audi RsighboEinE
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The Early-Glass Dificulty-Card from
Nr. Glass.
LINcHBuRG, Va, MAY 10, 1891

LYNcHBURG, Va, May 10, 1859
| To THE EDIToH OF THE CHRONICLE: In
your paper of the eth instant you publish an
article from the Bristol (VA.) News in refer
ence to a recent personal rencounter between
Jubal Early and myself, which contains
some errors | desire to correct, because your
widely circulated newspaper has given it a
notoriety which makes it proper l should
do so.
l did not "call on General Early" as
stated in that paragraph, but met him acct
dentally and suddenly in the door of the
hotel, and not having seen him since his re-
turn from Canada l iDvoluntariy spoke to
him. When he declined to return the salu-
tation, asked him if l had insnlted him.
He said had not, and then turned off into
the sitting-room. 1 followed him, and asked
him if he had intended to insult me, He
said he had not, but said it in such a man.
ner, and coupled it with such remark about
my political position, that caused me to
break ray walking cane over his head. He
resisted with his cane, but did not knock
me down" as stated in the paragraph, or
injure me materially in any way. ! should
act precisely in the same way, under similer
circumstances, with him or any other man.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
K. H. GLASS
-Washiagton Chronicle.
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RELIC HUNTING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
When the laurel-wood tie had been laid and
removed at the concluding ceremonies on
Tuesday, says the Utah Reporter of May l2.
a common California pine lie was put in the
place-ihis being. really the last tie. Quite a
number of curiosity-seekers cut oil slips
from it as relics. Among the number, our
friend, Mr.. George W. Yates, was whiting
at one end of the tie, when another gentle
man at the other end gave his knife sudden
twich, breaking out the blade. which flew the
entire lengh.h of tie. striking Mr.. Yates
exactly in the main artery of the wrist. For
tunately, the woun dvas not deep enough to
seriously inju-e the wrist, but it bled SO pro-
fusely that Mr.. Yates became very weak, and
once tainted entirely. The wound was dres-
sed ~ soon as physician could be found
and is doing we'll. 1t is seldom we hear Of
30 serious . wound from. 50. improbable n
seprce..
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LATEST NEWS.

We condenss from kilograms &C., in las
evening" Gold Hill News:
Great activity exists in the Navy Depart
ment. AL gun boats are ordered into ACTIVE
service. Our European squadrons are to be
increased
1t is said that serious charges have beer
preferred against high Revenue officers, thai
Grant proposes investigation and Boutwell,
opposes the same. Shouldn't think that oil
Boutwell,.
H. S. Davis, Commercial reporter in
Cincinnati, having sued the Western Union
Telegraph Company for damages resulting
from delayed dispatches, got = verdict of
$4,000. More suits of a like sort are ex-
pected.
Greenbacks 73@73k. Devoe's New York
kerosene oil refinery is burned. and oil has
gone up in consequence.
The triple alliance" story is finally e1-
ploded.
Workmen in the Yellow Jacket mine were
by a cave which put out their
lights. They we're hoisted out and finally
went back to their work.
The News gives the following gratifying
item which is confrmatory of one of ours:
We understand that arrangement was yes
terdav effected by Mr.. Sharon BY which the
Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company
will obtain OF the Central Pacific Railroad
Company l 800 tons of rails-not $1,000, as
stated in the Enterprise-3.0 900 tons being
enough to extend from Carson to Virginia.
This amount of iron can be had at once,
and much in advance of that ordered from
England. This will much facilitate the
work between Virginia and Carson, and
mus. be esteemed as great favor from the
Central Pacific, to whom We presume our
railroad company will return an equal
amount of iron on its arrival from England.
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MINISTER DELoNG-We believe that
it is st II undecided by Mr.. belong
whether be will accept the position of
Minister to Japan. We hear statements
purporting to be from him to his friends
that he will not qualify. The Los An
geles Star of the 18th inst, says:
eve were shown letter from Mr. c. f.
De Long, to friend in this city, in which
he says that his private business engage
ments are of such magnitude as to cause
him to hesitate as ,c. accepting the mis- Sion
to Japan, which was rendered him without
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-28

IMMIGRATION FROM THE BRIrTsH
PRovINcEs.-There is, just now, an
immense immigration to the United
States from the Canadas, New Brun-
swick and Nova Scotia. The common
people of British America are getting
tired of supporting form of govern
ment which ignores the good old motto
of Live and let live" These seekers
for new homes in the prosperous States
are advancing a most effective argu-
ment in favor of annexation.
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The VIRGINIA CONSERVATIVES urged

THE VIRGINIA CONSERVATIVES urged
President Grant to allow them to vote
separately upon the Constitutional pro-
vision which compels that state to main
tain public schools. The purport of
Grants answer was: No schools, 10
State Government. The F. F's die
hard but die they must. Grant is
determined that when Virginia reenters
The Union she shall come in with a
Republican form of government.
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WHAT SHALL tn. Jusc1,os Town BE

CALLED IA correspondent suggests as tn
name for the junction town ON the Pacific
railroad, 81. DIZZY, after the st. Dizzy in Lor.
raine. France. the seat of an eccle siastical
college founded IN the sixth century. The
| reasons given are that in the fifteenth CEN
tury book called Image, Mundi was writ
| ten BY the Provost of the College, Pierre
daily, afterward Cardinal of Cambray, in
which he brought together, after the man
ner of Roger Bacon, the opinions Of the an
cient philosophers, poets, historians and geo
graphers, as well as of the fathers OF the
Church, respecting the antipodes, the shape
Of the earth &C., and intimating the posi-
bility of sailing west from Spain to India,
beyond the Ganges. This work was read by
Columbus, upon whom it made deep i'm
preston, finally leadingto the discovery OF
America by the great navigator.-JVashing-
ton Chronicle.
St Fudge! There has been too much
of this sort of pedantry already displayed
in the naming Of American towns. The
American people are uot an Archeol
ogical Society nor a community of ped
agogues. Let rs have pride and taste
enough to name our new cities after
American celebrities, American events
and American matters and things gener
ally. Ordinarily, the Indian names are
the bes. bu. if we are to have name
" hieh. means something 10 the place Of
Ogden, which means noihing, let it be
90 led Buffalo Chips or AIkali or Sage
Brush or Spiketown or something
equally in harmony with the surround
ngs of the place.
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A SAD CASE OF INsANITY.-One day in
the latter part of last week S. H. Chase
District Judge for Esmeralda County came
here. His manner indicated that he had
been drinking to excess and his friends
thought that a nights rest would set him all
right Since that time, however, he has dis
played nmistakable signs Of insanity, wan
dering about at all hours of the day and
night, talking ineoherently and conducting
himself in a wild and uncomfortable manner.
Night before last he was arrested on a COM
plant entered By Hon. Tom Wells and con-
fined in ths County Jail, where he now is.
Geo. Gibson, NJ. Y. Stewart, Louis Doron
and Others used all sorts of means to arrest
his supposed spree, but all to no avail. There
are too many reasons for believing that he is
hopelessly insane. Respecting Judge Chase's
high character and his feelings as a man,
we have refrained, hitherto, from giving
this matter pull licity but it is useless to be
longer silent on the subject, the fact being
that the preliminary steps have already beea
taken to send him to Stockton. By this
great misfortune Esmeralda County loses
an excellent Judge. while the unfortunate
gentleman S many friends are deeply grieved.
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Hon. J. S. FIELD is reported as having
arrived, Overland, in California. He was
accompanied on his trip by Senators Cas-
segiy and Williams. We suppose he will be
here soon to hold session of the Circuit
Court.
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DEAF AND DUMB DEBATING SOCIETY,"

DEAF AND DUMB DEBATING SOCIETY
The deaf mute have debating club in Lon
don. They discuss politics, political econ
omy, humanitarian subjects, &c, the quail
fcations for membership being proficiency
in dactyology, in which mode of communi-
cation the debates are carried on with Yin
most cases) the admix,ure of expressive
signs"
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SERIOUS Acc1DENT.-We heard, yester-
day afternoon, that Mr.. Henry Van Sickle
OF Douglas county was very seriously in
jured, near Genoa, by being run over by
wagon which he had been riding in, and
which got upset by his horses becoming un-
Manageable. We did not learn the extent of
his injuries. Trust they may not prove fatal
or serious.