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ThelPolitieal OufIo0k.

The signs of the times are re-
freshing. We believe the country
is on the eve of q great deliverance
from 4 sordid and cruel tyranny.
The people are arOusing themselves
all over the land to accomplish a
moral and political revolution. Il
the politicians go with them, well
and good for the politicians. If
not, the people will go on without
them. The movement for reform is
stronger even than the powerful
and clever Republican politicians
whv stand at its head, and if these
were wanting to-day, or were, by
possibility of course supposeable, to
change front, it is probable, if not
certain, that this great movement
would still work itself out. 1t might
then take the shape Of elevating
pronounced Democrat instead of
Liberal Republican to the Presiden-
tial Office, bat the popular current
ard aspiration for reform would just
as surely have its vent. 1t must be
obvious, we think, even to the Adj
ministration leaders and partisans
that they are oreastlng a fearful
current, and not iew of them, we
imagine, are quietly making ready
to swim in the other direction. The
people want a change. They de-
mand reform, and they will have it,
cost what it may, of old Organiza-
tions and agencies, of personal as
1,iFs0,z nd sr,A
These great popular movements
are familiar to the student of histo-
ry. Our own brief career as q ma
ton supplies several notable exam
pies. Not to 90 further back, We
have the extraordinary uprising of
1910 against the Van Buren Dynas-
ty. Rightly or wrongly, the people
felt tha: the time had come for a
change. They demanded reform.
In this movement men co-operated
who had never acted together be-
fore. There WAS a simultaneous up-
rising all over the land, the effort to
resist which, even by the ablest wri-
tiers and speakers of the Administra-
tion party, proved wholly futile.
Of this sort is the movement now
before US. 1t is q surprise in its
great proportions to nearly all Of
US, and a very unpleasant surprise
to the Grant party. A year ago, or
even last autumn after the fall elee-
tions, nothing could be more mel
aneholy than the political outlook.
IT seemed as if the Republican par
" not only had fixed majority at
the polls, but were all hOpelessly
welded to the dreary, personal, cor /
rupt rule of the President. A ma
jOrity Of the people appeared to be
dead to questions of public liberty.
and utterly Indifferent to the open
violation and trampling under foot
of their noble, free Constitution. 1t
seemed impossible to rouse them
from a torpor which was fatal to ev-
cry generous aspiration Of freemen. /
In this dark sky there was just one
bright spot, and it is this little
patch Of clear sky which has ri
pened into the glorious sunshine of
to-day. We mean the revolt against
the corruptions Of Tammany.-l
RaskiRgton Patriot
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NUMBER 20
SOCRATES sNOOKs.


Mr.. Socrates Snooks, a lord OF c,ea iou.
The second time entered the marriag
relation;
ZantipPc Caioric accepted his hand,
And thought him the happiest man in
the Land.
But scarce had the honeymoon passed
Ger his head,
When one morning, to Zantippe. Soc
rates said,
Il think for man OF my standing in
life,
This house is too small, as now have
wife,
30, early as possible, carpenter Carey
Shall he sent for to widen my house and
my dairy"
s'Now, Socrates, dearest, Zantlppe re
4 hate to hear everything vulgarly
Now, Whenever you speak Of your chat
Say or house, our barn-yard, oar pig
pen"
''By your leave, Mrs. Snooks, I wiz saw
what ! please
OF mg gardens my lands, my houses, M
Say oars' zantippe exclaimed in Al
rage.
4 won't, Mrs. snooks, though you ask
me an age"
o Woman though only a part CT mans
rib,
,If the story in Genesis don't tell a fib)
Should your naughty companion e'er
quarrel with You,
You're certain to prove the best man Of
the two.
In the following case thiswas certainly
true,
For the lovely zantippe just hauled of
her shoe,
And laying about her ..on all sides at
random,
The a,nge was verified. "nn desperan-
dunn"
Mr.. Socrates snooks, after trying in
10 ward on the blows that descended
Resolving that valOr's best part was dis
erection,
Crept under the bed like terrified Hes
sian;
Butsthe dauntless zantippe, mot one bit
afraid,
Converted the siege into a blockade.
At length, after reasoning the. thing in
bis pate,
He saw it-was.useless to strive against
fate,
And 50, like tortoise prortuding his
head,
lie exclaimed, "may zee come out from
under Our bed?"
"Alla!" She exclaimed, ''8fr. Socrates
SnoOks,
I perceive You agree to my terms, by
your looks.
Now, Socrates, hearme, from this happy
IfyOu'll obey me.I'H never look sour.
Tis said, the next Sabbath on going to
church,
lie Glanced for clean pair OF trowsers
to search;
Having found them, he asked, with
few nervous twitches,
" f. dear, may zoe put on cur aetc Sane
ddy brsecheS."
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world that thinks as much of YOU as
your mother. You caa't imagine
my feeiings-no, you can't have the
least notion of how / felt when she
was taking on so over me.
After while I could feel that nv
mother had stopped crying. Then
l thought she must have tainted. !
never was much in the praying line,
but if ever any one made a strong
try to call on God for assistance, /
did then. ] could feel my mothers
soft hand on my head.
George, said she to my brother,
his forehead don't feel very cold.
How strange it isr
Then Georges hand was put on
my forehead, and I could feel him
place his hand on my breast.
They seemed to think l might
not be dead.
Pretty soon a neighbor came in,
and there was a good deal Of talking
that I couldn't understand. Then
/ was lifted out of the coffin and put
in n bed. was rubbed all over
with q coarse towel.
Still l couldn't stir or open my
eyes.
They gave up all hopes and left
me.
Then my mother came to give me
one last look 1 could feel her near
me, just as she used to be when I
was a boy, and her hand smoothed
my hair in the old way that seemed
to take me back to the time when I
wasn't so bad as / am now.
i tried with all the force I could
to speak. I made one strong effort
to rouse myselG, and finally broke
The spell and looked up.
Ny mother tainted, but help soon
came, and, after taking some medi-
cine and doctors stuff, I was able to
think freely and breathe again.
In little while was we'll again,
except an ugly scar on the back of
my neck.
The doctors said I had a narrow
escape. My spinal cord, they said,
had been struck by a branch of the
tree, and l was as good as dead. 1t
was more than miracle that was
ever brought to. They had a good
deal to say about paralizing my ner-
vous system and stopping my circu-
lation, and all that, but at any rate
/ got well.
4 didn't chop any more wood that
Winter"
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Caneht in His Omn Tran-

A girl, young and pretty, and
above all gifted with an air of admi-
rable candor, lately presented her
self before a Partisan lawyer.
"Monsieur, have come to consult
-ou on a grave affair. I want you
to obiige a man love to marry me
in spite of himself How shall
proceed %
The gentleman of the bar had, of
course, a sufficiently elastic con
science. He then reflected a mo
ment, and being assured that no one
,verheard him, replied hesitatingly
MadamOiselie, according to our
aw, you always possess the means
IF forcing a man to marry you.
You must remain on three occa
sions alone with him; you can thal.
70 before Judge and swear that he
IS your lover"
"And will that suffice, Monsieury
"Yes, MadamoiselIe, with one ful
ther condition"
"Well?"
"Then you will produce witnesses
who will make oath to having seen
voa remain good quarter of an
hOur with the individual said to
have trif1ed with your affections"
VERY well, Monsieur, will re-
tain You as counsel in the manage
ment of tIfis affair. Good day.
A few days afterwards the young
lady returned. She was mysteri-
ously received by the lawyer, who
scarcely gave her time to seat her
self, que stioning her with the most
lively curiosity.
Capital, capitalr'
"Persevere in your design, NADIA
moiselle, but the next time you
come to consult me give me the
name Of the young man you are go
ing to make so happy in spite of
himself"
A fortnight afterwards the lady
knocked at the door of the counsePs 5
room. No sooner was she in than
she flung herself into a chair, saying
that the walk had made her breath
less. Her counsel tried to reassure
her, made her inhale salts, and even
proposed to unclose her garments.
"lC is useless, Monsieur" she
said, 81 am much better.'
"WeH, then tell me the name Of
the fortunate mortal"
well, then the fortunate mortal,
be it known to you,S is YOURSELF"
said the yOuRo lady, bursting into a
laugh. Il love You. l have been
here three times tete a-tets with you,
and my four witnesses are below,
ready and willing to accompany me
to magistrate" grayely continued
the narrator.
The lawyer, thrs caught, had the
good sense not to get angry. The
most singular fact of all is that he
adores his young wife.
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Stick to the Broomstick.

Did yoH ever see a woman throw
a stone at henG 1t is one Of the
most ludicrous scenes in everyday
life. We recently observed the pro
cess-indeed, we paid more atten
tion than the hen did, for she did
not mind il at ali, and laid an egg
tine next day, as il nothing had hap
pened. Ia fact, that hen will now
know, for the first time, that she
served in the capacity of a target.
The predatory fowl had invaded the
precincts OF the flower bed, and was
industriOusly pecking and scratch
ing for the nutrious seed or the early
worm. blissfully unconscious Of inn
pending danger. The lady now APP
pears upon the scene with a broom.
This she drops and picks up a rocky
fragment Of the Silurian age, and
then makes her first mistake-they
all do it--Of seizing the projectile
with the wrong hand. Then with
malice aforethought, she makes the
further bIunder ofswingiBg her arms
perpendicularly instead OF horizon
the stone flies into
the air, describing an irregular clip
tical curve. ard strikes the surface
ofthe earth as far from the hen as the
thrower stood at that time, IN a
course due west from the same, the
hen then bearing bF the compass
north 9orthcast by half east. At
the second attempt the stone mar
rowly missed the head Of the thrower
herself. whc. seeing that any further
attempt Of the kind would be suici-
dal, did what she might have done
first. started after the hen with an
old and familiar weapon. The NOR
al Of which Is; Stick to the broom
stick.-I'yOpiaeaos.
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A Territory Without Taxes.

Colorado presents state Of finaR-
cial prosperity as a territory une-
qualed in the history of a new State,
if not entirely without precedent.
There is no Indebtedness of any
kind hanging over the territory.
There Is a surplus Of $4,000 in the
treasury. The current expenses of
the government are less than $45,-
600 per annnm. The law provides
that no tax shall be levied for the
current year. 1872; and that the tax
of 1873 shall not exceed one and
one-half mills on the dollar. When
the legislature meets again in Jahn-
ary, 1874, the present surplus will
scarcely be diminished. These are
simple facts stated in plain man
ner. Here is a territory with no
debt, no taxes, and hard cash in the
treasury.
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A revival has prevaded Elms-
wood Illinois, during the past win
ter. The local paper thus sums up
the result: Five supposed con
yerts, sixty-three bad colds, nine.
teen young ladies refuse any longer
to obey their mothers, the morals of
fourteen boys more or less cor
rupted. and one hundred and twenty
five lliitations."
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MECHASIcs.-They are the palace
builders of the world; not a stick is
he~n, not stone is fashioned in
all the lordly dwellings of the rich,
that does not owe It's beauty and fit
ness to the skill of the mechanic
The towering spires that raise their
giddy heads among the clouds de-
pend upon the mechanics art for
their strength and symmetry. Not
an edifice for devotion, or business,
or comfort, but bears the impress of
their hands. How exalted is their
ayocation, how sublime their calling.
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Left Handed.

The Springfield Record has an
original way Of doing things, and
the following is the last freak in
this line:
Don't think that we have but two
or three merchants in our town be-
cause you don't find our paper full
of advertisements of home mer-
chants, for it is not so. They are
still carrying on business and have
as fine stocks Of goods as ever, and
sell cheap.
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THE FIRsT STEP-A dancing
master was taken mp in Natchez
lately for rohbing a fellow boasder
He said he commenced by cheating
4 printer, and after that everything
rascally came easy to him.
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The editor of the Washington
Chronicle siys he shas known Mr.
Greeley for many years" Possibly
he has, but wen be bound il was
without Mr.. Greeley's knowledge or
consent Courier journal.
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A New kind of lace for trimming
dresses is called "slaisy lace AMI II
is about a flger wide, the edge be-
ing formed by large silk daisies.
The effes is ii9e on black silk
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A so-calied philologist suggests
that .'the absolutoid elementismus
Of being echoes or reappsars by
analogy within the relatoid and
concre;oid elaborismns This
should be generally kRoFn.
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There are three kinds of laee-the
handmade. called point lace: that
made on 8 cushion, which is Yalen-
eines, and the machine lace, which
is now 80 much used FOR trimming
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Il is stated in mitigation Of Fejee
eannibalism that boys from 2 To j.
years old are nvw eaten by educa
ted persons. only the very lowest
class cat old men and women.
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Some one says that the lion and
the lamb may lie down together in
this world, but when the lion gets
up it will be hard work to find the
lamb.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-16

A dozen Mississippi bellies have
been recently married % journalists.
They seem to he fond OF the press.
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Some one who has read @Lenfen
Thoughts" says il ought 70 lee eal-
led ''BorrsWed Ideas. ~. = World
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Presidest Grant has an army of
sixty thousand office-holders in the
field-all working zealously to Sc
cure his nomination and re election.
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The Carolina suicide who swallow
ed some pounded glass not long ago
died OF q pane in his stomach.
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Old maids view old bachelors like
they would 3 deg in dog-days
though they are not afraid Of the
bite.
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Several citizens Of Chicago aIe
seeking divorces on the ground that
the faces Of their wives have been
disfgured by the small pox, IL
mankind had been composed of
lust such men two thonssnd years
ago, the Savior would not have
died. The crucifxion Of deg un-
der the influence of chiorofOrm
would have been too great a sacri-
fee for their redemption.
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Why is a soldier who attempts to
bayonet = ghost an unprineipled
fellow? Because he sticks at moth
ing.
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FRANII NTATTIIEWs
MEDICAL GARD

Dn J. T. GRANT. DR.. G. Q. ABERN ,THY.
Pulaski Tenn,
nRS. Grant s. Alternately have this
, day formed copartnership in. the
practice Of Medicine and Surgery.
OFpIcE=The one formerly occupied
by them on 2nd. Main street near the
Presbyterian Church. DIR. Grant can
be found at night at the residence oceu-
pied last year by David $. Martin, on
ist. Main street. DR.. Ahernathy at his
residence. Jan4, lS72-ly
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Medicine and Surgery. Twenty-Five
years practice at br me and IN the army
inspire confidence in, and ability TO
serve generous I,ablic with efficiency.
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