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Edwin Forrest Trots in I'll 81.

Mr.. Bonner's EdwiR Forrest con-
tlnues to surprise the world. At
Hartford, in August last, he trotted
mile In 2:144. In the month of
the present year he pulled Mr.. Bon
ner to wagon on bis three-quarter
track in 2:154, and week later Mr..
A. A. Bonner, weighing III lbs.,
drove him a mile in harness in
2:l33. AS big gated horse must
necessarily experience some difficult
ty in getting around the sharp turns
of three quarter track, the 2:I3R
of Edwin Forrest was deemed equal,
If not better, than the 2:I34 of Ra
rus at Buffalo, and knowing how
really great the performance was, it
was argued by critical minds that
the horse had shown the full meas
ure of his speed. But on Saturday,
August 9Th, Edwin Forrest marked
still lower in the seconds. He was
driven on the three quarter track
near Tarrytown by John Murphy, a
mile in the astonishing time of
2:1l4. He wore, forward, in addi-
ton to shoe weighing one pound
two ounces, an eight ounce toe
weight on the near foot, and six
ounce weight on the off foot. The
philosophy of the unequal weights Is
briefly this: The wings of the cof
fin bone of the near forward foot
are little more elevated than those
of the off one, hence it REQUIRES more
weight on that foot to make him
send it out of the way of the hind
one. With the extra two ounc-
es he goes absolutely level.
The horse was first given an
easy mile in :39, I:154, 1:52, 2:254;
then he was speeded a quarter in
:35, logged around, and without be-
ing refreshed by the application of
the sponge, came up to the score
and received the word for the won
derful effort. He went to the first
quarter in 1924, to the half in :O54,
to the third quarter in :3Sa, and
completed the mile in 2:11a. Three
watches were held on him, and the
slowest time was 2:12, the fastest
being 2:114. The intermediate
time, 2:118, was according TO rule
adopted as correct. It looks wild
to predict that Edwin Forrest will
go still faster on a full mile track,
and yet, if we mistake not, Mr..
Bonner will be disappointed if the
horse does not beat 2.1I4 in public
at Prospect or Hartford. In each
of his remarkable efforts he has
trotted so much at his ease that he
puzzles the critical mind to deter
mine where speed development in
him will stop.
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looked on wondering, yet deeply
affected. Quietly. and with moist
eyes, the two or three drinking GUS
toners, who had been lounging on
the bar, went stealthily out, and the
landlord, the stranger, the father
and the child were left the only in.
mates of the room.
"Come, Lizzie, dear! this is no
place for us - said Leslie, breaking
the dead silence. "We'n go home -
And the unhappy inebriate took his
child by the hand, and led her to-
ward the door. But the little one
held back. swat, papa, watt" she
said, che hasn't promised yet. Oh,
l wish he would promisep'
Promise her in Heavens name" :"
said the stranger.
"Promise," said Leslie, in stern
and solemn voice, as he turned and
fixed his eyes on the landlord.
"If do promise, / will keep it."
returned the landlord, in threat
ening tone.
''Then, for Gods sake, promisep
exclaimed Leslie, in half despair
ing voice, "promise and / am safer
"Be it so! May l be cursed if l
ever sell you drop of drink at this
bar while 1 am landlordr' jerks
spoke with an angry emphasis.
"God be thankedp' murmured
the poor drunkard- as he led his
child away. "God be thankedi
there is hope for me yet"
Hardly had the mother of Lizzie
MISSED her child ere she entered,
leading her father by the hard.
"Oh, MOTHER" she exclaimed, with
a joy-ht countenance and a voice of
"Mr. jerks has prom
ised."
promised what?' Hope sprang
up in her heait on wild and flutter.
ing wings; her face flushed and
grew deadly pale. She sat painting
for an answer.
"That he would never sell me an
other glass of liquor" said her hus-
band.
A pair of white hands were
clasped together; an ashen face
turned upward; fearless eyes looked
their thankfulness to Heaven.
"There is yet hope," said Leslie.
"Hope. hope. ADd, oh! Edward,
you have said the word. Hope
through our child. Innocence has
prevailed over vice and cruelty. She
came to the strong, evil, passionate
man, and in her innocence prevailed
over him. God made her fearless
md eloquent
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Unusual Honors.

1t is said the English Government
has ordered the governor of New
Zealand, in case Gen. Grant visits
that island, ''to extend to him no
unusual honOrs, only ordinary
courtesy" The English Govern
ment means well. The New Zea-
landers have reprehensible habit
of giving an American q very warm
reception. They roast him over q
slow fire and serve him up at a ban
quet, and, although he occupies the
most prominent place at the table,
he doesn't enjoy the feed a particle.
This Is "unsual honors." Plain,
Ordinary courtesy" is good enough
for Grant, Norristown Herald.
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Chinese Vanity.

have lately discovered the way
in which Chinese girls paint their
faces in Pekin. They first take a
quantity of sugar-candy, which they
rub lavishly over their hands. They
then 'smarm' this delectable cosmet-
ic over their cheeks and forehead
till they are as shiny as the moon
and as sticky as though they had
washed themselves in treacle. The
surface thus prepared, they pro-
ceed to lay on the white powder,
which they spread thiekly from ear
to ear, and then they put on the
rouge. Their subsequent sensa-
tions must be imagined. l have
never heard them described
GLondon News.
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A man In the insane asylum, on
Blackwel's Island, believes himself
to be a steam engine. He moves
one arm backwards and forwards
like a piston rod, and sounds "choo
choo" with his mouth. If spoken
to he screws his ear around to turn
off steam, whistling loudly, which
he supposes necessary before he
can answer. He Immediately starts
the machine after replying.
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In Paris thirty-fve years ago
stores of all kinds were open on
Sunday morning. Now all large es-
adjustments are closed, and only a
few of the smaller are open. In
Italy, too, labor is much more re-
stricted on Sunday than formerly.
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The pencil marks you SEQ around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub :
scription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extendl1g
credit to our friends and patrons, but
cash alone will yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you win comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and renew your su scriptlon
without delay. We solicit your favor.
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books without the money in advance.
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An old miser, who was notorious
for self-denlal, was one day asked
why he was so thin. "I do MOI
know" said the miser; 81 have tried
various means for getting fatter,
but without success" "Have you
tried victuals?' inquired the friend.
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Never witness a tear with apathy
or Indifference. Words, looks, ac-
tions, may be artificial; but a tear
is unequivocal; it comes direct
from the heart, and speaks at once
the language OF truth. nature and
sincerity.
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4th Round Quarterly Nj eetings.

Trinity cir, at Aspen Hill, July 10, 20.
Richland cir, at Bethesda, July &c, "a.
Mt. PisgAh cir;, Mt. Pisgah, Aug. 9, 8,
Giles cir, at Forest Grove, Aug. 9, 10.
Olivet sta, at Olivet, Aug. 16. IL.
Prospect cir, at Trinity, Aug. 2S, "a.
Elkton sta, Aug. so, 81.
Culleoka sta, at hurricane Sept. 8, z.
Lynnville cir, at -, Sept. lS, IA.
Mt. Pleasant cir, at -, Sept. 20, 81.
Columbia sta. Sept. 2E, 2s.
Pulaski sta, Oct. 4, 5.
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You Must Cure THAT Cough.

III. With Shiloh's Consumptive Cure
yoa can cure yourself. 1t hao estab-
lished the fact that Consumption can be
cured, while for Coughs, Brochitif,
Whooping Cough, Asthma, and all dis
eases of the Throat and Lungs, it is abb
solutely without an equal. Two doses
will relieve your child Of Group. It is
pleasant to take and perfectly harmless
to the youngest child, and no mother
can afford to be without it. You can
use two-thirds of a bottle and If what
we say Is not true we win refund the
price paid. Price 1Octs., 50cts. and 81 90
per bottle. II your Lungs are sore or
chest or back lame use Shiloh's Porous
Plaster. Sold by Sumpter q Stanley,
Corner Drug Store. feb13eow-1y-2
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Tfskies were blueT,
And fogs were fewer,
And fewer the storms on land and sea;
Were shiny summers
Perpetual corners
What an Utopia this would bel
Iflife were longer,
And faith were stronger
If pleasure would bide-if care would fee
Ifeach were brother
To all the other
What an Arcadia this would bel
Were greed abolished,
And gain demolished,
We're slavery chained, and freedom free
If all earth'stroubles
Collapsed like bubbles
What an Elysium this would bel
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Boiled Tomatoes.-Take nice
large tomatoes, cut them in hall
crosswise; broil them over the fire,
skin side down, until brown; place
the gridiron inside of the stove, to
brown the other side. Cook slow
ly; when done, season with pepper,
salt or sugar and butter. Serve
plain or on toast.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-11

ri. Have you Dyspepsia, are you
constipated, have you yellow skin,
Loss of Appetite, Head Ache? if so
don't fail to use SHILoH's SYSTEM VI
TALLER. 1t is guaranteed to relieve
you, and will you continue to suffer
when you can be cured on such terms
as these? Price 1Osts. and 75cts. Sold
by Sumpter & Stanley, Corner Drug
Store. febl3eow-1y-2
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Hands have they, yet they feel
notebooks. Legs have they, yet
walk not-tables. Eyes have they,
yet see not-needles. Teeth have
they, yet chew not-combs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-11

The sod of Louisiana covers no
braver, nobler or truer man in the
faithful discharge of the obligations
of duty than General Hood.
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"Are you not alarmed at the ap-
proach Of the king of terrorsP said
a minister to a sick man. "Oh, no!
/ have been living six and thirty
years with the queen Of terrors.
The king cannot be much worse" |"
said the sick man.
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81 like the CITIZEN, but am not able
to pay for it," Then get us five new
subscribers at 50 each and we will sen;
il to YOU free,
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ANOTHER FARM WANTED

If you have farm to trade for tOwD
property, call on the senior editor @
this paper. A splendid bargain VIII be
given.
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The neatest pun that is at pres
ent floating about on the current OF
literature is the following

It's hope that keeps us up,
It's hope that keeps our mem'rie green
It's hope that makes our lives sublime,
It'soap that keeps us clean.
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NUMBER A.

could in that way; when I looked out
the room was empty" This strange
visitor returned night after night, and
some of her doings the domestic was un-
willing to repeat. She lost fourteen
pounds of solid flesh by the experience,
and was only too glad to escape out of
the place. Some weeks after the break
ing-up, the lady, who was staying with
to see woman coming up the steps of
her house in great glee one morning
81 have found out all about it," she
exclaimed; "that house is haunted"
And then she told of calling on dress
maker to get some work done, and Incl
dentaily mentioning where she had
lived. '-"D Did Miss --- occupy those
upper rooms?" she asked. "Did you
have no trouble ,theref' she inquired.
On being told that the place was objec-
tionable, she said, !" 1t is strange no
one told Miss that house is
haunted. took lease of IL for three
years, but had to give it up at a loss of
several hundred dollars after !, a., few
months. 1t was haunted, and I had
nothing but misfortune there. You
know woman strangled her husband
in that upper chamber several years
ago. He had abused her in his drunken
fits, and she endured ituntil she became
desperate. One night she waited for his
return and choked him to death on the
bed. And the poor creatures spirit
has haunted these rooms ever since"
M SIS --s visited the dressmaker and
had a full recital of her experiences in
the haunted house, and ascertained
upon inquiry that she is a highly
respected and trustworthy woman.
And Miss - regards her former
domestic, whom she has known for
years, as absoluteful truthful, and quite
free from superstition and nonsense, an
unusually plucky, sensible woman.
But you should hear Miss - tell the
story. 1t would be curious to know
how many haunted houses there are
within a mile of Union Square or Muir
ray Hill. ... E-...s ... il. ..<... -..
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Grand Duke Nicholas.

"Nihilist' writes in North America
Revie,c: The fact is now generally
known that the Grand Duke Nicholas,
the brother of the .Czar.s the Gen eral-
issimo of the army, not. only brought
this army to the verge of ruin by his
utter imbecility as Commander, but
actually robbed the miserable, hungry,
diving soldiers Of 7,oe0, 600 roubles, of
which he gave handsome share to his
mistress, q former opera dancerl Imust
earnestly request the. reader to bear in
mind that this is not idle gossip; the
fact has been officially proved and
reported to the Gar by General Creigh,
the present Chief of the Russian Finance
Department, who was sent by the Car
to Bulgaria to investigate the, terrific
cases of corruption which occurred dur
ing the war. Creigh went earnestly to
work, and the very first result he
obtained from his Investigation was that
the Cars brother was the chief Grim
inal. Horror,stricken, he started at once
for St. Petersburg and reported to the
Car the truth. The investigation was
Immediately closed, and General Creigh
received the Finance Department as the
price for his silence. ,ss p -ssss
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ouse-burning, and had better leave the

house-burning, and had better leave the
country.
Circuit Solicitor Hirsch, e Republican
until 1877. said he had Investigated, by
Hampten's direction, the different charges
made by Swails, and found that the White
Oak meeting was not held to advocate raid
ing; that Swails was not arrested by the
Red Shirts, and that NJ threats had been
made against 'Swails, except that he would
be held to account for any bloodshed or
incendiarism. p --t- -+
Jack Eppo, colored preacher, testified
that he abstained from voting at the elee-
tion, and is, in consequence, debarred by
colored Republicans from minisLering in
the Baptist churches he had regularly
served.
invitation to Swails to ride into Kings
Tree with Red Shirts was freely accepted
by Swails when he had been assured no
harm would be done him. 10
On January %, the Teller Committee took
up Orangeburg County. s e.uaT
Sandy Keitt, colored, Republican Deputy
Mars al, testified that at -Orangeburg the
Republicans were delayed in voting that
ha saw.a Democrat stuff Democratic tickets
into the box, and that he was arrested for
insisting on going into the polling room to
witness the count. After the election he
had been assaulted. Hundreds of colored
men have been turned off by their employ
cFS DecdusS tieN Ulu AbG iV0L6 D6mOCraLlc.
= Two colored Supervisors testified to an
excess of tickets in the boxes, and to the
solidity of the colored vote. e---.-
B. Byas, colored, testified to threats of
cola Republicans against colored Demo-
Gratis. One colored Democrat was severely
beaten for distributing red shirts. 81
w L. Daggett, white, Democrat, testified
that he had printed different kinds of Dem
oeratic tickets for the election, including
some Thousand tissue tickets. 81
The Teller Committee adjourned on the
goth January to meet in Washington on
the fol owing Monday. Tne testimony
previously given. Two Republicans testi.
fed that Georgetown County was given to
the Democrats by throwing out Republican
votes ON account of alleged informalities.
r. Smith, colored Democrat, was positive
over three thousand colored men in Charles
ton voted the Democratic ticket at the late
II
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FOREIGN SUMMARY Y.

MARSHAL IMAGINATION resigned the Presl-
dency Of France on the 30th of January.
President MacMahon's letter of resignation
Ministry, being hopeless of framing another
Cabinet, and unwilling to assent to meas
ures which he regards contrary to good
army organization, he withdraws from
power. At meeting of the Bureau of the
Left, Gambetta proposed Grevy, the Minister
Of War under MacMahon, for President,
which was unanimously approved. Mac
Mahon asked the Ministers to countersign
his letter Of resignation, but they refused
declaring the letter merely a personal act.
The German Government, to prevent the
Introduction of the plague, has prohibited
the Importation of all articles prohibited by
the Austrian committee, and also all manu-
factures of felt. The Imperial Chancellor
will draw up regulations relative to travel
ers' baggage. The Sanitary Commission OF
the Scheldt guarantees all vessel from
the Black Sea. It is considered, in
the best informed quarters, tkat the
present decrease of the plague is merely
due to the extreme cold. Consequently,
precautions against its spread are unre-
laxed. 1t is stated that Professor Botkin,
physician to the Gar, advises the burning
of Wetlianka and other villages where the
epidemic has broken out, together with all
the furniture in them, and the removal of
the Inhabitants to healthy places. In spite
of the heavy expense such scheme would
involve, the Gar is said to be disposed to
follow Professor Botkin's advice. a,
THE epidemic which is sweeping through
Russia, according to the Med6cisische THoch-
| enschrstt, of Vienna, is the veritable plague,
or something very like it. 1t certainly
is not cholera. At last accounts-Jan-
uary 16-it had reached Mini Novgorod,
in the very heart of the empire. Tt was
brought by some Cossacks from Turkey.
1t was at first thought to be typhus,
and no very strict 9 measures were
undertaken. 1t soon began to spread.
Ninety per cent. of those attacked die The
st. Petersburg Wochenschrift, of January II
(new style), says that, although the govern.
ment persists in not calling it epidemic, the
disease is the plague. kilograms from the
infected districts describe the symptoms as
a headache accompanied by fever and swell
ing Of the glands. 1t is none too early for the
consideration of preventive measures in
countries not yet visited, though the
Russians declare that Austria is hurting
their trade by exciting undue alarm.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate, January 81, Gen. Shields
presented his credentials, and was sworn in
as Senator from Missouri. A bill to abolish
the volunteer. navy Of the United States
was passed. The House joint resolution
stitution, prohibitingg the payment of
sclainss Of disloyal persons for property
destroyed during the war of the rebellion,
was reported back and placed on the calen-
dar. The bill to pay Warren Mitchell for
cotton seized during the war was debated
at length, and laid over. The Senate then
went into executive session, and the New
York nominations were considered.
In the House, the bill allowing five hun
dred dollars to every man not worth three
hundred dollars who desired to take ad van
tage of the provisions of the homestead law,
was defeated by vote of % to 212. A bill
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The pulpit took free hand in the
late Massachusetts election, the clergy
manifesting their preferences and dis
likes as distinctly as they could Without
calling names. Father Taylor the
well-remembered seaman's preacher OF
Boston, was, in his day, more outspoken.
1t was on the occasion of-an exciting
contest, in which. temperance was the
absorbing question. Thus he wrestled
with the Lord in prayer: ''o Lord
give us good men to rule over us-pure
men who fear Thee, religious men, tenn
perate men, menwhon we can trust, men
Who Pshawl o, Lord, what's the use of
veering and hauling and boxing round
the compass? Give us George n Blggs
for Governor. Amen" And the prayer
was answered. - Hrper's Drawer.
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ALI About a Haunted House in an
AristOcratic NeighbOrhOOd, q

IN. Y. Cor. of the Springfield Republican,
Ghost stories are always in order. and
a haunted house in New York will be
regarded as great novelty. But the
exhibition just mentioned recalls
story. told me by a well-known and
much talked about lady author and lee
turer. She is neither a fanatic nor
fool, and the last person in the world to
see sights or dream dreams. She had
taken the upper floor of q house in
self. In a few days she noticed that in
a certain part of one Of the rooms
strange, unearthly chill came over.her.
1t was 80 disagreeable that she shurned
the place. She also frequently had
very distinct feeling that some one was
coming up the stairs, and at first rose
and opened the door, expecting to see
visitor, but finding no one. In the
night between eleven aud twelve, she
was regularly awakened from sleep. as
though some one was standing by her
bed, and oftentimes as though a hand
was on her throat trying to strangle her !;
she could see no one, and the experience
became so disagreeable that she gave up
her bed to her woman-a very substan-
tial, matter of fact, courageous person
and took the lounge, where she slept
without difficulty. But the poor domes-
| tic had a hard time of it; she had expe-
rienced the chill, and had opened the
door hundreds of times to. the stranger
coming up the. stairs; now she was
choked every night Just as though some
one was trying to strangle her. One of
the lady's friends visited her and expe-
rienceds the chill and also opened the
door to the invisible visitor, and with
out knowing what her occupants had
felt, declared that the place was strange
and depressing. ' 's''+' 5's5
A popular newspaper writer, a lady
well known in the social circles here
called one day and told the occupant OF
the reoms, who had left her alone for 8
few minutes that they were haunted, as
she saw the form of a person standing
in the very place where the unearthly
chill had been felt by several persons
Sickness obliged the lady to leave hel
apartments several weeks in charge ol
her faithful woman. When she returned
she found this woman nervous anC
ill and was still suffering. In reply t.
ucI dttsltdUcu iHq ulTlcS tHe Woluau toIe
her the following story: u" 1t was neal
. midnight after you left that / woke sud
denly out of sound sleep, and ther,
sat woman in the rocking chair by tn,
fire, her back toward me, with full
head of dark hair. Thought it piec
of impertinence in any one to come VI
to my room at that time of night, an'
without knocking; then remembers,
) that l fastened the door. But to b
certain about it, slipped out of tn
bed at the foot and tried the door
which found bolted. Then got int
) bed. The woman turned her fac
toward the door in an anxious way, in
Ginning it as though listening to hea
some one coming up the stairs. The
,, she arose as though she were comin
! toward the bed. l covered myself wit
the bed clothes and stood it as long as