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Hancock and the Republicans.


The New York Herald of Sun
day gives an account of a call on
General Hancock by prominent
New York Republicans. The Her
aid says:
'In his long career as soldier
General Hancock has, of course,
met many surprises, and though, as
a matter of history, he has teen too
much on the alert to allow himself
to come off second best as general
thing, it is questionable whether he
was ever much more surprised than
upon the call yesterday of the dele
CATION of six gentlemen and the an
nouncement of the character of the
visitors and the object of the visit.
The delegation comprised Messrs
Seymour Van Nostrand, Stephen
Austin, Henry c. Ferguson, James
Kenyon, II. Eoyd and Capt J. r.
Byrnes, all residents of Washing
ton Heights. The gentlemen were
introduced to General Hancock,
who received them with his accus-
toned cordiality.
81 am glad to meet you, gentle
men," said the General.
"We have come TO see you," said
Mr.. Van Nostrand, acting at first as
the spokesman of the party and in
a commendable business like way
coming to the point at once, "to
congratulate you on your nomina
ton for the Presidency of the Unit
ted States."
81 thank you, gentlemen" inter
rupted the General, thinking. no
doubt, that this was the sole pur-
port of the call, and having no idea
of the surprise in store for him.
"With one exception" continued
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travels in a straight line, and would
not turn out of the way for a brick
house.
He goes in very much Of a hurry,
as if he were going for the doctor,
and can spread himself over more
territory, within a short space of
time, than anything that isn't a
buffalo.
A sky-rocket of 500 horsepower,
shot horizontally, would have 10
hump itself to keep out of his way.
Lightning cannot zigzag and
keep up with him.
He can keep seven Indians and a
Chinaman flying in the air all at
once, and still find time to look
around for other game.
If you give him a chance to butt
you, he will do it with right good
will, and then you will need a map
to find yourself.
He is the strongest butter you
ever saw-even though you may
have had experience at a, fourth
tatC OOdl ulL = uOuSCs
But l believe l started out to tell
you something about the Indians.
Well, l didn't stay on the front
ier but about three months, and /
only had time to kill about fifteen
hundred savages.
Perhaps 1 should have stayed
longer but was afraid of running
my left eye.
1 squinted along my gun barrel
so much that my face was being
drawn out of shape, and my eye
sight so far gone that 1 had to be led
about by dog.
l still continued to kill Indians
while in that condition, though l
have always felt little mean about
it.
l couldn't see to shoot, so l run
them down and kicked them to
death.
1t wasn't manly in me, and l
want 10 ask the gentle readers for
giveness, here and now.
A big chief named Fly-up-the
Creak challenged me to fight a duel
with him just before left.
II is a sad thing for this country
that l was too busy, packing my
trunk for the homeward journey, to
accept the challenge.
Otherwise one of our most formi-
dable foes would have found an
early grave.
And probably would have chuck
ed me into it.
1 have since learned that Fly-up-
the Creek has met with a serious
accident.
He broke his neck trying to ride
a horse-radish. You S,
SLIM jim.
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anybody opened the door OF the
receptacle it would be discharged.
However, 1t puzzled him a good
deal to find way'to set the pistol
with the door shut, and if he set it
with the door open there was no
way to make the thing go off when
the door should be opened again.
So he finally set up the pistol in
side the safe and cooked il, and
then putting his hand inside
closed the door all but IA crack Just
sufficient to admit his wrist. Then
he fixed loop frcm the door TO
the pistol trigger, so that when the
door was opened any wider the pis-
tol would be discharged. Then he
attempted to draw out his hand,
but found that while he had left
the door sufficiently open to accom-
modate the wrist, it wouldn't let
out his haad without being opened
wider, and that would discharge
the pistol INTO his stomach. There
was nothing TO do but TO take off
the loop and put on little longer
one, and when he attempted to do
that he found that, though he had
been able to attach the loop, he
couldn't reach quite far enough to
detach it again. Then the awful
ness of his position came upon
him. He was imprisoned, and
could only release himself at the
price of shot in the stomach. He
began to scream wildly for help,
and at last help came, and the first
man who arrived was about To yank
the door open before Pigweed
could stop him, and it gave the vic
TINS nerves terrible shock. Hi
nally they got smiths and tools and
went to work to get in at the back
of the safe and remove the pistol,
and they had to work very careful
ly so as not TO explode the pistol
by the jar. 1t was an all day job
but finally, after Pigweed had near
died from exhaustion, and his hair
had begun to turn gray from
fright, they got at the pistol. and
found that when he put IL in there
Pigweed had forgotten TO load it,
so he might have yanked his hand
out at any time. And though Pig
weed was terribly fatigucd. he
aroused himself sufficiently to give
the grandest exhibition ot protane
discourse heard since the Grant
men left Chicago.
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Teach You Bows.

Teach them that one good, hon
est trade, well mastered, is worth
a dozen beggarly professions.
Teach them that a true lady may
be found in calico quite as fre
quently as in velvet.
Teach them that TO wear pa tched
clothes is no disgrace, but that TO
wear a black eye is.
Teach them that common
school education with common
sense is better than college educa-
ton without it.
Teach them that as they expect
to be men some day, they can not
too soon learn TO protect the weak
ones.
Teach them by your own exam
pie that smoking in moderation,
though the least of vices to which
men are heir, is disgusting to 9th
ers and hurtful to themselves,
Teach them that by indulging
their depraved appetites in the
worst forms of dissipation they are
not fitting themselves TO become
husbands Of pure girls.
Teach them that honesty is the
best policy; that 'tis better TO be
poor than to be rich on the profits
Of crooked whisky, and point your
precept by the example of those
who are now suffering the torments
of tho doomed.
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Farming Under the Sea.

The fact is not generally known
that within three hours ride OF
Boston u large and profitable bust
ness has been carried on since 1S4S
along the seashore, and which is
nothing more or less than "farm-
ing under the sea-" Ever ywhere up
on the coasts of eastern New En-
gland may be found, ten feet below
the water mark, the lichen known
as carrageen-the "Irish Moss"
of commerce. 1t may be torn from
the sunken rock anywhere, and
yet the little seaport of Scituate is
almost the only place in the coun-
try where it is gathered aud cured.
This village is the great center of
the moss business in the country,
and the entire Union draws its SUPP
plies from these beaches. Long
rakes are used in tilling this ma
rine farm, and it does not take
long to fill the many dories that
await the lichen, torn from it's salty
rock bed. The husband and fa-
theirs gathers the moss from the
sea, and the wives and daughters
prepare it.for the market. Soak it
in water and it will melt away to a
jelly. Boil it in milk and q deli
cious white creamy blancmange is
the result. The annual product is
from ten to fifteen thousand bar
rels, and it brings $4,000 into the
town, which sum is shared by one
hundred and fifty families. Its con-
sumption in the manufacture of
lager beer is very large, and the en-
tire beer of the country draws its
supplies from Scituate beaches, as
the importation from Ireland had
almost ceased. It IS not generally
known that the moss, as an article
OF food, is called "sea moss farina."
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NY CREED.

| hold that Christian grace abounds
Where charity is seen; that when
We climb TO heaven tits on the rounds
OF love to men.
hold all else named piety
A selfish scheme, a vain pretence.
Where eentIe is not, can there bo
Circumferences
This moreover hold and dare
Affirm where'er my rhyme may 60;
Whatever things be sweet and fair,
Love makes them so.
Whether it be the lullabics
That charm to rest the Nesting bird
Or that sweet confidence Of sighs
And bushes made without word
Whether the dazzling and the lush
Of softly sumPtuouc garden bowers
Or by some cabin door bush
Ofrsgged flowers.
'Tis not the wide phYlaetery,
Nor stubborn fact. nor stated prayers,
That makes as saints; We judge the tree
By what it bears.
And when man can live apart
From works, on theologic trust,
know the blood about his heart
Is dry as dust - Alice Cary.
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Anew Cure for HydrOphObia.

NJ. LesserteUr has Just given pub
licity to plant which has a great
reputation as cure for rabies in
the kingdom OF AMMAN. This
plant, Of which the name is hoang-
nan, is kind Of Llama, closely akin
to the false augostura; its effects
are similar 10 those Of strychninc
and brucine. NJ. Bouley, in speak
of this new remedy regrets that no
new facts corroborative Of its ef
ficaciousness are given, bat Is Of
opinion that the property recently
showed TO belong 70 rabbits Of cas-
lily contracting hydrophObia by in
oculatio0, should be utilized Tor
making experiments thus 80 easily
performed. In reference 10 this
subject NJ. Bouley related an anec-
dote about garlic, substance
which has always had "A great rep
utation among remedies against
rabies, and is constantly found as
principle integral portion IN a
large number Of formula long kept.
secret. A young man had been
bitten by mad dog and symptoms
of rabies speedily appeared. His
/ family, ia a state OF the greatest
alarm, scarcely knowing what - do
with The sufferer, shut him up in a
loft where some garlic had been
left TO dry. In his delirium the
poor fellow seized the bundles Of
garlic, ate greedily.of them and soon
become exhausted and fell into a
deep sleep. When he awoke he
was cured ard the symptoms OF
rabies had disappeared.- British
Medical Journal.
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THE MORMONS.
What Brigham Young's Daughter
Thinks of the Latter
Day Saints.

Several weeks ago five OF the
daughters of Brigham Young, late
head Of the Mormon church, were
expelled from the church for the
crime Of having gone to law with
certain of the brethen who attempt
ed to rob them. Aiterward the
elders, wishing TO make peace with
the expelled ltigahts, sent a couple
of teachers to interview them
They repaired TO the residence Oi
Miss Dora Young. What occurred
there is tod Fy the Salt Lake Trl-
bune as follows:
eve want to see, Sister Dora, il
YOU will not come back TO u.s."
II have received "A note calling
on me TO appear TO answer charge;
what woald you do?'
"Oh," replied brother Morris, u
should go by ali means-by all
means.
"But won't do that" replied
the heircss, mot for the world"
"Oh, come now, Sister Dora,
don't say that If you have done
anything wrong it will be forgiven. y
''Yes, but l haven't done any
thing wrong. What have l do.eP'
.'You had suit with your breth-
req, didn't your
Yes, and 1 wish to gracious
Lad another one"
"Wnat, with the brethren2"
eyes, with the brethren"
"Don't say that, Sister Dora; we
don't want to hurt your feelings,
but"
"And l don't want you 10 hurt
my feelings. Ii you. do, yoa'I 60
out OF my house a good deal livelier
than you came in. l have sto cd
just as much from the Mormons as
intend to bear, and if you two Of
fend me in any way you will go out
of that door which a carpenter put
there foTju such people"
"Oh, we don't want to hurt"
'Well, then, don't ask me to re-
turn to the church; you can't insult
me worse than by requesting that, "
"Sister Dora, think of your ia
ther and mother, and"
Don't speak to me OF my father,
Mr.. Norris" she interrupted; "you
and the whole church know that
my father, prophet though you call
him, broke many a woman's heart.
If it is required of me to break as
many hearts and ruin as many wo-
men as my father did, should go
to perdition before 1 would go back
into the church, and
80, Sister Dora!" exclaimed the
teachers.
its q fact, and you know its a
fact. You know that many OF his
wives died of broken hearts, and
how did he leave the rest? Look
at my mother and look at all the
rest of them! A religion which
breaks women's hearts and ruins
them is of the devil. That's what
mormonlsm does. Don't talk to
me of my father; but I'll tell you
one thing; il my father were living
at present you wouldn't dare to do
what you are doing now. You
wouldn't have stolen our money
either. You profess to regard my
father as a prophet, and yet you
have John Taylor standing in my
fathers shoes, when you know he
is the worst enemy my father has
on earth. And around him are
gathered those brave apostles. all
swearing against father, while in
his lifetime they couldn't be servile
enough. They are brave now"
The teachers were dumbfounded
at the honest girls estimate of her
father, Brigham Young, and said
nothing.
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4 Plucky Wido W.

The Irwinton Southerner and Ap-
peal says. There is now living in
Wilkinson county a widow lady.
who, at the death of her husband,
some five or six years ago, found
herself penniless, with four or five
children to support. Instead of
giving up the battle of life in des-
pair, or calling on relatives for as
sistance, as many would have done,
she courageously determined to
arve out her own fortune from the
generous earth. Renting a farm,
she cultivated it with her own
hands, and what little assistance
her children could render. Year
after year she supported herself
and children, and in addition NJ an
aged to lay by a little. As her
children grew larger, the amount
increased, until she had enough to
pay for small farm. She bought
the one she had formerly rented,
and this year expects with good
seasons, to make seven or eight
bales of cotton, besides enough
corn and meat, to do her another
year. Prosperity has crowned her
efforts, but she still, with the assis-
tance of her children, does the hoe
ing, and in fact all the work of the
farm, except the blowing which a
negro man Is employ ed to do. The
lady richly deserves all the success
which has come come to her, and
if her children are possessed with
the same dauntless spirit which has
animated their mother, the cloud
of adversely will never again hover
over them.
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Between Time and Eternity.

Wherever on the sea or Oh the
land the partition that divides us
from eternity is something thinner
than the oak plank of the ship or
the half an inch of iron fange of
the car wheel The machinery OF
life and death are within us. The
tissues that hold these beating pow
ers IN their place are often not
thicker than piece of paper, and,
il that thin partition were pierced or
ruptured, it would be Just the same
with us as If a cannon bail had
struck US. Death is inseperably
bound up with life in the very
structure OF cur bodies. Struggle
as he will to widen the space. no
man can at any time go further
from death than the thickn ess OF a
sheet Of paper.
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L recently took q trip out west 10
see why the soldiers didn't eXtermi-
nate the Indians.
And also TO take command of the
army.
can't keep out Of war.
So much of my life has been
spent in warfare-even when there
was nobody about the house but
me and my wife-that [ take to it
as naturally as young girl takes
to chewing gum.
L went to Wyoming Territory to
spot Fighted Tail.
Anyhow, the government, hear
ing Of my remarkable military at
taiments, sent me out there to ami
hilate the Indians.
By talking them TO death.
When they heard / was coming,
Sitting Bull rose from the seat of
war and took a walk.
But Joseph stood on high ground.
Joe said he could lick any pale
faced son of a saw-horse that ever
stole a mule. A
l considered that he was growing
personal, so l took the pains to
hunt him up and kill him.
But l guess he must have come to
life again, as hear that he has
been causing the soldiers a good
deal of trouble since / left.
One night l took it upon myself
to do little scouting on my own
hook, in order to ascertain the ex-
act position of the Indian camp.
1 was all alone, and being by
myself, there was nobody with me.
The night was dark; the myriad
star twinkled in the armament; all
was still save the far-of wall of
some rowing wigwam, or the
whoop of distant tomahawk.
Suddenly a whole tribe of saw
ages jumped out from behind a
tree, and rushed upon me.
There were six hundred in all,
and 1 candidly confess that had
as much as could do 10 lick the
whole lot.
But 1 finally succeeded in killing
them of.
The way l did it, got up on q
stump and preached to them about
their wicked ways ill their con
sciences stung. them to death.
Ny friend, General Buzzen, took
Spotted Ta1l out buggy riding one
day in order TO effect treaty Of
peace.
But Spotted Tail treated him to
a piece of his mind.
When they were last seen the
Indian was fourishing an ale bottle
and sandwich over the Generals
head. Eg#
1t is supposed that he dragged
General Buzzen with the sandwich
and slew him with the ale bottle.
Or scalped him, or something.
Anyhow, that was the way it
happened.
We had a great many friendly
savages with the army, who were
so far cIvslized that they could
drink the worst kind of rum with
out shedding a tear.
Whenever there was battle they
fought furIously. as
To get out of the way.
The government sent these La
dians a lot of ulster overcoats TO
keep them warm during tue winter.
They stuck their legs through
the sleeves all right, but what TO do
with the rest of the coat puzzled
them considerably.
They finally cut them of for gun
patches.
Sportsmen win find a good deal
of game out west.
Such as poker, bluff, euchre, sew
en- up and monte.
Bufaloes are also abundant.
The buffalo is an ill-natured
beast who constantly has his back
up.
He is armed with short brass
horns on one end and heels on the
other.
l.
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Children Cry

For DIR. Duncan's Worm Syrfl,-it is
sure, safe and pleasant to ttke, and
never fails. Try it. For sale by Grigs-
by q Anderson, South side square, Pu-
laski.
Wm. IAtterer & Co., Nashville, are
wholesale agents for all Of DR.. D1nean's
preparations. noy2O-6m
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Preparing for a Burglar under DIFF
fculties.

Mr.. Pigweed has had a terrible
time of it. lie resolved to set a
pistol ia his safe before leaving
home for the summer, so that when
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mons, rosy-cheeked, bright-eyed
girl tripped in. The neat print
dress had been exchanged for a
pretty merino, but our hero did not
fail to recognize her, and his face
flushed painfully as he did so.
"Polly," continued her father,
''this is your cousin Edward. He
leaves on the six o'clock train, and
1 want you to make his stay with
us as pleasant as possible.
''Polly is nay little bousekeeper,' -
he added, turning to his nephew
81 hire a woman for the rough
work, and she does all the rest.
When she's eighteen she shall have
all the servants she wants, but she.
must serve her apprenticeship first.
1t may stand her in good stead; she
may take it into her head to marry
some poor man, as her mother did
before her. Ehl my girlr'
Mary's only reply to this was a
smile and a blush. Our hero was
considerably embarrassed by the
recollection of the mistake 1e had
rnade; but the quietly cordial greet
ing soon put him completely at his
ease.
At her fathers request-who was
very proud of his daughters varied
acco:nplishments-Mary sang and
PLACED for her cousin, and his visit
ended in singular contrast to the
way 1T commenced. Edward re
fused tie five-dollar note rendered
to him by his uncle at parting for
his travelling expenses.
The old man smiled as he return
ed the note to his pocket book.
"He's 3 sensible young chap, af-
ter ALL" he remarked to his daugh-
ter, as the door closed after their
guest. ats in him, if it only can
be brought out. We shall see-we
shall see."
"a good deal for father to say"
was Mary's inward comment, who
thought her cousin the most agree
able young man she ever met.
Three years later, Mr.. Stone and
his daughter paused in front of a
small but neat and pleasant looking
shop, on the plate glass door of
which were these words:
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CFE the date upon your paper.
OLE If your time is out for the
CITIZEN, please remit before we are
compelled TO stop it.
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p. EDWARD STONE,
STATIoNER AND BOOKSELLER

1t being too early in the day for
customers, they found the proprie-
tor alone, whose face flushed with
pride and pleasure as he greeted
them.
Il got your card, nephew" said
the old man, with a cordial grasp
of the hand, ''and called around to
see how you were getting on. l
thought it was about time to give
you the little lift you asked of me
three years ago. You don't look
much as if you needed it, though" "
mot at present, thank you, un-
cle," was the cheerful response.
"Curiously enough, it is the same
business that l wanted to buy then.
The man who took it had to Dor
row money TO purchase it with, get
ting SO much involved that he had
to sell at a sscrifice.n
"Just what you wanted to do"
Edward smiled at the point made
by his uncle.
at isn't what I've done, though.
I've saved four dollars a week from
my salary for the last three years;
and so was not only able to pay the
money down, but had fifty dollars
besides"
"Bravo!" cried the delighted old
man, with another grasp of the
hand that made our hero vince.
"Tm proud of you! You're bound
to succeed, I see, and without any
body's help. 1 told your cousin
Polly that when she was eighteen l
would buy her a house in the city :;
that she should furnish to suit her
self, and have all the servants she
wanted; and I've kept my word.
Come round and see us whenever
you can; you'll always find the
latch string out"
Edward did not fail to accept the
invitation so frankly extended-a
very pleasant intimacy growing up
between the three during the twelve
months that followed. Our hero s
business grew and prospered, until
he began to think of removing to a
larger place. His uncle had given
him several liberal orders, as well
as sent him a number of customers,
but said nothing more about assist
ing him in any other way until
Christmas eve. Entering the room
where Edward and his daughter
were sitting, he said:
81 mustn't delay any longer the
little lift 1 promised you, nephew,
and which you have we'll earned"
Edward glanced from the $4,000
check to the lovely face at his side,
and then to that of the speaker.
"You are very kind, uncle-far
kinder than l deserve-but-"
But what, my lad2 Speak out!
Would you prefer it i'll some other
form?'
Edwards fingers closed steadily
and strongly over the hand he had
taken in his.
"Yos, uncle; in this -
. The old man looked keeuly from
one to the other.
"You are asking a good deal,
nephew. Polly, have you been en-
couraging this young man in his
presumptionF
"PIn afraid have, father" was
the smiling response.
The fathers eyes moistened.
"Then go, my daughter. give
you to worthy keeping, and if you
make your husbands heart as hap
py as your mother made mine dur
ing the few short years that she
tarried by my side he will be blessed
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Slim jim Among the Indians,

1 recently took a trip out west to
see why the soldiers didn't eXtermi-
nate the Indians.
And also TO take command of the