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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07

One thing that strikes the observer
contemplating the immigrants as they
arrive is the fondiiess for vivid coloIs
evinced by the people of the Old World.
The national costume that formerly gave
such picturesque appearance to tie i'm
migrants, and marked each people dis
tinctively, are disappearing. From Ger
many, Holland, England; Sweden aid
Ireland come now about the same gem
eral style of garments, varied simply in
cut and color, all bearing close rssenl-
blance to the general fashion of raiment
worn here. Yet, occasionally, one will
encounter groups from countries more
remote or farther IN the rear Of uniyef-
sal progress toward assimilation who
are we'll worthy of attention and re-
mark. A party of Icelandic men, six in
number, arrived here not long ago,
whose garb would have been prize for
side show. pantaloons of dark
gray frieze extended up to their arm
pits. Their vests aud coats Just met the
upper edge of their pantalOons, and from
each coat dangled between the shoulders
of each wearer pair of the funniest,
most ridiculous, and diminutive tails it
is possible to imagine Big silver but
tons that had been bequeathed from
father to son for many generations
studded the garments. The handsomest
mems costumes worn bv any immigrants
are those worn by the Tyrolese, consist
ing of long stockings, velvet knee
breeches, embroidered vests, short cloaks,
cone shaped hats adorned with feathers,
etc. 1t is dress that has been familiar
lied throughout the country by the
many bands of TyrOlean singers who
have 'yodel-ed" all over the land, and
which, by its beauty, deserves to be re-
tanned. The women from the same
country have brightly ly-striped petticoats,
sometimes with stripes of gold or silver
lace that make a very bright and pleas.
ing show. Almost always both men an1
women have finely developed, handsome
forms, which their costume dis,
plays TO the best advantage. Their
faeesare generally very goOd-th women
often very pretty and of all immigrants
they are among the clcanest and neatest.
The gayest-plumcd immigrany birds
are the Finlanders. They wear mostly
homespun materials, but gaudy with
bright colors Generally they come in
colonies Rf forty Or fifty ratsotis, and
when such band arrives they seem to
brighten all their surroundings The
wOmeh's dresses are like very fancy
bathing suits Of red, white and blue-n0
half tints or shades, but strong,
pronounced c0lors-and their head gear
consists of snowy white frilled mob caps.
The f0ndness for color which distin-
guishes them is shown even in the dress
of the man, who wear coat bindings Of
brilliant contrasting tints. On their
heads the men wear colored caps of
knitted wool, like the fishermen of Brit
tany.-Meay York Satu.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
Heat ON RniIdinr-Sfnne.

The powers of the various kinds of
building-stOne to resist pressure and at
mospheric influences are well known,
but there scarcely ever occurs an exSen-
sive fire which does not emphasize the
need of better information as to the
effect of heat upon stone. This need
Hiram A. Cutting, State GeolOgist of
Vermont, has undertaken to supply by
a series of experiments, the first result
of which is to confirm -dd give exact
ness to the general impression that gran
ite is poor heat register, and the second
to show that there is wide choi"e-cven
in granite in this respect. He tested
twenty two specimens of the best known
quarries, and found that while all were
unaffected by the 50G0 of heat, damage
usually began at 6000, was serious and
fire 3uent at 8000, and at LOOP, al the
specimens were ruined, the stone from
Mount Desert standing the tes perhaps
better than any other. He gives it as
his opinion that the effect of water on
heated granite is rather apparent than
real The Importance of this informa-
ton is very great, especially to bu lders
and insurers. In spite of these hints,
this favorite stone will probably con-
time to be used in fire-proof build
ings, and possibly without serious dan
ger, if it is only used in very solid walls,
but to use it in buildings supporting
columns, especially within the walls, is
only to invite the quitting of the whole
interior of the building if a fire should
break out.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
low the Prince of Wales Puts in His
Time,

What a busy ubiquitous man thS
Prince of Wales isl He seldom leaves a
stone unturned that is likely to bring
MIN popularity. He attended the first
appearance of Modjeski, and the same
evening was also at the Royal Academy
banquet, where Bret Harte was one of
the guests, got first inEing in cOmpli-
menting the Prince, but at the same
time expressed himself as a little disap-
pointed at not finding him such a big
man rs he expected. Next, the Prince
is seen at the Newmarket race course,
where the American trOtters that came
from New York were exhibited for his
amusement His Royal Highness was
much pleased with their performance.
Let me give the programme of the
Princes labors and wanderings for a
week: Monday he went with the Prin
cess of Wales to Portsmouth to bring
home. his sons, Albert, Victor and
George, middies on hoard the
Bacchante. Tuesday evening the Prince
and Princess saw the :" Pirates of Pen
zanCe.' Wednesday he gave a dinner at
M Marlborough house, at which all the
new members Of the Cabinet were pres
cnt Friday afternoon he held a levee
Dy COHlLldIl u IilC NSllCCIl, ~ ACG. - ClllACo
place. Pre- entatioIs to this Court were
considered equivalent to presentation to
Her Majesty in person. Among those
who were thus honored on the occasion
was the Hon J. w. Foster, United
St&tes Minister to Russia, who was pre-
sented to the United States Minister
Charge d Aaaires. saturday night he
went to see Mime. Albani, in 8 Lohen-
I. J
Miss Genevieve Wards matinee per,
formance of L'Aventuriere," and a
fortnight hence he is announced TO lay
the foundation stone of Truro Cathedral.
At the Royal Academy banquet the
Prince seized the opportunity to highly
eulogize his brother, the Duke of kdin-
)urg, for his services in connection with
he American relief ship. At the same
time he paid a splendid compliment to
American liberality. The Queen is sell
dom seen in public.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
The Managing Mamma.

American mothers have acquired no
little reputation abroad for skill and
energy in connubial management on be-
half of their daughters. They are not
generally, we imagine, more inclined to
management of his sort than mothers of
other 1ati0nalities; but some of them
display SO remarkable a talent for set=
tling their girls adyahtageoGSly, that
they have made name for their entire
tribe. A Paris newspaper gives recent
instance of the great success of an Amer
can mamma of the peculiar order. Her
elder daughter had sailed from New
York with some friends for a tour of
Europe, and, after doing the Continent,
had returned to the French capital for
several months of rest and pleasuring.
Attractive and clever, she had many
suitors, some more, some less desirable.
She could not marry them all, SO she
adroitly reduced the number to two
the best of the lot, of course. Then she
wrote the fact to her mamma, adding
that they were both so handsome, agree
able, well connected, and rich. and she
could not decide between them, and
closed with the question, "What shall
do?' Ten days later she received
cablegram from mamma, 81 sail to-
morrow. Hold both till come" Che
next Transatlantic steamer carried Mrs.
-, with her younger daughter, turned
eighteen, and just outOf school. On ar
riTing she Immediately took the helm of
affairs, and steered 50 deftly through the
dangerous waters, that in a few weeks
she had reached port with all the colOrs
flying. To drop metaphor, she attended
the wedding of her two daughters at the
American chapel the same morning.
After due examination, she had decided
that neither of the nice fellows should 90
ont of the family .-Netc York Times.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
i war ADecdOtR.

During the late war General McLaws,
now postmaster at Savannah, was riding
down his picket line, and encountered a
genuine son of the Old Pine Tree State
on duty, who had taken his gun apart,
with the intention of giving it a thorough
cleaning The General halted in front
of him, when the following conversat ton
ensued:
Look here, man, are you not a senti-
ne1 on dutyT'
"Well, y-a-s, bit of onel"
Don't you know its wrong to take
your gun apart while on duty? .
"Well, now, who the deuce are your
The General saw his chance, and with
sly twinkle of the eye, replied: I'm
bit If General"
"Well, Gineral, you must excuse me.
You see th,r is so many blamed fools
ridin' round here feller can't tell who s
Gineral and who amt. If you'll jist
wait till git Betsy Jane fixed l will
give you a bit of a $ Lutte
The General smiled and rode on, firmly
convinced that that sentinel would prove
equal to any emergency. - 8oVan"ah
NcGUs.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07

1t is impossible to form an idea of a
tempest in the Polar Sea, The iCeb6rgs
are like floating rocks whirled along a
rapid current. The crystal mountains
dash against each other, backward and
forward bursting with a roar like thup-
der, and returning to the charge until
losing their equilibrium they tumble
over in a cloud of spray, Upheaying the
ice-felds, which fall afterward like the
crack of a whip-las sh on the boiling sea.
The sea gulls fl Y away screaming, and
often black, shining whale comes for
an instant putting to the surface. When
the midnight sun grazes the horizon the
floating mountains and the rocks seem
immersed in wave of purple light The
cold is by no means so insupportable as
is supposed. We passed from heated
cabin at thirty degrees above zero to
forty seven below zero in the open air
without inconvenience, A much higher
degree of cold becomes, however, in
sufierable If there is wind. At fifteen
degrees below zero a steam, as II from
q boiling kettle, rises from the water.
At once frozen by the wind, it falls IN
fine powder. This phenomenon is called
ice-smoke. At forty degrees the snow
and human bodies also smoke, which
smoke changes at once into millions of
tiny PARTICLES, like needles of ice, which
fill the air, and make light, continuous
noise, like the rustic of a stiff silk. At
this temperature the trunks of trees
burst with a LOUD report, the rocks
break up, and the earth opens and vonlits
smoking water. Knives break in cutting
butter. Cigars go out by contact with
the ice on the board. TO talk is fatiguing.
At night the eyclids are covered with
crust of ice, which must be carefully
removed before one can open them
.--ProfessQr NoLdenski0ld.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
Look to Your Mouth.

The mouth is the frankest part OF
the face. 1t can the least conceal the
feelings. We can neither hide i'll tenn
per with it nor good. We may af
sect what we please, but the affecta
ton viii not help US. In wrong cause
it will only make our observers resent
the endeavor to impose upon them. A
mouth should be of good natural dimen-
sions, as well as plump in the lips.
When the ancients, among their beau
ties, made mention of small mouths
and lips, they meant small only as OPP
posed to an excess the other way. The
sayings in favor of a small mouth,
which have been the ruin Of so many
pretty looks, are very absurd. If there
must be an excess either way, it had
better be the liberal one. A pretty
pursed up mouth is fit for nothing but
to be left to its complacency. Large
mouths are oftener found in union
with generous dispositions than very
small ones. Beauty sheuld have neither,
but reasonable look of openness and
delicacY.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
Met Her Match.

Now and then a customer who is i'm
pertinent meets her match; as, for in
stance, che woman who, looking over
suits the other day, turned to a quiet
attendant and sharply asked:
Do you call that an imported suit?'
Yes, ma'am," was the answer.
"HmW said the other, defantIy,
needn't tell me that's imported. Look
at those button-holesl Imported" Her
interlocutor happened to be the head
dressmaker, and knowing her business,
and not feeling any particular terror of
a woman who fatty accused her of a
falsehood, she sweetly said:
Excuse me, but if you were accus-
toned to seingimported dresses you would
know that the button-holes are always
badly worked, and with that she walked
away leaving the word accustomed" to
rankle in her hearers mind.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
The Feminine Mouth,

A person who has made the feminine
mouth the subject of much study volun-
teers his conclusions to males with sweet
hearts They are as follows: If her
mouth is very small there is not much
mind, but oyermuch shallow sentiment
If she has very large mouth she will
possess a good brain, but the trouble is
in kissing it. Large mouths put man
TO an artistic test; he will be driven to
his wits end whether to begin st one
corner FandleoncludeFOn therother, or to
make d heroic dash at the middle and
endeavor to reach both corners. But if
you are kissing artist it can be covered
nicely enough. If your sweetheart has
a cQarselY formed mouth she Will be SEN
sUal and full of strong, coarse points of
character, and will raise row in the
family. If she has delicateIy-formed
mouth, with rounded lips and of n vel
vety color, she will have much sens bill
ity and perfection Of character, but not
sstonish by her brilliancy of conception
or execution tisa good mouth because
it is kissable and submissive. Shun blue
Tipped or thin-lipped women; they will
bore You TO- death with literature or
@oman's rights, theorize while you want
your dinner, or spoil your temper by
their red-hOt scolding tongues
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
Plnc Of TobaccO.

HHa
One day last month when trade was
dull a grocery clerk procured piece of
leather from shoemaker, painted
it black and laid it aside for future use.
Within q few. days an old chap from
back i'm the country came in and IN
quiTed for a plug of chewing tobacco.
The piece of sole leather was tied up,
paid for and the purchaser started for
hame At the end of the sixth day he
returned, looking downcast and detected,
and waking into the store he inquired
for thesclerk - W#
"'MeIhber THAI terbacker Iagot here
the other dayf'
Yes, sir
Well, was. that new brand?'
Yes.'
Regular plug terbaker, was it?''
"Yes."
Well, then, its me. It's right here
in my Jaws sadly replied the old man.
Il knowdsI was getten purty'old, but l
was all9is handy on hitin' plug. never
seed plug afore thisone that | couldn' t
tear to pieces at a chaw. | sot my teeth
on this one and bit, and. pulled, and
twisted like a. dog at a root, and I'VE
kept biting and pulling for six days,
and thar she am now, the same as the
day you sold her to mes'
seems 10 be good pllg,n remarked
the clerk, as he smelt of the counterfeit.
She's al right. Its me that failing" T"
exclaimed the old man !" Pass me out
some fine cut and I'll go home and deed
the farm to the boys and get ready for
the grave myself -regT ....-.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
Lunacy in England.
N. Y Comuerciu Advertiser. !


A sad and striking commentary upon
the present condition of human life in
England is to be found in the last an
nual report of the Commissioners of
Luriacy. At the beginning of the pres
ent year, there were 50, ,885 cases of in
sanity and idiocy of all classes duly
registered, and of this great number no
less than 60, ,10z persons were of the
pauper class. The Ratio of fanatics to
the population has arisen from 1857 to
27.77 81 10.0o0 duriEg the past twenty
years ian increase TO be accounted for
only in small measure by the natural
increment Of population, which for ten
years past has averaged only SIS per
cert. per annum. The Commissioners
attribute the increase of lunacy chiefly
to the fact that q large proport ton of the
earnings Of the British 1aboring class is
spent in strong drink with the ineyit-
able consequences Of poverty, distress,
physical decay, and finally mental dis
tulbance. The Comnaissioners say, very
justly, that tfdslis sorrowflil cOnclu-
sion to arr:N at from the statistics, but
the fact remains as new problem for
the English rulers to consider. -r
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
Chinese Feet Distortion.

Miss Norwood, lady in the American
mission at Swatow, has given some inter-
esting particulars as to feet distortion in
China. This abominable barbarism is
determined by locality rather than bv
the rank and wealth of those who prac-
tice it. It is vehemently opposed bv
the "Hakkas," and where people of this
province = who, happily for Chinese
women, seem to have nomadic habits
settle, it begins to disappear. Of the
women attending the missionary schools
in SwatOw about sixty per cent. have
their feet bound. The binding does not
take place until after child has learned
to walk. The pain is intense when the
process is performed in the case of an
adult, and a source of dreadful discom.
fort in any case, yet the desire to have
small feet is SO intense that girls will
slyly tighten their own bandages, in spite
of the pain. This binding, the Chinese
themselves admit, often produces, among
other evils, blindness.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
Female VigiIantes.


"A Young Woman from twenty miles
below here brings news of terrible
crime committed by some women in the
neighborhood of the Brady farm. a
woman, poor, miserable outcast, on
the verge of the grave, had taken shelter
in cabin on the Brady farm. An over
virtuous female, accompanied by her
sister and q girl of pretty hard repu-
tatiOn, went to the cabinztO runthe poor
creature off from the settlement. She,
Ia beard the threats made by this
trio against her life, crawled out of the
cabin into hollow log which layNnear.
The party went To the cabin, threw oil
the roof, and deliberatelN tore down the
house, log at time. When they had
succeeded "a dehol fishing the cabin, they
began search In the woods adJoining
for the. recent inmate, and succeeded IN
discovering her retreat inEthe log. The
elder lady wantAd to, take. some giant
powder and blow up the-4og, but the
other two insisted on making her come
oiit and leave. SO they told her if she
would come out and leave Immediately
they woaldslet her go, but ifshe did not
they would cover her all over with tar
and set her on fire and burn her alive
The miserable wretch urged on by fear
Of such 4 terrible fate, walked and
craw1ed two miles up TO the Shaw farm,
where she crawled into-aa old corn crib
and died. Han Buren (Ark) Letter in
MeaSk L0lsls R.aal6lioaas q GHa
A BosroE artist painted an orange
pesl en- the sidewalk 50 naturally that
Is. fat men slipped down on it.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07

THE Rochester Democrat says: San
ordinance could be introduced in the
Common Council making it misde-
meanor for q young man to drive a
horse in the evening with one hand.
This one arm business endangers the life
and limb of the other citizens who have
outgrown that sort of nonsense"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07

For mans, time tables and all information in re-
gard 10 this route, cali on or address
w. l. DANLEY,
Gen. Pass and Ticket Agt Na-hyilie, Tenn.
WIN. T. ROGERS.
Pass Aat. Chattans ORA, Tenn.
A b. WKEHNE.
,pplI'7atf Trav. Agt., Atlanta. Ga.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07

FUsTIo is yellow dye-wood got from a
tree which grows in South America and
West Indies, and is used fol dyeing
cloths and yarn which have first been
dyed blue, which the fustic changes to
green. -
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
Can ANY One TeIl9

Can any one tell why young men who
are always behindhand with their cred
itors, can play billiards night and day,
and always be ready for game of cards
when money is at stake? Can any one
tell why four-ifths of the Young women
prefer brainless fop under plug hat,
with loose pants and short coat, to a
man with brains? Can any one tell why
it is that some mothers are ready to sew
for the heather, when their children at
home are ragged and dirty?
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07
4 Scntch Cnnrtshin.

A shy young man of Scotland for
fourteen years had Ypoed the. lassie of
his heart. One aiglit Jamie, for that
was the youD" nf;tn 8 name. called to see
Jennie, and there was "A terrible look
about his eyes-iust as there is some
times when they've made up their minds
to pop the question. And, Jamie came
In and sat down bSfthe- FIRE. just as he
had done every Tuesday and Friday
night for fourteen years, and he talked
OF the weather, and the cattle, and the
crops, and the stock market, | was going
to say but no, they didn'trtaik about
that. And finally, Jamie said:
We known you for a long time"
Yes, Jamie, said she.
'ss4ARd-PEs thought I'd always like to
know yotI Jennie. III NIs-
'FY-es jamie" E.Ef.N..
@sAnd Give bought-a lot-Jennie."
" Y-e-s-J-a-T-i-e"
SO-that- when"
Yes--Jamie-yes."
We're dead we can lay our bones to-
The fool had gone and bought a lot in
a graveyard; but Jenrie was not dis
couraged. She knew her man well -
after fourteen years she ought to-and
SO she said, gently:
" jamie MIS-
Yes, Jennie -
Don't you think 'twould be better to
lay our bones together while we're yet
alIYeY' ~.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07

THE Earl of Aberdeen has announced
the remission of the half-heaPs rent
payable in June, on his Heddo estates
equivalent to nearly 100000.
"YoU speak foolishIy," said one to
another The other retorted: III Is
that Won NAV understand me-"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07

IT never hurts the looks of shirt to
cuff it.--GtasgOs0 Times
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07

The variation in the waves of emlgra-
ton which have swept across the At
lantic, broken ON our shores and spread
over our fertile continent, is an interest
ing record. The heaviest European emf
grafton heretofore recorded took place
in 1854, when it amounted to over 3l9,-
600. and thence IL steadily declined to
about 76 900 in 1862, from which time it
gradually grew again, and in 1872, the
year before the panic, reached $4,000.
In 1878 it was still quite heavy, being
over 266, 900, but the times of severe de
preston in this country greatly dis
couraged European emigration, and
there was a gradual decline to 1877, when
it was as low as 81, 700, being one of the
lowest years ever known In the his'ory
of European emigration to the United
States. In 1878 it had again increased
to $4,000, and last year it was about
$4,000, while it promises this year to at
tain the hitherto unprecedented figure
of over 100000. The first three months
of the year are generally the highest OF
all, as emigrants dislike to venture on
their hazardous departure for the new
world and for new home during the
stormy winter months, and, therefore,
the rush of emigration does not fully
set in until May. Next to May the
heaviest month is September, but all
the summer months are, as a rule, the
favorite months for emigration.-BOst0n
GJobo
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-07

A. RICH vein OF salt more than one
-andred feet in thickness, has been
sfuck in theNieiRity Of Petrolia, Ont.