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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
|JOHNNY SKAE'S BIG CHANCE
Worth $lO,OOO,OOO Two Years
Ago, To-day Working for
ea.'i- Good Living. I'D

From the Carson City Appeal
A little more than two years sine
Johnny Skae, whom every bod,
,nows, would visit Carson severs
Zines a month, and as be passe,
down the street from the TaIlroa,
iepot, with an independent sway
ger and more indepent look in hi
ye, men would gaze enviously al
Ger him and express their convic
{ iJns that he would soon outstrTI
any single member of the Bonanz
drm in the possession OF millions
This was when Sierra Nevada anu
Union were selling at from $3.50 u
$500 pei share, and Skae was SUP
posed to hold $4,000 shares of tn
took OF those Two mines. At tina
period he would have had no ditfi
guilty in realizing $IO,o00,o0o II
cUUl gold coin for his stock; gu
20, hewas ambitious, ana desires
o no longer play second fiddle even
70 such colossal financial powe
As the Bonanza firm. He fancleo
hat the prospective dividends
The Sierra Nevada and Union Con.
olidated mines would be greater b.
enfoid than those paid by the CA
lorna aud Union CONSOLIDATE q
Virginia mines. Johnny was over
'anC uine; he imagined himseli d
hoo millionaire, whose millions
we're safely deposited in the bowels
ii the earth. OF that he felt ceI
lain.
In the mean time he entertained
ais friends IN regal style. He invi
Led them from San Francisco I
participate In princely fish al,
|cnampagne banquets, which were
pread near the reservoir of Tia,
Virginia and Gold HUI Waite
Works, from which the luscious.
out were taken. and in variou
other ways extended his hopitalit,
j" friends in such manner tina
Aey privately called him "Princ,
john." In the m DIST of this, how
yer, he did one prudent thing, an
hat was in setting $250,000 ir|
bIads upon his wife. Believing
tnat the stock of the mines Of
which he was SO heavy holder was
ure to reach at last $1,000 pc
share, be hyPothecated the same t,
tue Nevada Bank, and purchased
,eVeral Thousand shares on a ina
gin. Soon thereafter the marke
crashed, and 1t was not long befor,
ais stocks we're quoted at $50 anal
500 per share. OF course that nearly
ruined Skae; but being man @
,erve and DESTROYS of retrieving ME
ost opportunity, he kept on dab
bling III stocks witch at one tim,
might have placed HIM in an envia
by independent position, until heI
ost all that he had saved from tn,
irst blow; and it is even said tina
.ne $3.50, 900 which he settled upoI
ais vile went the way of the rest.
Now Johnny Skae is in Arizona, nj
,lace of living in luxury and super
Tive elegance, seeking a bonahzs,I
which he probably will never flu
IL Is only once IN lifetime TIA
me man In q million is so enchauJ
lngly smiled upon by fortune
j phnny Skae was two and u ia
/, vars ago.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

and his fireman crouclled down In
the tender, and for mor,ent feared
|that the wdole train would be over
burned. The cars we're only held
on the track by their safety chains.
The passengers, who first wondered
At the stop, with hlanched checks
md terrified countenaDces viewed
the terrible monster Of the AIR in
hts work.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
Sanitation

With us the usual modes o. saiu
tation consists in shaking hands
emoving the hat or courtesying, az
campaigning the action with tn
Rords Glow do you doP' or "Hov
are your" Hand shaking takes it,
rise in the ancient custom OF enc
mics seizIng each other by th
right or weapon hand to guar,
against tfeachery while treating o
truce The removal OF the hat i,
relic of the old custom of puttin4
W the helmet when no danger wa
tpprehended, as If one would say
\ dare stand unprotected 10 you
presence" Women formerly knel
before men or rank To plead 70
mercy, and later 10 acknowledg
.nteriority. From this we get th
courtesy.
The kings on the African coast
.alute each other by swapping ia
middle finger three times. In Otahr
Je they rub noses, a custom con
non with many sayAges. The in
Ihabitants Of CarmIne, when the
show Bar ticular attachment. open
vein and present their blood /
=Jheir friends to drink. TIE JApait
sse remove q slipper. and the rs
hives of Arracan their sandals /
4 he street aud their stockings in th
house. Philippine Islanders take
persons hsnd or his foot and IA
il over their faces. In The Strsr,
=of the Sound they rzise the lei
foot Of the person addressed a.
passed it over the right leg and the
no the face,
The usual words of salutation
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
Wit and HUmOr.

A minister walked six miles t.
marry II couple lately. He said N
felt sort OF iee-bill like. The groom
aw it.
A Syracuse grocer used to smok,
: mis- pipe while leaning against tn,
kerosene barrel. HIS mail nos
goes to the dead letter office.
a little four yesr-old being asked
by his mother # he would like t.
nave wings and be an angel, replied
'''No, ma, I'd rath er be a hawk aut
i've on chicken"
Mrs. Carr, of Quebec, hanged
herself With her false hair last week
The coroner's verdict was that the
Carr was demolished by a misplac
ii switch"
A farmer found potato bug on
Ills dinner table the other day, and
thus ejacullted: "Good heavens
have you got to have your potatoe;
cooked this year?"
Servant, to Irish laborer: ''Here's
some beer, Pat, if you care TO have
it; but I'm afraid it's quite dead"
Pat-'Och, dead is it2 Shure, thin,
darlint, It's I'm the boy to bury it. p
A fat. woman of Corinth, Miss,
drank ash bark tea to make her
can, and she skipped for the better
land just two hours ahead of lean
woman who was eating gum arabic
70 make her fat.
A Partisan lady asked her Inillin
if a servant she had recommended
was really honest. 81 am not so
certain about that" replied the
Il have sent her to you
with my bill a dozen times, and she
nas never yet given me the money"
There is a girl in Santa Barbara
with such a big mouth that the
lther day when she smiled at tel
tow on the street, a kind-heated lit
tie boy exclaimed with great ear
nestness, "Look cut, Miss, your lids
off"
WANTED THE MAN THROWN INA
cler~ lyman not long since was called
upon by country girl, who asked
how much he charged for marrying
anybody. He replied, Ten dol
ars," and Sally departed. A few
mornings after, on beng summoned
co the door, he was accosted by the
same person with the remark that
.he had come to get married. VERY
WELL" said the minister; but per-
ceiving with astonishment that che
was alone, he &C ntinued, Nv he-e Is
the mani" An expression of dis
appointment passed over Sally's
features as she CALCULATED: AND
ton't you find the man Tor ten dol
ars?" o
WISHED SHE'D STAYED Tt HUM =
TIE other day on the Michigat
|Centra. train coming east was al
old lady who had never travelled {
great deal. She wasn't used to the
ways of the book agents, the peanu
Iboys,and the prizepackage nuisance'
who pass through the train ever,
lew minutes. When the peanu
boy came along and dropped bi.
African peanut into her lap sh'
shocked it. opened her mouth an'
cropped the kernel down, instead o
regarding it with silent contempt
or pitching it out Of the window
The book agent dropped book i
7 ner lap. She said much obiee9ed'
tnd put it in her vaise- The prlz'
: package boy left her sample ant
she wondered how the road coult
,Gord it. She opened it and ther
ne wanted pay. The book agen
wanted money for the book but sin
called the conductor before sh'
would pay. When the card boz
wanted pay she appealed TO the pas
1engers. As she handed out %
she said: swell, e( naint turnet
4 ouud; wish I'd STAYED tu hum"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
Senator Bruce's Cabinet Aspira
tiOnS.

New York World
" AsHINGToN Feb. Is The new
movement in favor of the appoinr
uent to- the cabinet of Senator
Bruce, ofMlssissippi, has bv no mean
1een abandoned. IL is claimed by
many republicans of the south
10Th white and black, that thell
ection should have a represents
i've and that Senator Bruce is IN
very way the praper man. M.
Bruce has said that he would &c
cept the appointment as POstmas-
ter General or Secretary of the In
erior, two offices. especially tn
prmer, for which he thinks he IL
competent. He has no desire for
he Navy department which woul
bring him in contact with officer
whose prejudices and educatio
oight cause them TO shrink from
1im. He has given the PosJoffi e
department good deal OF atten-
ion, and 1t, is claimed that h,
would manage il with skill. When
Senator Bruce's name was frs
mentioned in connection with th.
,abinet the republicans OBJECTED
hat the southern democrats would
ega. d the appointment as an al
front. Senator Lamar said to-da,
IN the subject: $50 far from OBJ.
iecting tn the appointment OF Sena
or Bruce, the Mississippi delegs
4 ion, and / think most of the south
.rn members, would choose him a.
he representative southern republi
Gao. Neither l nor any othel
southern democrat has taken an
,ctive.part in his behalf, but we al
'eel enough friendship and regard
or him to make 1t as plain as word
can put it that if southern reDub
Ican is to go into the cabinet no ap
,hcation would please us more tina
hat of Bruce. He Is a modest ia
eliigenL-in short. a noble negro.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
A Card from Scion E. Bose, Esq.

a 10 the American. lUl u frr oHt
PULASKI, Feb. FL, Iss1.--Severs
lends have been kind enough /
end me copies of the Republican
newspaper published at Knoxville
tennessee, of date the 7Lh of Feb
uary, 1881, in which it is state'
ditorially and by correspon
f tents. that l was the low-tax can
4 hdate for United States Senator q
the recent''election before the Leg
stature. @ orHE'Er
1 find it editorially stated tina
when the break began from May
ard to Jackson, Scion K. Rose,
ow tax democrat had 81 votes AM
vas elected. The object of the
freak was to. make choice be
ween Rose,a greenback repudiator
nd jackson, a state-credit dem
,crat"
The charge that | am or was ,
,reenb back repudiator is false. Nov
| will assume that the editor al,
is correspondents may have been
nj informed, yet l cannot well con
eve such misinformation, for th,
act was several times publicly al
ouneed in. the Legislature while il
invention and published in It,
proceedings, that was a state-credll
democrat, and my position wa
RELY canvassed during the pen
,ency of the election. Moreover,
any members of tue Legislator.
nd number of prominent men al
Nashville knew that l was as pro-
ounced tor the maintenance OF
c public faith, both state and ma
lonaP' as any man in the state l.
as well known that | was in sym
'aLhy with the state-credit part,
and voted the straight democratic.
Icket. The reception address tc
Judge Wright at Pulaski, the nigh,
o fore the election n Novembe
'aS', was made by me anu the fac
published at the time.
The editor and his correspondents
lpon slight inquiry could hav,
ear ned the fact that l was STATE.
redit democrat. which gentlemen
rdinarily would have done befor,
making such a grave charge
| suppose they will inform them
selves aud make proper currectiJ
Respectfully, SoLoN f. ROSE.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

Ladies can wax wondr,usly gran.
Eloquent when in the mind. A
Ks ntucky victim OF mans inoon.
.Lancy thus sets forth her plant In a
petition for divorce. s'Dark clouds
Ut discord began 70 lower over the
ky Of welded felicity, and the mi
nacious hghtsing OF disunion began
TO dart It's lnrid flames across
gloomy CLOUDS Of atramentRl black
TESS, obscurihg every star Of nope
md happiness whose resplendent
glory illuminated the dawn of tho
drst few brief years Of her welded
lie, when she gave her hand and
an undivided heart TO the defendant,
who. in the sultry month OF July,
1879, after having been warmly and
.nugly wintered within the fond
.mbrace her loving aFms. and
closely nestled 10 heart that beat
alone for the defendant, showed his
base, black ingratituee by abandon.
ng her without Gauss whaleVer. ex.
|cept the Unsuitable thirst for novel.
~ Whish IL the predominant char
acter Of defeudant'a NATURE
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

We are told that Gen. Garfield
|sontem plates Incorporating in his
inaugural a special mention OF the
.outh rs a section. 1t is believed
hat he will advert to the educa
ional sta tistics of the South as OBJ
Esined in the census OF 1880. anc
take the ground that the social, pc
|litical aud economic condition o.
that section would be materially en-
|hanced by the removal of th'
tense ignorance which prevails
particularly among the blacks. /
he does this. it may turally be ex
pected that be will make som
practical suggestions on the sub
ect.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
Lost Charlie Ross

The father OF Charlie Ross. writ
ing to the latest discoveries OF The
lost boy IN Can ada, says that tn
last spark of hope has gone out
and he mourns the lost one as dead
After giving reasons why the Cana
la boy connot possibly be Charlie
he adds: II have always believe,
that my Charlie, although only .
wears and 2.months old at the tim,
he was taken, could remember hi
brother Walter, who was takel
away with him, and also though
that he would even have a dissinc
recollection of the feeling of loneli
ness that he must have experiences
when he found he was in the hand
II strangers and separated fror
bis parents" On another recen
occasion, Mr.. Ross said: "The on
|ly tidings 1 have ever received O
Charlie since he was stolen was tn
demand for a ransom Of $4,000
IL l had paid that, l would hav
had him ,lor g before this. AS it
Il have spent $6o,0OO and have nc
cot him."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

Eight hundred dollars was recent
IN paid Tor a Vermont Merlno ram.
rhe purchasers we're John G. Put
mar add George Baker, OF Neosho
w isc pnsin. The animal 10 cunsll
cred by his owners, and other breed
ers. the finest ram In the West.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

A bill is before the legislatu,'
making members OF county court
Ineligible 70 any Office of trust o
honor within the gift Of thes
bodies.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

Bonner has purchased the gray
gelding, Convoy, with a recOd Of
z:2oi.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

Once Carlyle went 10 visit one a
lie early pupils n the country. A
nd time drew near the host said
'Now, Mr.. Carlyle, we are going |.
ave family worship" thinking per
laps that he would like TO with
iraw before the service began; bu
he quietly answered.: well
bring me the book, and I'll read i
or you" Taking up the bible II
his lap be began with the first chap
er of the cook of Job. For a tim,
was delightful TO listen 10 hi
read chapter after chapter, inter
Perslng quaint remarks as be wen
long, but presently il became evI
lent Thst be had no notion OF stoI
ping, having forgotten himself i
ais task. His niece recalled biz
% a sense Of propriety by whisper
ing: "rhe servants must be wear
uncle" He made no verbal r.
.ponse, but closed the bible with
snap aud betook himself 70 th
next room and the enjoyment q
lnis pipe.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
Some of Prentice,s Savings.

A recen' writer reproduccS iron
he Louis 'illc Journal some o.
gorge ID. Prentico's witticismS
Suich were not dependent upon
,me and circumstsncc as mos OF
lem naturall, were, for their poiu
nd force. Following are few o
hem:
TO keep your friends, treat than
liudly; to kill them. treat them
ften.
He who reels and staggers most
the journey of life takes the
,traightest cut to the devil.
Men should not think too much
IF themselves, ana yet a man should
De careful not to forget himself.
A dinner To which man Is MOI
invited generally sits hardest up u
his stomache.
There are many men who's
ongues might govern multitudes j.
h-y could govern their tongues.
The doctors ought 70 escape cal
unrly. No living man has righ
% speak i'll of them.
The working of a corkscrew is
about the only thing best achieves
i by ndirection.
The reduction OF postal facilisiee
has gone too far. The mail passed
hrough-tpwD the other day y /;
couple OF stockings tied over tn,
pack OF bulldog.
A few days ago the freedom o.
New York city was presented tc
Mr. Van Buren, in gold snuff-box
There was plenty of room in th,
,ox for the freedom that New Yort
las enjoyed for many years
There are two periods when con
gress does no business. One is be
lore The holidays and the other on
. liter.
Were it not ungenerous to reminC
man of his natural detormities
We should inform the editor of th
Advertiser that he i
natural fool.
An opposition editor offers to be
tIs ears un something TO our di~
! n, dit He shouldn't carry gam
bling 10 such extreme lengths.
If the editor Of the isn't
& ogue, he ought To bring a libe
suit against his own face.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

Don't read a borrowed paper.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

Is yOur time QUIZ Renew.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

A minister walked six miles Il
marry u couple lately. He said ne
felt sort OF lee-bill like. The groom
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-01
0zvet&l Attention GEren to The Ssss -
Ores and Bullion. re solicit Don.
st0RHsests, Guaranteeing tie
Rf9k<st Market Prices.
Collections Made With Prompt RetuwE
at L0s0est Rates

Execute Orders for Purchase or Sale 81
Stocks and Bonds ct Nes0 York
Gssd Son francisco:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-01
LEGAL NOTICE.

In the Probate Court In and for
Salt Lake County, Territory Of
Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-01
CriminaIitieS.

London, 30.-Owing to the interest il
the trial of LEROY, the murderer Of F. j
Gold, on the Brighton Railway, in June
special trains will be run to Maidstone
the place OF trial.
San Francisco, 30-Jimmy Hope, the
notorious burglar. was sentenced to seven
and half yesrs in the penitentiary.
Denver, Col, 5O.-RepubIican's AL
and II. SayVa quarrelled, last night in q
saloon, and the latter shot the former,
probably fatally, If the victim dies
Sayva IS likely to BE- lynched
Louisville, KY, 3l.-Courier-Jou
mails Bowling Green: An organized eff
fort was made on Friday night to cap
ture the James brothers in Logan County.
near Adairsyille. 1t had been rumored
for several days that the robbers were in
that neighborhood. A woman igrote to
Governor Black burn on the 10Th that
they intended 20 attack the L. s. N. at
Coles burg soon. Blackburn received the
letter at Yorktown, ard turned it over to
the railroad authorities. But in Joing
this and organizing several days were
lost. Detectives organized an attacking
party, which WAS under the direction of
Hunter, tie maj who captured Cove
Kennedy. The posse met at RUSSELL
vile on Friday evening, sixteen men
strong. selected with special reference to
their cool courage, armed to the teeth
with Winchester rifles, double karrsled
shot guns and pistols. They arrived at 4
am. stthe house of Hites, near Adairs-
vile. where the robbers were known to
have been few days previous. They
surrounded the house, but the birds mad
flown, being warned in advance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-01
Chinese Navy.

Washington, 90. - Reports to the navy
department say Commodore Shuseldt il
cruising on the coast of China in the
yacht ofthe viceroy, Ii Hung, with two
Chinese naval officers, for the purpose of
locating naval stations. He hopes to
organize an imperial system of naval
administration to take the place of the
present barbaric methods for governing.
equipping and paying the Chinese naval
service. Lieutenant Mannix has been
made 8 mandarin, and is busily engaged
IN studying the Chinese language, pre-
psratory to his work as an Instructor in
naval science.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-01
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Notice No. 859.

Notice No. 859.
1rN1TEp STATES LAND 0FgIcE,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH,
August 23ds 1854.
-or1CEIS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
William 81. Hooper, William Jen-
G,os and Lafayette Granger, whose post
lEaES address is Salt Lake City, Salt
9 9LIIe County, Territory Of Utah, have
LaSs application for q United States
PPs se Tor the Magnolia West Mining
56i HsiH situate in Ophir Mining District,
SSn I"ll County, Utah Territory, consist
~ ~ eight hundred linear feet of the
iuSa and surface ground two hundred
~ ~ vide. being Lot No. IA, and des-
iuo.;;bad in the field notes and plat Of the
Cotscial survey on file in this Office, with
V4naa0netic variation at Is degrees 80 min
llsos asst, SIS follows: Commencing at the
~ 1;ecoverv point of the said claim, and
u.,nnino S As deg 80 minutes west. 800 Fl
long the centre of the claim; to the
oontre of the southwesterly endline, and
tSance S a deg 80 min E, 100 IT to Post
NJ I. thence n A deg, 80 min W, 20S Fl
~ LoO:P Post No. 2; thence North 40 deg 30
Eo;o ?. 500 # to Post No 3; thence s A
u u 90 min E, 200 feet to Post No 4;
t ges, S IS deg 80 min w, 800 # to Post
NJ NJ the exterior boundary lines of
80 49, surface ground of the claim, EN- brac- |
~; ;no an an area OFF, 514-1000 acres, after ex-
I .IS tberefrom the conflicts with Lot
20 the plymouth Rock Mine, l l55
acres sci and Lot So, the Converse Mine,
w From nj the discovery point o S NM
M 6 bears North &c deg SO min E, $40 4 !
feet distant. !
any horton of the said Magnolia West
Mine or surface ground, are required to
fIa their adverse claims with the Register
- ~ tbe It. S. Land Office at Salt Lake
Citv, Utah Territory, during the period
Of publication hereof, or they will be
barred by virtue of the provisions Of the
statute. The ssid mining claim being of
record in the Office of the Recorder of
.sid mining district, at Ophir, Toeele
County, Utah. The nearest known loes-
ions being the Mono, Shoe FLY East
and Westerly, Utah Queen, Plymouth
Rock, Converse and Magnolia East
Mining Claims.
| direct that this notice be published
N the SALT LAKE DAILY HERALD, the
newspaper published nearest the said
mining claim, for the period of sixty
q. MONSTER, Register.
BIRD s. LOWE, Attorneys. au23
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