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The Drummer.

"a Some people seem born with a
faculty of raising the ancient mas
culine juvenile. They.get folks who
are minding their own business,
and merely want peoce and quiet,
into all sorts of scrapes. This fac
ulty is peculiarly developed in the
commercial tourist, usually re-
ferred to as q drummer. He's the
man who makes love to all the pret-
ty servant girls in the hotels and
sets their notions so high that they
won't notice the porters, and it
makes the latter want to slug
the drummers. One of this class
of gentlemen was at an up coun try
railway station some days ago, and
discovered, while waiting for
train, a wasp's nest. An idea at
once struck him. How he achieved
the feat without getting hurt we
don't know. Probably the wasps
were dormant with cold But at any
rate, he.got the nest down and tied
it to the tail of a yellow dog that
was fooling around the depot. The
dog started to. run and that so
stirred up the wasps that they sent
out courier to investigate, and as
he did so in a manner disagreeable
to the dog he only ran the harder
and made three wide circuits of the
depot. The train meanwhile came
in, and as trains don t stop long at
country stations, it was Just start
ing as the dog came round the
third time. > Wild with qpain, the
dog leaped aboard the train and
plunged into a crowded car just as
the brakeman closed the door.EThe
poor brute got beneath a seat and
tried to curl up. The car was hot
and it warmed up the wasps and
they came out, and in about half a
minute the men in that seat jumped
up so hard they nearly stove holes
in the roof, and the way they clawed
at their legs was caution. Every
body looked. Then others became
interested. And the dog started on
the run through the car. The
wasps went for him and every per-
in the car. A wild scene took
place. Men cursed and clawed
wildly. Women got up on the
seats and danced, and the dog,
which everybody thought to be mad,
tore up and down the aisle, bowling.
The conductor came in, thinking
the people insane. He promptly
joined the show. As the train was
flying, folks couldn't jump off. No
mad-house ever saw such SC enc.
There was profanity enough to sink
a ship, and the brakeman, gazing
ing in at the door, said that it beat
anything he ever saw in variety
show. Finally, the conductor
stopped the train, folks got out,
and the car was cleared of wasps
and dog. But the passengers didn't
get over it. They were an awful mad
set, and occasionally after they
got started again a man would find
stray wasp in his trousers and
rise and yell. They talked of SUI
ing the railroad, and if they could
have got that drummer his death
would have been frightful. But he
had gone on another train another
way.
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Mistaking Limburrer Cheese for a
Small -Pox odor.

When Hofenstein entered the
store there was a look in his eyes
which plainly told that something
had happened, him, and his clerk, no
ticing il, said. 1. ~.
"Vats de matter, Misder Hof-
fenstein? You don't look veil. dis
morning"
"Noding, sherman he replied,
"but private citizen dot can haf
any rights mitout some people max
ing objections, you know. l vas
arrested by the bolice yesterday
Arrested, Mr.. HofensteinY'
"Yes und it vas all about dis
smallpox pisiness vat is going
around. Ven / goes home yester
day efening 1 buys a cake Of Lin
burg cheese, puts it in my market
basket, und den / gets in a street
car vat vas crowded init people who
vas all dalxing uf de smallpox.
Alder "A vile de cheese begin 20
smell, and efery Won looks around at
Won onoder. Limburg viii do dat
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fellow like you might find his way
out, one would think" .a t..tlI
There was a curious twinkle in
the cunning old eyes which attracted
my attention. Il I4a ,o haL sa
sfPm but old and feeble,n he con-
tinued; whats to hinder you, now,
for instance, changing clothes with
me, taking these keys and departing
at leisure?'' ts.as - 80.
"TH do itp' i cried, springing to
my feet; san innocent man owes no
submission to the laws injusticer ~
"Come, don't get excited 2 whined
the jailor, in a tone of mock alarm.
u not drive you to the use Of force,
which it would be useless to resist.p
And to see the cheerfulness with
which he submitted to the substitu-
tion of his garments for mine, one
would have supposed it was but
friendly exchange. With strips
torn, from my sheet, l bound the
docile keeper hand and foot, placed
him in an easy posture on the bed,
gagged his mouth comfortably, took
his bunch of keys, locked him in,
pulled his hat over my eyes, and
soon was a free man.
Before morning l was miles away,
and at the next seaport town shipped
as a common sailor. In a foreign
land / began life anew, and in few
years gained competency. But of
what value was it, or even life itself,
when not shared by her whose alb
sence made all else worthless? At
times l was tempted to write to
Martha. .n..t
But no." L said, doubtless she,
too, believes me guilty. How can
she do otherwise in the face of the
evidence and my own fight?"
One day 1 was met and recognized
by an old friend travelling abroad.
Instead of stunning he met me cor
daily.
why have you never returned
to visit your old homer" he asked,
cor at least communicated with your
friends2"
GA. strange question: 1 replied.
''You have not forgotten the cruel
suspicion-'
Surely you have heard how all
that was cleared up"
Cleared upp' 1 exclaimed, with
a tremor of the heart one expert
ences at sudden CLEAN of hope
which he breads to see extinguished
the next moment.
"Quite cleared up," replied my
friend. "Elnathan Ganche fell a |
victim to the epidemic last summer,
and on his death-bed acknowledged |
ALL"
"And Martha HaleY'
''Is still single and as beautiful as |
ever, though trifle melancholy at |
times. Her friends say there is a |
certain person whose presence, they |
think, would cheer her up nightly"
The next steamer carried me
home, where everybody babe me
welcome, and Martha not the least |
warmly. She has explained the
mystery of the jailor's conduct. He
had lived as domestic in the fami- |
ly of Martha's father when she was
a child and was devotedly attached |
to her. How they plotted together
anent my escape, it would be n
breach of confidence to tell.
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June is the commencement
month, and a couple of thousands
of boys and girls are daily deliver
ing essays ON the Lessons Of Life
prior TO packing away ribbon-tied
diplomas. 1t takes the average
college graduate about six months
to discover that the lesson of life
only begins to be learned when
school DAYS are over
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To the People of Giles Comfy.

1fNILhAIN -
AS the duties OF my office require my
personal attention, it will be impossible
10 see you all In person la the short
time previous 10 the election. There
tore, will briefly state why ask your
votes:
was born In Giles county, raised
In Giles county, and have lived In Giles
county for the last fifty years, with tho
exception Of four years from 1861 to
1865, when, Ia company with good
many gentlemen from Giles, Travelled
around a little, commencing At Fort
Donaldson, thence 70 Camp Morton,
thence TO Vleksburg, thence TO Muffrees-
boro, thence TO Chattanooga, then by
way OF Chickamauga and Missionary
Ridge 10 Dalton; thence 70 Resacoa,
where, whilst walking in front of
marty OF gentlemen from the north who
were out shooting, lost my leg, which
ended my part Of the trip. SO wait
ed at Camp Douglass until the crowd
got ready 10 come home and we all
came back together. Since then /
struggled on against poverty and want,
till four years ago the kind people OF
Giles gave me the Office Of register.
During the term, by rigid economy, /
have supported my family and paid
part OF the debts which had Rccumula-
ted against me during and since tne
war. own no property. have con-
tracted for an humble home, which can
pay for if you VIII only vote for me
this one time. will then eheerfully
retire, with a grateful heart, leaving the
Office 70 whoever may then need Il as
badly as do now.
As 70 the manner In which have
discharged the duties OF the Office,
would respectfully refer you 10 any per-
son In the county that knows me.
Respectfully,
J.J. PHILLIPs,
maylI2ts Candidate for Register.
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Scene-A small lawn on Seneca
street. Time noon. Parsonage
A parrot summing itself on a perch
beside its open cagedoor; and a
strange dog wandering upon the
lawn. The parrot speaks first:
"Sick! sick! sickr' The dog, with
ears and tail erect, looks about
for something upon which 70
charge; he espies the parrot, and
an exciting scene ensues. From
out the confused mass Of dog hair
and parrot feathers comes the shrill
cry, ''Get out! d--n you, get out"
Dog breaks for street. Parrot, af
ter looking at herself from head
to foot, gravely exclaims: "Polly,
YOU talk too muchp %
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Fifteen Million Dollars an Acre.

New York Letter: In the more
common streets of New York land
is worth from $25O,000 to $350,O00
per acre, In the best part of Broad
way its value is increased to $4,000,
900 per acre; but in the vicinity of
Wall street its value is immensely
increased, because this locality is
the money heart of America. The
land on which the Drexel building
stands cost its present owners at
the rate of $14, 100000 per acre. 1t
occupies the corner of Wall and
Broad streets, which may be con
sidered the most valuable corner on
this continent-and yet, when l was
a Broad-stre clerk in 1910, the
very place was occupied by a hat
store. The corresponding value of
property in this neighborhood has
been illustrated by the recent sale
of the corner of Broad street and
Exchange place, which was at the
rate of $15, 100000 dollars per acre.
Hence the Drexel lot was none too
dear. In fact, these dazzling fig
ures are justified by the immensely
of the transactions which occur here
daily. Almost all the railroads on
the continent Except New England J
are managed within 800 feet of this
spot, and the general pressure of
our immense financial system gives
it value which a few years ago
could not have been dreamed of.
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When a man dies suddenly, with
out the aid Of a physician the
coroner must be called in. If a
man dies regularly, after being
treated by a doctor everybody
knows why he died, and the coro-
ner's inquest is not necessary.
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Interest and Labor.
Interest is a tax. gatherer.

Interest is n tax -gatherer.
1t enters every workshop, field
and mine, and gathers labor's
profits.
Labor has a wife and family to
support. na
Labor needs food, clothing and
rest.
Labor works six days out of ev-
cry seven, and ten hours out Of ev-
cry twenty four.
Labor gets!sick and has doctors
bills to pay.
Interest works seven days in the
week and twenty-four hours each
day.
Interest needs no clothing or
food.
Interest never gets sick or tired.
Interest has no family to sup
port or DOCTORS bill to pay.
Interest produces nothing, but
consumes everything.
Interest gathers where labor
reaps, and reaps where labor sows.
Labor erects itself a house, and
pays interest rent on it.
Labor produces bread, and inter
est eats it. ...i.....
Interest is master; labor is q slave.
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Elder Leland, Baptist minister,
was, some fifty years ago sent to the
general assembly of Massachusetts
to get repealed the law taxing all
citizens to support the state church,
and he succeeded. The clergy of
the state church were exasperated
against him, and when one of them
accused him falsely of writing and
committing to memory his ''politico-
sermons" Leland challenged him to
a public pulpit performance Of ex-
temporaneous preaching. When
Leland, the first to preach, arose,
his antagonist gave him for his
text: 'And Balaam saddled his
ass and went" Instantly Leland
divided his discourse into three
heads. Said he: "Balaam is the
priesthood of the tything church,
the saddle is the tything system, and
the ass is the people" And for his
sixty minutes he poured forth an ell
oquence against the iniquity never
surpassed in modern times, while
the thousands present hung on his
lips in breathless silence. When his
antagonist arose to take his turn of
sixty minutes Leland gave him for
his text: "And the ass opened his
mouth and spake," and such a storm
of applause arose that his antago-
mist soon sat down without uttering
a single sentence.- Chicago News.
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PULASKI. TENN. THURSDAY July I3 1882:

The great strike il. New York is
resulting in giving the refugee Jews
from Russia and raw Italians a good
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-07-13

Since it is claimed that an acre
of fish pond will produce more food
than five acres of ground, why
should not farmers raise, their own
fish as Systematically as they do
hogs or cattle? And why should
they not turn thei attention to fish
culture as a regular industry and
source of profit, especially those
who have the advantage OF good
markets2 There are few farms that
with a little labor and expense
could not get water to supply a
fish pond.
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To sell cheap on easy terms or ex
change for a store house In town or for
lard near town either ono Of two large
brick residences-one Of thoIn Just re-
modelled. jan19-tt l.. w. McCoRD.
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The disposition of colored people
to visit and console sick friends is
illustrated in case in Georgia. A
colored woman was attacked by
collie. About 100 of her synipa-
thizing friends collected around her
bedside The floor gave way and
the house was wrecked1I 55aiot "a
A London lecturer on female at
tire said recently: Dressed as
women are, the less exercise they
take the better for health. In fact
they are seldom fit to stand erect or
walk a block, but should be rolled
around or carried on a palanquin.
Not one woman in 10000 has room
inside her clothes for the rise and
fall of the ribs in breathing, and
there is not one in 10000 whose vi
tai organs are not displaced by ex
ternal pressure. While this is so,
the less exercise the BETTER ''-i'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-07-13

The population of the United
States is estimated to be at the pres
ent time about SO, 100000. The in
crease has never been less than 3
cent, except during the rebellion,
when it was 24 per cent. per annnm,
compounded. At times it has run
above per cent. Since 1880 the
growth has been rapid, probably re
storing the 3-per-cent. ratio. There
are but three countries-Russia,
British India, and China-with pop
ulations greater than ours. But
the United States may safely assert
its right to the first place among ma
tions in respect of numbers, wealth
and influence. Should the present
rate of increase continue, by the
time the United States is two centu-
ries old it will number 3S1, 5000
people, or 60,000,000 more than the
present entire population of Europe.
What possibilities are presented by
such marvellous growth as these
figures Indicate Chicago News.
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The practice of allowing grass to
run to seed on the land is very mis-
chievous. Many farmers do it un-
der the impression that it improves
the pasture, but it has exactly the
opposite effect. Grasses, if allowed
to grow unchecked by moving, be-
come exhausted and soon die out.
Indeed, many varieties are not
strictly perennial, and perish if al
lowed to ripen seed. Moving or
grazing and frequent rolling are in
dispensable for obtaining and pre-
serving a good pasture. Those who
cut grass for hay should select that
stage for moving when the earlier
varieties are in full flower There
is in all grasses, and especially in
clovers, a constant secretion of sac
charine matter in their stems dur
ing their early growth, and the best
hay is made by those who select the
best time to NOW, which is indica-
ted when the grasses are in flower,
and before they begin to turn color.
Eight-tenths of the clergymen in
New York either chew or smoke,
and they expect to 90 to heaven
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CURIOUS REASONS.

Donnought says that the reason
he did not send word to his wife
for so long a time was that he
went to London to hunt up n brother
whom he had never seen before. He
returned to California and sue
ceed in making a strike in the
mines, amassing about S25, 200 in a
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Railroad Notes.

The detail Of the L. p. accident last
week were published in the MISRE.
The coroner's jury empanelled at Fort
Steele, to inquire into the cause Of the
death there of brakeman Seeley, by &C.
cident, passed eensure upon three per
sons in their verdict as follows:
"Train Dispatcher McAlasters, for not
giving more specific orders; Conductor
Hobart, for not tagging the pay train,
and Engineer Rose, for running at u
rate of speed which rendered it impos-
sible for him to control his train"
Railroad men generally are passing
much adverse criticism upon the ver-
dict. They assert that it is not sus-
taine,! or justified by the facts. and that
the gentlemen 50 unju<tIy cen>ure.l We're
in no way to blame.
The novel sight Of Il gootl-sized house
moving w The valley from the west, on
Il railway train. was seen on sunday
last. The building department of the
Union Pacific, in this manner, moved a
house y; feet square. and one and Il b; Ii
stories high. on Il flat car from Wasatcl,,
and have placed it upon one If the COM
lany's lots. about one hundred yards in
the rear "f the car shOles.-E'run<'on
(Hi.!ytiu.
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A New star.

The fricn'l; Of our accomplished towns
woman. Mrs. E'lxingtol. III East Broad
way. will he interested in learning that
her daughter, Lillian E.lgine,"n, will
shortly make her debut in New York
under the most favorable auspices.
An eastern journal Of high authority
say: Miss E'l"iny; on, the young anil
talented actress and great favOritc on
the Pacific coast recently arrived in
New York and will shortly make her
debut Oh the Eastern stage. Miss E.l.:-
ingt"n has played during tho last eight
cen months ut the Baldwin. SAN Fran
cisco, in the following roles: Mabel
Huntingdon. in THE Worll:'' Dau-
phin. in Louis XI;' Francois. in
''jsichelieu:" Anna. in "I.e:ll:' Queen
Gertrude. in 'iamlet:" Queen Eliza
beth III "ltIhar,i IL :' Lady .\llwOrth.
in New Way ~ Pay Old Debts" Mar
garet Ovcrreach. in the same play: Nv
rama in '';alatea:" Madame lie Mon
leland. in Two Nights in Ronlc:" Pau
line, in The Lady Of Lyons" etc., i'm
allof which she achieved great Success.
Miss Etgip.tOn supported sheridan in
all Of his finest parts. The press Of the
Pacific coast speak Of Miss Elsinyton
AZ graceful, stlf-pO>scsse,l, an excel
lent reader. ami tDrOne who recently
came before the f'otlights. as havin.
the very finest conception Of tragedy.
drama and comedy. 1t is predicted f,r
her thai the blank in the profession
caused by the death Of the lanent.,i
Nelson vii! 'e filled in every particu-
lar. Merit should always b.. encouraged.
and in this connection. We welcome thu.
ynun" lady I" the East, and bcSpcak for
her those court estes which are due To .
stranger among new faces and scenes.
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Killed in q Shaft.

On Saturday, January 18th, 1>>:, VIII
l>ani Oates, in company with X. J..
Shaw, left for the Wah Wan iron mines,
intending to take out iron from the lat
tcr'< claims. On Monday morning they
la.l made. preparations to begin work.
Between the hours VI ~ and IL o'clock,
Mr.. Oates started IL. VIII the shaft to see
what the outlook was. He was warned
Ivy Mr.. shaw t" le careful as the shaft
was net true and the ladders were not
joined continuously, Tut awkwar.lly
Joined I" the cros>-sillS ~ that in places
the ladder above projected over the one
below, rendering the descent t" one UNI
acquainted with the premises extremely
hazardous. Mr.. Oates had not DESCEND
eti more than twenty feet when hc fell
I" the bottom and was instantly killed.
-.%W L"k" Tribune, 7th inst.
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Obituary..

Mr.. Lee Travis. eldest sol. ~ Mr. {.
NJ. Travis. died suddenly !!;> :. IL. Al
the residence of his mother ~ ..i.;'':aE'
enuc, aged y years. D,""a-' l Wa tx
Ell ill several DAYS ago "::a.ill ~ 'lchi'.
is, and WAS attended hy DR.. >i''.. an
Morris. who deemed tho. '",>r !. riiiya
one, AMI notwithstanding tHe;" '''>i e.
forts 1t failed t. yield t" ,r',1::.ri;. vi.
Travis for some wears has !rrrE i! "'i!'
cate health, but l">>r>>rria r,""'!' >.i'
1t for one no stronger than r.. H. VA
bright. active. ambitious. -: 'x,''..'i'
character AMI industrious lsaE.l-. H'l'F
he WAS out of his techs h. '.'t'l>'."'
here several newspapers :r~r '.'~ %'
Z'tt'r. subsequently, rhanr~: :" i'r
Montana N'"s. anil after ,h:,. ~. : 10
Hu/-all of which were >!arI,l;,.- .i'''
sheets, and woul,! hav,,;v,.! ard ''-",
pere'i in amy other della i'>~ '''''.,''''
than Helena. III thri. ro:4',i.i ;'.''
management y"un- Trari~ -N.l'I'''
pluck. spirit and ability, ana VIII IL
good opinion and the rl.t;"''~ - ~
community. The >ynIl"tl., %. "..f :'''
pie will hc extended I" Mr.. .;.I'''
VIII" in Il period %: Il lew Ms'''t'. az
lost boil, husband au.i -'n. Il '''.
X'rrl.l. Ec',. IS.
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CHANCE l.. HARRIS,
w. H. RICHARDS.
Railway and Freight.
nvdon pils,f. Fab &.

Ogden Pilot. Feb. 6.
Twenty-siX cars Of coal daily are COM
sumed by outgoing engines on the Utah
< NOrthern-sevenc cars are daily shipp-
ed north for domestic use.
The report that the Union Pacific
Company has ordered 1900 copies of
S;trahorn's work on Idaho to be printed
for them, is confirmed. The books will
lie distributed free.
Several important changes in the man
agement Of the Union Pacific Railway
Company are reported. r. b. Vining,
now General Freight Agent, is to he
General Traffic Manager, having con-
troll of both the freight and passenger
traffic of the road. p. H. Shelby, now
Assistant General Freight Agent, is to
he promoted to General Freight Agent,
and NJ. Havens, of the freight depart
nlent Of the road, is to lie Assistant Gem
eal Freight Agent.
The officers of the Denver, Utah <
Pacific Railroad Company have received
a letter from the American Finance
Company, of Eew York, acting for the
California t. Nevada Narrow Gauge
Railroad Company, urging the Denver,
Utah 4 Pacific to continue the cOnstruc-
ton Of the road over the mountains into
Utah tn connect with the line the Cali
fOrnia 4 Nevada road is now building
through Nevada into Utah. The latter
road claims that it is the natural ally Of
the Denver, Utah 4 Pacific. and the
American Finance Company offers its
assistance to the Denver road to build
on over the mountains and thus form
the shortest railrOad from Denver tn the
Pacific coast.
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vas stated BY superintendent WIN.
E. Hall yesterday to representative OF
the N1xEs that the north or main VEN
had Just heen struck in the Magma
Ch.rta on the four hundred foot level at
a distance of l:4 feet north Of the shan'
The width Of the vein at this point mas
not been ascertained a. . large oody
Of water was instantly tapped. The ore
il. however very rich, running los
ounces in silver, and the strike Is neces-
sarily an important one. The Company
Is busily at work in the Alice mine
also.
Mr.. Hall states that he is sinking a
shaft on the Hawkeye, fractional
claim belonging to the company, just
south of the Alice.
, The new Magma Charta shaft is down
about IS feet, progressing at the rate OF
1--WE feet per day.