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HuMBUG.

Among the many issues OF base coin
which fren time to time were made in
Ireland, there was meme to be compared
in aworthlessness to that made by James
II. at Dublin Mint It was csmposed
Of anything on which he could lay his
hands. such aslead, pewter, copper, and
brass, and so low was its intrinsic value
that twenty shillings OF it was only
werth twopence sterling. William ILL.,,
q few dayzafterthe battle of the Boyne,
ordered thatthe crown-piece and half
crown should be. taken as one penny
and one half penny respectively. The
soft mixed metal of which that worth
less coin was composed was known
among the Irish as Uim bog. pronoune-
led oom-bug, l. e. soft copper, i. e.
worthless moneysand in the course OF
their dealings the modern use Of the
word hunbag took its rise, as in, the
phrases, "Thafs a piece ef uinsoog, ~
"Don't think to pass or your ,tins6og on
me-" Hence the word huns6ug came to
be applied to any thing that had spec
ions appearance but which was inreali-
ty spurious. Itislcurious to note that
the very opposite of bhna5ng, l. Q. false
metal, is the word sterling, which is also
taken from term applied to ths true
coinage Of Great Britain. as sterling
coin, sterling worth. &c. FL ~ Q
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TO BUSINESS MEN.

Advertising in the MoREIsrowN GAzErrE IL
rscognizsd by business men. having faith in their
own wsres, as the most eifectiFeD means Of secur-
ing for their goods , wide fecoenition Of their
own merits ~ SsS$%A ~
Advertising in the eMoERIsrawE6 GAZETTE tInpeis
inquiry, and when the article offered q OF good
quality and At fair price the Hatnr1 result is
Increased sales. SSS$S$S$ ffe
Adyertising In the 1foRnIsrowN GAZETTE is .
permanent addition to hereputation Of the goods
advertised, because Il Is 5 permanent influence,
always at work in their intefeskS$A
\ Advertising in the afoRnrs4o GAzErTE is; the
most energetic salesman. add1eestng constantly
the public in the ads serfiseF lnfeSest ana cease
lessly at work. seeking customers from Al classes
Adyertising In the MoRa1afowS GSzErTE pro-
duces trade, for, in the dnllest times adver-
tsers secnre by far the largest share of what is be-
ing done %
Advertising in the MoERIsrowS GAZETTE em-
phatically pays. The paper is popular ahd has, .
bona-nde circulation Of one thousand. It is read
by the substantial business and agricultural class
of its section, besides being the ocisl paper OF
Hamhlen, Claiborne and Granger Counties
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BAD wEATHER-BUsINEss DULL-JRRRY
JARNAGIN-PERsoNAL I'd
BEAMS STATION, Tenn, Il

BAD WEATHER-BUsINEss DULL-JRRRY
JARNAGIN-PERsoNAL I'd
BEAMS STATION, Tenn, il
February 8, 1882,
To the Editor OF The Morristown Gazette: =,
For two or three days we have had
sunshine aud fair weather and were be
ginning to believe that it would con-
tinue for some days, but now it is rain.
ing again.
Business of every kind is dull, and
/ farmers are discouraged at the prospects
before them. as4 f.lg f55A
l suppose the ground hog saw his sha-
dow yesterday, and if we are to believe
an old adage, | think it would take q
we'll augur 10 find bottom to the roads.
Our popular sheriff, Jerry Jarnigan,
has been mixing with his friends in th is
vicinity lately. His many supporters
are well pleased with him as an officer,
and are confident of his reelection. He
certainly has made au efficient sheriff,
and deserves their support for the man
ner in which he has conducted the af-
fairs OF the county. o-il5,'@2 o'li 6.
G.. f. Alexander, formerly of this vi
cinit1 but now of Chickarnanga station,
has beeh visiting friends in this section
Our handsome young friend, James
Shields, the popular representative OF d
well known Knoxville grocery house, is
at home en- route for the upper counties.
There is very little sickness In this
community, but we fear an unhealthy
season. will follow the continued wet
weather. More anon. on..ss-.--st,,-.or.
DAVE RAREBAeK.
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THE pOTATO

Although Sir Walter Raleigh was un-
expectedly prevented from accompany y
ing Sir Humphrey Gilbert to Newfouhd-
land. heeeYentuslly proved enc of the
greatest benefaotors, to his own country,
by the introduction, of the pstate on his
return frem America in the year 1884
This root. was. first planted en- Sir Wal
ter's estate, at Youghali, which he saf.
terward sold to the Earl of Cork bnt
not having given sufficient directions to
the person who had Che management OF
the land, the latter mistook the flowers
for the fruit and most valuable part OF
the plant, and, on tasting them, reject.
ed them as a pernicious exotic Some
time afterwards, turning up the earth,
he found the roots spreadito great dis
tance, and in considerable quantities;
and from this stock the whole kingdom
was soon after supplied with this YaIu.
able plant, which gradually spread
throughout Europe and North, America.
lis name, potato. in Irish paitey, and in
Frent Ii pdtdte, is said to be derived from
the original language OF Mexico, oi
which il is supposed to be a native
Araspdch's History Of Newfoundland. L 81
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HON. B. II. BRLNG.
Murfreesboroueh News

The unjust and ill-tempereda as
saults made by certain no7credit
papers and party leaders upon
Judge Edwin H. Ewing are too
plainly the outgrowth of political
prejudice to render necessary any
defense of a citizen who has honest
ly, conseientiously and fearlessly
discharged a grave and responsible
duty. s'1 -
When a man, called to act In a
public capacity, is conscious of hav-
ing performed a right aetion-47an
action prompted by the purest mo-
tives and bassed upon the soundest
reasons-he can afford to pass in
silence the ilf-natured and ungener-
Gus aspirations of his political ene-
mics and disregard the shafts of
calumny which fall hurtless at his
feet, or rebound only to wound his
detractors. FL. a
By reason of his eminent legal at
tainments Mr. Ewing was appointed
a special Judge of the Supreme
Court, and upon him and his associ-
ates devolved the duty of deciding
whether the. 1908 injunction case e
should be advanced upon the docket
and tried upon its merits. The court
unanimously decided that, the, case
should be advanced and Judge
Ewing, as the mouth piece of the
court, wrote and delivered the 0pin-
ion. This is the .offense for which
he is singled out and abused by a
certain class of politicians 1t is
needless to add that such abuse is
rs childish as il is unwarranted. {
The fact that his opinion has ex.
cited the no-credit faction to per
sonal detraetion, is one Of the s1rest
evidences of the unanswerabIeness
Of the arguments with which he
supports the conclusion reached by
the court. ~ sfi5 ao
81
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WHAT HE REcOxNBNDED.

A handsome young widow applied
to a. HambIen county physician re-
Gently to relieve her of three dis
tressing complaints with which she
was affected. 5a a.I u.# -7 l19 r.
SIN the first place." said she, ~
have little or no appetite. What
shall I do for that ?"
'For that, Madam, you should
take air and exercise" . is -
"And, doctor, l am quite fidgety
at nighttime, and afraid to be alone.
What shall / take for that?" 'A
"For that, Madam, can only
recommend that you take a hus-
band" .... l-. ars1l E-
"Fiel doctor. But l have the
blues terribly. What shall ] take
for that. sa
"For that, Madam, you have, be-
sides taking air and a husband, to
take The MoRRIsTowN GAZETTE, a
good newspaper published at Nor
ristown, Tenn, at s1.5Oin advance !"
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TARRING AND FEATHERITNc

Anquetil, In his Hsstoire de France.
1905, has the following passage In ref:
erenee to this mode of chsstisement.-
ig They (the two crusading kings, Rich
ard CCpur de Lion and Philip Aueustusl
afterwards made in concert the laws of
police which should be observed in
both their armies. No women. except
washerwomen, were tn be permitted to
accompany the troops Whoever killed
another was. according to the place
where the crime should be committed ,
to be cast into the sea, or buried alive,
bound to the corpse of the murdered
person. Whoever wounded another
was to haveshi hand cut of; whoever
struck another should be pianFed Oh feef
timesIinto the seas and whoever COM
nitted theft should have sear1, pitch
poured 0rer has head, shich, should taAa he
poscasfed scsA feathers, and the offender
should afterwards be left abandoned ON
the first shore. .oVis TadmHG bnRfa g
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! THO RHKNG&a ot
NcH REPRY AN1, 1,.l ~ i 80


e / CLLNCH FERRY AND THAT R0AZ
: To the Editor Of tbs Morristown Gazette q r
+ The last time had the pleasure o
peesing you in Morristown T omitted t.
communicate the important fact that
was demiciled (until next fall at least
IN the ancient burgh OF lRussellville
having brought rsy family over during
| Christmas week. Lucky thing cams
when I did. as since that time thesclerk
Of the weather seems bent oupon intro
ducing ne~ style Of winter Il took
me four days, in a caryall, to accomplish
she - miles lying between my cottage
oy the sea"i aud the railroad. and two
things connected with my exodus de-
sire TO calmly comment upon. Fhe first,
the "Clrnch Ferr.5 aud, secondly, the
rpad trayersed. As s combination of
the sad and ridiculous, commend, me to
that Clinch ferry III am told that. either
Claiborne or Granger county would put
up respectable ferry. but forsthe fact
that the owners of the "old Ham Evans
property" claim, as species of perqui-
set, the sole right to keep up ferry Ut
that point. Still. however you may pre-
sent the theory, the fact exists that to a
man, travelling with family, the pass
age Of the Clinch river is an exhilerat-
ing episode, well calculated TO destroy
his faith in what is termed the rssurvi-
val OF the fittest." Now for the roads, 4
| am used to rough roads-possibly
enjoy them. Would eel strange upon !
a turnpike and i'll at ease in a Pullman.
Yet there are two things my charity re-
fuses to cover. The first always makes
me ex. lain, ''Gentle-menr" I" The sec.
ond compels me TO fracture cof the
third commandment; | re erto What
are p pulariy called .''saft Places and
'chug holes The "saft place" is where
you suddenly begin To ge dawn, down,
until ysu feel like n hollow cylinder.
with everything Inside of you, not nail
sd !" youI ribs, j4mmed up a song the
ventricles. lis then you nurmur, with
popping eyes and bated breath, Gen. |
tle-men" The &C ug Ia lc'' il where |
you are engag in conversations, inter-
esting perhaps, When ke.chug | you,
experience a sensation at the frontier as !
if kicked by mule, your ueck is teles. /
coped until your jaws strike your collar
bone, and ten to one but your noddle !
and that of your auditor collide like the |
battle rush of two William goats. The |
types of profanity, of course, vary, yet, !
as general thing, the overseers, COM
missioners and members ef the county |
court are remembered. -, ads er
can not close without commencing
your article upon the '.agitation of poll
itics in Journalism" My experience
demonstrates that in politics, as in actu-
al warfare, the general officer gets all |
the credit and the common soldier re-
celves the hard knocks. .-a. n
RRIC- .RuAr u
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exhibiting the body around the copntr,
Is horrible, and wonldn't have it done
1'if we were starving, land We have moi
Ireaehed that despairing state yet. An
offe7 OF S5, 600 was made to nae for the
body Of Charles, but / refused IT, There
isn't enough money in the country to
buy il fol. the purpose Of exhibition. So
far as he is able to make legal disposi-
tion Of his body and effects, he has Civ
en- them to me. / wanted him to make
awiil, but Mr.. zScovilIe said he could
not, as he was insanes andit wcuid have
no legal force II he should terneT jnr
duced to make viii disposilig Of his
body, SO that it might be put en- exhibi-
'tion, 1 word cohtest its validity id the
courts just as I would the act % any
other insane man that affecGed me, but
these people need not put themselves to
90, much trouble abost the matter.
Charles TGuiteauF is not goinglto be
hung" - ,1I
'''Is the. dispatch with your husband's
name attached bogusf" -l'i'a '''' -
IossI don't know anything about that.
I am satisfied that my husband would
not send such dispatch without con
sulting me. He knows that such an ar
could not be made without
my consent"
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l.siN t9el9 10 IslgSgLSsN 49, esQflga 70
!. ABOUT MERCHANTS TAX AM
-t6R.lPUBLI0 SCHOOL 2R0NEY. aasa
- KKoxVTLLR, ITRRN.. Feb. o, 1882. q
TO the Rditor Of The Eorristown Gazette:
The discrepa Cor whatever il IN ~
be cailed) in the returns OF stocks Of
merchandise for taxa,ion, 10 creating
some noise aud il is claimed that the
merchants who render true and correct
lists are bearing Che burdens OF taxation.
The tax on stocks Of merchandise is the
same ~ real estate. The corporation
tax is one Yiullsr antl five cents on the
hundred. and a aiscrepency OF half
million in the returns would reduce the
IciticsfeTrnue so8ae five tllousand two
=hundraai= fifty dollars. Tie present
hoard rf Mayer and Aldermen may
loekdlIte the mat er OF EcturnS. an | ia
some manner hedge against these dis
crepencics. On looking over a list Of
this kind, it is surprising to see the largo
amount Of business some people can do
on sacli limited stocks OF merchandise.
Thare is general dissatisfaction at the
inequality aof taxation The rich aud
the moneyed men escape through the
concealment mesh, the U. s. bond mesh,
and the, concealment mesh, and leave
the laborer who owns little piece of
real estate to bear the burden of taxa
tion. A small house and lot IL the city
pays as much tax as q three hundred
acre farm, and the town man AYERS that
he alonels bearing the burden of taxa
tion. A merchant with sixty or eighty
thousand dollar stock returns it at thir-
ty thousand. The man with a little ten
thousand dollar stock, Who has made no
discrepancy, sees the list aAtl raises u
howl ahd iswesrs tleIlarued thing is not
fair for hm, to pay all the taxes. So it
goes, the big fish crowding the minows.
There are two ways To escaps taxa
tion. TIE grst is to sell everything you
have aud buy Government bond. The
ether is 70 lie, aud swear to it,
q The acknowledgement of the public
school system is also a growing evil all
wv NAiS SN''"tsy AhS p'SSShk SOtA''Sh-
cy is to sp nd all the time and money
on the higher gradss, to the neglect OF
the primary departments. The higher
rooms contain only a select few, while
the lower rooms are so crowded that
half are taught in the forenoon and half
in the afternoon. The right to tax only
extends to public uses, and the commits
sloners have no right to use the public
money for the advantage Of select few.
Elementary education is necessity and
taxation for that purpose is right, but
the right to tax ends wheu the children
are provided with full and thorough
elementary education. -er ...
Let school room be provided and let
all who wish GO on higher, but let it be
at the expense of the parent or guardi-
an Notthe tax payer.
9 I If9nL EsDRAELoE.
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GUITEAUS BODY.


"A dispatch from Philadelphia re-
Gently stated that Mr.. Scoville had
accepted an offer from J. Fl. Ridg-
way of that city, for the remains of
the assassin after his execution, it
being his intention to put the body
through refrigerating process and
then put it on exhibition, the rela-
tives to have half the proceeds. The
following letter indicates that Mr..
Ridgway's proposition has been ac-
cepted: ---'- Nv
"WAsHIKeToN, d. c., jan, 80. 1882.
~ II. Ridgsosy. Esq; .--7... 2
"Desr Sir: Yours of the 2Sth instant
received. The relatives are inclined to
regard your proposition favorably. In
case of death the brain will have to be
removed for post mortem examinations.
49, -.-.-..rs GEO. SCovILLE."
A reporter called upon Mr.. SeoviIle
last Thursday and INTERCEPTED him as
to the truth, of Mr.. Ridgwsy's state
ment. 81, - a....-.-,t..,,, - q
"Guiteau's body" said Mr.. Scoyille.
smiling. sis not for sale just now.
There's motion for new trial pend
ing now" E.. -- ver-r-r, -. y
"But," persisted the reporter, was
that letter written by you ~ 49,, I'd
"That think is substantially correct.
Ihaye no authority to dispose of the
body. That remains for his sister and
brother. I will advise them to do it. ]
have no objection to having the bod
embalmed. Now, SO. far as the pro-
ceeds from such bargain is concerned,
would not touch a dollar OF it for my
own use. think it proper to dispose
of the body that way. Unless it, was
cremated or sunk deep into the sea you
could not keep it from the body snatch
ers. 1t would be taken just as Stewart.
body was taken, and probably some
quack would exhibit it strung on W Tres,
1 would just as soon have my body pre-.
served in natural state and exhibited
as to have it eaten by worms. / know
Guiteau's relatives would rather have
the body in the hands of some men, W G
would care for it than have It abandOD-
ed to body-snatchers. am told thil
firm, by their patent process, preserve
meats and vege tables SO that at the end
of two years they appear as fresh al
when new. Now, / propose. il there
are any proceeds from this, to dev, Il
them to paying Guiteau's debts. II
there is any left-say there was $780,.
O0O---l viii devote il to the amelioratior
of the condition of the insane, or TO es.
tablish fnnd to promote the anti capi.
tai puniShment doctrine. What III told
these parties was thai In case of hi,
death there would have to be a post
mortem examination OF his, ,braiH," .
Adispatclr from Chicago, says aha,
when Mrs. Scoville's attention was cali
ed to this Philadelphia dispatch, si.
said, after reading it'll don't believ,
anything of the kind has been done
We have not got to the point of eonsld
ering what shall be done with the re
mains Of my brother. Whenever .ant
however my brother may, die 7 sllai
take The body ard have q post-mortea d
mads by experts Of my own selection
alone shall decide as 70 the disposition
to be made OF his remains. The idea O
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woman, Mrs. Montague, and that sh,
never wore cloth ones afterward., .Hs
also adds, that Henry the Eighth wore
! ordinary clothEhose unless there came
from Spain, By great chance, pair OF
silk stockings. His son. Edward the
Sixth. was presented With pair of long
Spanish silks stockings by Sir Thomas
Gresham. Hence. is would seem that
knit stockings originally came from
Spain. It is stated that one William
Rider, an apprentiee onLondon Bridge.
seeing. silhe house of an Italian mersl
chants a ipairaof Knit steckings.d from
Mantua, took the hint, and made q pair
exactly like them,; which he presented
TO the Earl OF Pembroke. and that they
wssee lie first of that Kind worn in En-
gland. There have been various epin-
ions with, respect 10 the originaioinv ven
tiou of the estockingsf,ames bntilis now
generally conceded that i was invepted
during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in
the year 1880, By William Lee, NJ. A.,
OIL OG. john GOAcScs OonOtAo6c- AA
the London 1AasdssaS. | it is related that
Mr.. Lee was expelled from the UaiFer-
sity for marryings contrary to tho stat
ntes of the college, Being thus reject
ed, and ignorant Of any other means OF
he was reduced to the me-
;essity Of living upon what his wife
could earn by knitting stockings, which
gave spur to his invention; and, by
observing the working OF the
,eedles in knitting, he formed in his
mind the model of the frame, Mr.. Lee
vent to France, and, for want of pa
ronage there aud in England. died of
broken heart. at Paris. In the hall of
Knitiers' Company. incor-
,orai ed by Charles the Second, in 1858.
S a portrait Of Lee. pointing to one Of
he iron frames, and ,discoursing, with .
woman, who is knitti. x with needles
nd her finxers. tl Dil@- u i'a- ID
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DUN.

This word, generally supposed to be
derived from the French donaes. owes
its origin, according to the British Apol-
10 OF September, 170s, to one Joe Dan,
q famous baiiiff of Lincoln in the time
of Henry VII. He is said to have been
so extremely shrewd in the manage
meht Of his rough business. and so dex-
teFous in the collection of dues, that his
name became proverbial; and whenever
a man refused to pay his debts, it grew
into prevalent custom to say, "W Why
don't you Dun himf"o s9rga obi q
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Regulate first the stomach, second the
liver; especially the. first, SO as to per-
form their functions perfectly and you
win remove1at least nineteen.twentiethi
of all the ills that mankind is9heir TO, in
this OF any other climate. Hop Bitters
Is the only thing that viii give perfectly
healthy natural action to these two or
gans.- Mnsre Farmer.
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ROYAL SAYING.

1t was Alphonsus, surnamed the
Wise, King of Aragon, who used to say,
"That among SO many things as are by
men possessed or pursued in the course
of their lives, all the rest are baubles,
besides old wood to burn, old wine to
drink, old friends to converse with, and
old books to read.
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I KICKING j TIE BUCKET

The tradition among the slang fra
ternity as & the origin of this phrase is
that lone Bolsover, having hung him
self to beam while sstanding on the
bottom efia pail or bucket, kicked the
vessel away in order to pry into futuri-
ty, and it was all UP with him from
that moment-Fints!' ~
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STOCKfNGs

II Ia stated that Henry the Second, OF
Francs was the frst who wore silk
stockings, and this was on the occasion
Of Aisr sisters wedding TO The Duke of
Savoy,in 1509. Howell. In his History
eftas World, says that. in 1850, ,Quee6
Elizabeth was presented with pair OF
black silk knit stockings by her silk
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RUMPER

When the Roman Catholic religion
was in the ascendant in England, the
health of the Pope was usually drunk
in full glass Immediately after dinner
Gu bon psrs: hence the word Bumper. "
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THE311l5loMNIBUs.
A GatherGr and Disposer Of Other
10 D'''@ y. % Mems Stuf. -...a.. a..a- 81. II

It is regular omnibus; there is something In Il
ts evsrybodys taste. Those who like fat can have
It; so can they who like lean; as wen IS those who
prefer sugar, and those who choose pePper.--AYs1
TEkIEs OF PAkIs.
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HENRY's CARBoLIC sALvE.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum,
letter, q Chspped Hands. Chilblains,
Corns and all kinds of Skin Eruptions.
FreckIes and Pin1ples. BeSsure you get
HENRY CARBoI1G SALvE, AS all others
are bat limitations and lcounterfeits
Price .25 cents.