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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-05-23
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HUMOROUS.

"Harry. ron ought not to throw
away NICE breatl- Ike that; you may
want IL some day" ''Well. mother.
should / stand any better show OF get
TING In then if ate il nowFP 4
The widows of India having been
nrevented by the tyrannous English from
crematino themselves along with their
dead lords, have taken to second marri-
aces. They are determined TO sacrifice
themselves somehow. Farmer.
Two Philadelphia lawyers got INTO
n street fight the other day. Each swore
n he had a pistol he'd kill the other. AT
once a dozen were offered TO each by
spectato s. When they found how
anxious the popuiace was TO get rid OF
them. they swore friendship and vowed
TO live forever, to spite the town--fhtt-
ddelphid Press.
Some scientist in London has been
translating the songs of our -childhood
into the language of the learned The
little piping rhyme beginning " Twln-
kle. twinkle, little star" has been
changed into this rhetorical blast from
the trombone;
II sctptfllate. scintillate elobule vivific;
Fain would fathOm thy nature specihc.
Ioftily poised in ether capaciOus,
Strongly resembling gem carOonaceous-
Ma" howled boy running into
the house and approaching his mother,
INA. little brother hit me with stick.
swell, I'll whip your lite brother
said the mother. abStractedly tucklhg
together pairof stockings she had been
daTning. s.No. don't whip him. Don
| let him have any supper. whipped
/ him before he nit me- "-ArkdnSa0
/ TraUeieT.
A coupe OF darkeys were seated
on the steps of a store on BALDWIN
street, Elmira, where was displayeu
| LARGE quantity OF watermelons, when
one said. .sSambo. what would be the
consequences if we should pluck one OF
| dem MELONS an retire 10 de bed Oh de
| ole canal to test de quality OBJ de cores
al isn't very well wersed in de law,
lint Won take de melon an walk on wild
n under YOUR coat-tail. meantime III
90 roun' de corner and study de konse-
Suences. liliertOR IN " Argus.
A German paper has rather good
story about lady who, not feeling as
well as she liked. went to consult a
Dbysician. WELL" said the doctor
after looking at her tongue. feeling her
pulse. and asking her sundry questions
81 should advise YOU, yes, / should al.
wise vou-ahemi-to get married:
. Are YOU sing'e, doctorn' inquired the
fair patient, with a significant yet mod
est smile. II am. mein Fraulein; bul
IL is not e iquette. YOU know, for physl
clans to take the physic they prescribe.
} At party the other evening the
subject of faith was mentioned, wher
one Young lady remarked, in the Ian
, cyuaSe of Paul: Now, faith IS thu
, Substance OF things hoped Tor, and thu
evidence of things not sen. Where
mon a gentleman inquired: "Whe e i
t that quotation from?" "Why, it from
] Shakespeare" ok.ngly replied tn
Young lady. lis that SOP said tn
younS man; why. / thought it wa
! from Byron" His next Christina
4 present will be copy of the New Tesla
Z ment revised edition. .-.
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WILL NE Be WHIPPED. 10
THE FIRST INDICTMENT UNDER THE
LAW To LASH WIFE BEATERS.

A4a1FAAAe AAAAeLlGaAA
Alexander Fuss was indicted by
the grand Jury yesterday for as
saulting his wife with intent to do
her bodily harm.
Mr.. J. W. Rudolph, the attorney
for Mrs. Jennie Fuss, introduced
that lady to an American reporter
Yesterday, to whom she stated as
follows: ALEX. Fuss is my husband;
he has been in the habit of beating
me whenever he took a notion, for
some wears past. About four weeks
ago he came home with three hick
Dry saplings, ten feet long and three
inches in diameter, on his shoulder,
tied together; he threw them down
Immediately upon seeing me, and
without further provOcation select
ed one of the poles and commenced
to beat ME with IT, / resisted, and
ne said if / did not stop he would
poke my eye out; this he attempted
to do. when some of the neighbors
interfered, and when they took the
pole from him | was so weak / fell
iainting to the ground. The neigh
bors had him arrested that night,
and they have kept him in Jail oyer
since. er
Mr.. Rudolph says that Fuss is in
dicted under the law lately passed
providing that wife-beaters shall be
punished when convicted, by being
whipped on the bare back in front
IF the court house, the jury to as
sess the number of stripes and the
instrument with which the whip
ping is to be done. He also states
that he believes Fuss is the first man
indicted und er the new law.
After going before the grand jury
Yesterday, Mrs Fuss went into the
Circuit Court, and was granted
divorce from her husband, by Judge
Reed, on the ground of his cruel and
inhuman treatment towards her.
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A fact probably but little known is
that the United States nickel hVe-cent
piece furnishes key to metric measures
and weights. This coin Is two Genuine
ters in diameter and its weight Is hve
grammes. Five of them placed In row
will give the length of decimeter' and
two of them viii weigh decagramme'
As kiloliter is a cubic meter, the Key
of the measure is also the keyto meas
ure of capacity.-N. z. Tunes.
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The Rothschilds are virtual owners
of one.fifth of the fertile land in the
delta of the Nile. Their share in Egyp-
tan bonds is popularity estimated at
f12,O0O, 900. An envious anti-Semite
calculates that the income of Baron
Wilhelm Rothsehild is about f28 per
hour, or 9 shillings minute.
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OUR PLEDGE.

NO member shall make, buy, sell,
use furnish or cause 10 be furnished
70 others. as a beverage, any spirit
nous or malt liquors, wine or cider ;
and every member shalt discounten-
apcethe manufacture, sale and use
thereOf in al; proper ways.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-05-23

Our temperance work is conduct
Cd altogether too systematically.
We oughtto have temperance meet
fngs.in al our large towns and cit
les every week, If not more frequent
w. Churches should be more fully
aroused. The apathetic and care
less should be made To feel their re-
sponsibility, and the lukevarm
should be stirred to diligence and
duty. Literature should be- distrib-
ated. the heart OF the people
should be fired. The battle cry of
total abstinence and prohibition
should be sOunS 90 fQm the pulpit,
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The Boston Post is authority for the
statement that New Jersey druggist,
wishing to close out his stock, put his
prices 50 low that all the people in the
vicinity took medicine, because it was
cheap. po-
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1t is stated that S5,000,000 viii
barely cover the damage which the
Italian Government must make good In
the inundated districts, in the form OF
roads, bridges, and public buildings,
without touching the question OF aid TO.
the sufferers. ....... -A
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TIME OF MEETING.

MoRRIsrowN LODGE, No. ;, l. ..
Of G.. T.. meets in Good Templar
hall. over W. p. Carriger's drug
store. every Monday evening at half
mast s O'Clock.
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.TheEr works Do Follow Them

II "
One Of tho ordinary results that
follow the liquor traffic was witness
ed in our town last week, in the
horrible death of Mr.. William Court
nev. who. Is was announced in the
last issue Of THE GAZETTE, was run
over and killed by a railroad train
while in a state Of intOxication. Ii
was a more fOrcible illustration OF
the effects Of liquor drinking and OF
the liquor traffic than any temper
ance lecture or temperance sermon
chat has been delivered In Morris
town. How ID Is that our liquor
dealers can look on such scenes and
then eoOlly and deliberately pursue
their business, is beyond our com
prchension. II Is also passingly
strange that the people of our State
suffer their representatives TO pass
laws legalizing a business 50 neiari-
Gus I'm its results. If by the wrong
ful act or negligence of a railroad
company they injure the person or
property of another, they are liable
U damages. The same rule ought
u apply to liquor dealers; and if
men will sell liquor with all the
lights before them of the effects OF
their business, they ought to have
to answer forts consequences. DAILY
we see men staggering about our
streets and railroads, so intoxicated,
that they arc both physically and
mentally incapable of taking care
Of themselves and the great wonder
Is. that there arc not more accidents
of the character of the one above
referred to, than occur. Some men
sen liquor, others drink il. Fights
broils. contentious, accidents, crimes
Of every possible character, woe and
misery, and death and destruction
are its results. And yet men Objec
to prohibiting its sale, or even re
stricting it in any way other thar
other merchandise.
Ii Is not reasonable TO supPOsl
that there Is q single bar-keeper o.
any one else in Morristown, VIII,
believes that Mr. Courtney wOul'
have met the death that he did ha'
he not been under the influence o
liquor; and It is very certain that
no one had sold nor given him an.
lac would not have been under it
inhuence. Il may be true that W
have A. well regulated bars in Nor
ristown as the average town, We
our dealers know full well the re
salts that follow their business. Nh
Courtney is said to have a family
II this be true, they doubtless nee
his fitherly care and protection
vi AulS NuNN sAAN uNANAN ehhA y
whom? Is it the railroad compan
that has brought this trouble on thi
distressed family? The answe
comes back no, but il is the oft RI
peated story, they are unfortunat
victims TO the destroyer, rum. Bar
keepers, I lay this sin at your doors
Will YOU continue in n business 5
destructive in Its teRdencies2 Yo
are engaged in a business calculate
20 produce Just such results as tn
one referred 10, and why don't 20
change your business2 Mr.. Rum
seller, you are continually diggin
pits -iRtO which your fellOw-meI
your aeighbors, and even your be:
friends and relatives are falling da
", destroying both soul and bod
and YOU know IT, Why don
Won have the m ,nhOod to acknow
edge your error and turn from it?
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To CON 8 i NJ PTIV E S

The advertiser having been permanently cured
Of tIat dread disease, Consumption, by simple
remedy is anxious to make known to his fellow
sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire 1t,
he viii send 3 copy Of the prescription used Gree
Of chare. with the directions for preparing and
using the same, which they viii find q cure for
coughs colds, consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis,
etc Parties wishing the Prescription will please
address Rev. E. A. Wilson, l94 Penn st Williams
burg. N. " may 24-1 yr.
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platform and pres. soldiers should

be marshaiied for the conflict and
tie bugle note Of advance should
be heard all along the line This
would enthusc the young men apd
they wouId rally 10 our standards
INSURED with a faith and courage
that would lead them to do and
dare for God and temperance.
With such an awakening our
Young men would sc aroused TO sec
the glorious future thet lies before
him who espOuses temperance and
christianity rs his companions for
life.-ErchdRge.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-05-23

The New York Herald thinks it
will please Americans to know that
i'm the opinion of of Mrs. Langtry
our women sustain themselves hand
somely when contrasted with their
foreign sisters. zone sees many
more pretty faces here than in Eng
land, says the accomplished debW-
fdRfe; "they have beautiful hair aud
very pretty hands and feet. II
will astenish most of them TO hear
that they are too plump, for the cur
rent belief is that fullness of figure
is the rule in England. As for the
manners Of our women, they are
pronounced charming; so free and
open; x q such lack of self-cOn-
seriousness" and more to the same
effect. What the English beauty
SAYS about American dress is exact
w in the line Of home criticism; she
finds that ladies here dress too well
when going into the street and not
we'll enough when going to the the
alter. Taken altogether, Mrs. Lang
try's opinions will satisfy American
women that there i one competent
Judge whoentirely appreciates them.
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Prohibition on the a. o. U. w.

Kans-@ Prohihitionist.
Grand Master Workman, NJ. Ez-
ekiel. of Topeka, has issued the fol-
lowing order:
INV attention has been called TO
the fact that some lodges in this
State violate the provisions of sec
ton of article IL, Of the subordi-
nate lodge constitution. IL IS the
duty OF every member Of the lodge
to see that the provisions Of the sec
ton is enforced, and shall not hes
itate to suspend the charter OF a
lodge which / am satisfied Is negh-
GENT in the matter of enforcing this
law. ] hereby charge the Master
Workman of each lodge with the
duty of at once ascertaining wheth-
er any member of his lodge is gull
" of violating said section ! ; and
when he finds any member guilty
of such violation, that he report the
same to the lodge, and that such
lodge forthwith proceed in the prop
er manner U try such offender and
inflict the proper punishment upon
the member found guilty.
an. EZEKIEL,
Grand Master Workman"
The provision of section l-Of ar
ticle III. OF the constitution Of subor.
dinate lodges, referred to in said
above order, reads:
"That no lodge in this grand ju
risdiction shall knowingly receive
into. or retain in its body, any mar
who daily or habitually uses mail
or distilled liquors to excess AnC
any lodge offending against the pro
visions OF this section shall, on sat
isfactory proof of same, be deprived
of its charter by the grand lodge, o.
Grand Master Workman when TIT
rrand lodge Is not ia session.
Prohibition is telling everyw here
We had a long talk with Crane
Master Workman Ezekiel, and b
assured Us that his general orde
| meant business. "Our order cannO
afford to pay $4,000 every mont
Tor dead drunkards;' and Mr.. Eze
liel said that whenever proof wa
furnished him that a lodge retaine
A member in the habit Of gettini
drunk, without proceeding agains
him, he would take the bulltby th
horns and deprive the lodge OF 1t
charter.
Will the Odd Fellows and Mason
Call into line and issue general OF
iers to enforce sObriety in thel
lodgesP They, too, are temperate
lodges. If the lodges join tn
churches, and temperance men an
women of the land, together wit
the railroads, that are issuing Pre-
hibitory orders to the employees an
the manufacturing houses and pack
inc houses follow suit, the drums
ard makers pursuit will 90 up IN
spout-PrOhibitio will be crown
+ ing success. All hail to the orde
Of Workmen Of Kansas! Gran
Master Workman Ezekiel has take
a step upwards.
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ERRORS OF YOUTH.

; gentleman who suffered for years from Ner-
yous Debility, Premature Decay, aud all tbs af.
fects OF youthful ipdiscretion, win Tor the sake
~ suffering humanity send free to all who need
ii the receipt and direction for making the simple
remedy by -gbich he was cured. Sufferers wishine
to profit by the advertisers experiences can do 70
by addressing in perfect confidence
John B. Ogden, ~ Cedar St., New York
may al yr.
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D. A. NELSON, M. D.,

once over ". p Carriger's Drug Store, where
be can be found day or night, unless professional
ly absent
twelve months or longer need not eau on me Tor
professional services under any circumstances.
49, s a2 oct "A 1882 tt
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APEPSIA.

witch No doubt is the greatest scientific preparc-
ton vet discovered for the cure of dyspepsia Ia al
its FORMS and refers to thousands OF laats anu
e,tieTnen of the highest respectabil1ty that nave
5aen enred of cases pronounced incuraDie oy the
hest physicians in the country The tnho"ihg
references should be sufficient TO convince Tue
most sceptical: v,tn I'D
Mr. Albert Howard, of the Howard Wateh ana
fInek Co , ia fremont street, Boston; PROF. %
Eronlerg Is Moves Place, Boston; DR. Sa,nues W.
ADAMS p o Box 1913, New York City; MI A. h.
clark arm of Clark Bros. Co., Philadt Iphla, Fa'
case of twenty years standing; Matthew hoolnson'
S0a North street Philadelphia, Pa case OF dyspep-
80 ertigo. Villa a Gallagher, record otlce, Phl-
adelphia; Frank c. Smink, business manager head-
inc Iron Works Reading, Pa Moses Ihompsoii'
rIS, PP & W. b. X. r.; Miss Kate s. VII
lard Seminole s. O.; Capt Geo. NJ weymouth
savannah, Ga i; Clarence ). Conncrat SavAn sar
Ga. They furnish the bess OF references Wiz Ir4t
sverv State in the Union when required. Write
Them at 2I9 Levant street, Philadelphia, IA.
Apepsia is sold by all Morristown prugglssS'
Price rs cents per bottle after Jan. LIST, 1883.
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1. C.. sHEPAR D,
A Word to Our Readers

xKEHEN you read of a medicine that VIII cure .afe
NJ all diseases beware of it, for every sc'entihc
SSs,c;an on earth knows how faIlacious such
R.ayys,nants are But when you read of a medicine
COMPOUNDED by regular physician and SURGEON
of Iioh standing that claims to cure only ceftaa
disease and furnishes high proof that 1t does tls
vou can safely try it. and with the assurance tnAt
4 Will cure YOU DIR. v. r. STONE, late physician
and surgeon of the U. s. A., has placed DeIore tue
nnhlic q nreparation called
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-05-23

LfsMontmOrencia l. fine actor,
said Brown. yes" replied Fogg,
she's what you might call a super
fine actor"
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KNOXVILLE
Fire Insurance Company.
Office East Tennessee National Bank I.
Capital Stoeks1O0.OO
1oFF1cERS .

- d. A. CARPENTER, PRESIDENT.
s1s F. III. eMcCLUNG, VICE PRESIDENT
W. II. SIMM0NDS, vta- 5fs
SEC. & TREAS.
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LINIMENT.
LlNII NJ ENT.

This preparation is now being used by,
and has the highest endorsement OF, the
leading stock dealers Of the South, many
of whom have given voluntarily, strong
certificates of its wonderful merit in the
treatment of stock to whichit is specially
adapted. No farmer or owner OF horses
and mules can we'll afford to be without
it, as the timely application of this Llnl-
ment will save many valuable animals;
and restore them to usefulness. In con-
junction with it should be used the
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o-u~o .a,al far hAndsons Illustrated stand
AGENTS Wanteu ..sBOOks & Bibles
~ n orsee selling f ssery.heEs LbeyAi ssssns
~ N. Carrot son a. Co, y College St N-shs's' sA
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nrREGToRS
FINANCE COMMITTEE:
STOCKHOLDERS

JOSEPH JAQUESs Z. j. SANFORD
O. M MCGHEE, =. 4. LUChE1
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-09-12
Good TempIars i'm Ohio.

The Good Templars of Ohio are
leading grandly in the battle for
Prohibition.
The Order has doubled its mem
bership in the State in the past
nine months. Mr.. Harry b. White,
G. w. G. T., Toledo, Ohio, has sent,
circulars to Lodges in Indiana and
other States, soliciting aid, promis-
ing that the favor shall be recipro-
Gated when the Prohibition battle
cry is raised by their neighbours
With the solid front of the Good
Templars, the united prayers and
labors of the devoted and faithful
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, the combined allies of all
the Christian denominations, and
good men and women of every
name and class, all charging the
devils headquarters, there is a
trepidation and perturbation in
Ohio's whisky ranks, such as new
er before witnessed.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-09-12
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Mrs. Parsons of Keyser w. G. t.
u. conducted devotional service at
2 p. M, Mrs. Baldwin making the
opening prayer. The service at 8 p.
M, was opened by Mrs, Martin of
Baltimore, followed by an address
by Mr.. G. A. Hilton of Washing
ton, D. c.
OAKLAND GOOD TEMPLARs.
During the singing of a soul-stir-
ing song by the choir and before
Mr.. Hilton spoke, the Organization
of Good Templars from Oakland in
full regalia, headed by Rev. Mr..
Jones of same place, marched up
the center aisle and took seats in
front of the platform. Rev. Jones,
in behalf of the Organization made
an eloquent response to the well
come rendered them by Miss Jen-
ME Smith Mr.. Hilton who is in
possession of startling facts and fig
ures which cannot be controverted
as they were secured from the rec
ords at Washington by himself, oc-
cupied the remaining time allotted
to this service, which time was too
short to afford him an opportunity
to more than refer to the main
points, and figures without detail.
Many were disappointed at not
hearing his address in full.
EVENING SESSION.
Mr.. Hilton also preached at night
and closed with an earnest exhor-
tation to sinners to flee the wrath
to come, in response to which sew
eral arose for prayers, others pres,
ented themselves at the alter, and
two were verified.
The spiritual interest of the meet
ing has continued to increase up tc
this time TUESDAY evening" and
bids fair to continue indefinitely.
have tried to report the main
points, which l leave you tc
embelish in your own way. Every
one leaves feeling the better
for having been here and all unan
imously vote the whole affair sue
cess and Sister Smiths entertain
ment and care for her guests
the very perfection of Christian hos
| pitality. j. M. r.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-09-12

serve, to give the wise measures
adopted la "unanimousness" thou
sand-fold more forcible and irresist-
ible than comes of the noisiest ac-
carnations that ever reverberate
against the roof over the drunken
bedlam of the modern political
convention.
HARMONY AND GRACE.
What with State and Interstate
w. c. T. U. Convention, r. R. EN-
ployes Mass Meeting, Children's
Meeting, Good Templars and, what
not ? all combined, it was feared by
some that the gathering would
prove an unwieldy conglomeration.
But on the contrary the ease and
grace with which the body was
transposed from this to that and
the other, with Miss Taylor, Jen-
ME Smith, Miss Sherman and 9TH
ers in the chair, alternately and
INTERCHANGEABLE, was most delight
full to behold.
SMOOTHING THE WAY.
One thing was especially observ-
able in the Convention. If the
dear, good women were not always
over nice as to parliamentary tech
nicalities, they interspersed enough
of prayer and song into the proceed
ing to smooth the way over all
knotty questions.
ALL w. C. T. us.
In this Woman's Convention we
could but note the irresistible ten
dency of the gentlemen present to
take full hand in all the moving,
voting and speaking, so deeply did
they become absorbed in all the
proceedings Indeed, every man
present seemed to US to consider
himself member of the w. G. Il.
U. in full fellowship.