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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-10-25

Little Miss Marietta, daughter of
Mr.. 2. w. Ewing, has been very
sick this week. She has diptheria,
we understand.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-10-25

DR.. J. A. Sumpter was taken i'll
this week and it was feared he
would have pneumonia. DIR. G. G.
Alternately was telegraphed for and
returned to Pulaski Monday night.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-10-25

The following taken from the
Guntersville (Ala.) Democrat lets
a cat out. Some OF our boys won
dered amazingly what kept our Mr..
Hansell away all last week, and
here it is: r. C. Hansell, a hand
some young man of Pulaski, Tenn,
was in GIntersville several days
last week, and was so charmed with
some of the young ladies here
about that he fingered till the
steamer left him, and he had to Sc
cure private conveyance to Wood
vile,
The Baltimore County union., 1883-02-10
BY AND BY.

There is music enough in these three
little words for the burden of song.
They are full of hope-hope for the
fuiure-hopc felt by many 4 human
heart-hope bright and glowing in an
iicipa,ion of the joys Of happy days.
.'By and by" Familiar words We
heard them long ago, when but child
ourself, as to baby brother just COM
mencing brief journeys from chair to
chair, mother said, "By and by" "By
and by" lisps the little boy as he looks
forward to the time Of exchanging his
frocks and pantale,s for trousers and
jacket. "By and by" thinks the youth,
as the last term OF his school days is
ending. "By and by" ponders the
young man, while at his trade or in his
clerkship. "By and by" again is heard,
as his plans Of life are forming. And
"by ard by" whispers the maiden. "By
and by" and the locks are silvercd DER.
Sometimes these words sound like :
song, sometimes like sigh or a sob
but ''by and by" has more sweetness
than sorrow. The burden Of its them,
is anticipation; and though thrice and
oft the reality eludes the grasp, fresh
hopes succeed, and phantom.likc and
fitting they lure onward. Manytime:
have these little words beguiled us, and
still the memory off that silvery "by-and
by" like the sunrise OF OSsian, is pleas
ant but mournful to the soul.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-02-10
AGRICULTURAL.

ZONES rushed into the Office OF the
H1nkIr .SaMashfyRr the other day. There
was wild look in his eye and copy Of
the .SgNGShiTHc in his hand.
"Did you put that piece in here 2"
he demanded, pointing with a trembling
finger to a paragraph stating that salt
scattered about the yard would kill
fowl.
"rhat ?" said the editor, inquiring-
", stopping in the midst Of his editorial
and laying down his paste. brush "yes,
that's mine. What of its True, amt
it?"
"Yes, that's just what's the matter"
said Jones, "and you may stop my pa
per right of, do you hear ?"
"Oh, yes; certainly" said the editor.
"John," he called out, ''stop Jones
paper"
"Any,hing else, Mr.. Jones1"
"Yes, there is something else -
shrieked Jones, maddened at the edi-
tors coolness. "l'd like to know wha,
you put such things in your paper for.
There's Smith, who lives next door to
me. He got your rascally sheet Saiur'
day night, and Monday morning, sir,
his yard was full Of dead hens-my hens,
sir He'd salted his vegetable garden,
the villain, and all along Of that con-
founded piece Of yours !"
The editor delegated the big pressman
to show Jones out, remarking that he
was glad to have such unprejudiccd cor
roboration Of the truth Of his last week,
statement.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-02-10
KNEE. E.BREEcHEs VS.. rRowsERs.


@ftH foFN fFHfsNTF.
Miss Kate Field declares herself in
favor Of knee breeches for men, and
has no words strong enough to denounce
the hideous trowsers Of the present
day. She says in evening dress il is
impossible to distinguish at ball or re-
cepiion between the gentleman and the
waiter; that the waiter is sometimes
mistaken for the gentleman and the
gentleman for the waiter. If men at
evening entertainments would wear knee
breeches this confusion ofidentity would
be impossible. We agree with Miss
Field that the knee-breeches and stock
ings, following the wave line OF the limbs,
present much superior artistic effect
to the eye than the trowsers, which are
rs plain and monotonous as fiour.bag
but then il is only one man in FIVE, in
this country n; least, that has the legs
that will stand the exposure of tight
fitting knee breeches and stockings, and
as the majority, who are without calves,
have an interest in retaining the SUI
premacy Of trowsers, the day of knee
breechcs is yet far distant. Miss Field
in repelling the charge somebody made
that knee-brecches a IA Oscar Wilde
were unmanly, pointed to the fact that
the fifty-one signers of the Declaration
of independence all wore knee-breech-
es, and were finer men than could be
raked up nowadays. But this is prac-
tical, quick moving age, and knee
breeches are too slow. A man can
jump into pair of pants in two seconds,
when it would take him a quarter Of an
hour to fix up the arrangement of knee
breeches AMI long stockings. II it be
all the same to Miss Field We will manage
to get along in trowsers.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-02-10
WOMEN AS spEcuLAroRs.

\ dispatch from Cory, Pa, says:
"The recent action of the Bradford
School Board, forbidding speculations
in oil by the school teachers OF that city,
was no doubt well.timed. The stories
of men who have seen fortunes disap-
pear in oil have long since become old,
and the occasional notice the unfortu.
nate one receives has in il an air Of
apology for intruding such thrice told
tale on the public. But the increasing
part that women are taking in this traffic
Is a matter for asioniShment If not for
alarm. Their losses are. of course, stu
diously concealed, and also for the most
part the fact that they have invested
Reports are, however, beginning to leak
on; that many prominent ladies through
out the region OF greatest speculation
find their fortunes seriously impaired.
One lady ina neighboring town CHANGED
her investment Just At the time when oil
became unsteady and lost sra,
Another, whose speculation began ina
little banter with broker friend as to
the possibility of $3.50 oil, lost nearly
As much. These are not solitary cases.
There are the young ladies who, through
some broker. place such small sums as
they are able to command. One Of
these who bought on a rising market
soon found herself gamer of $500
She was sure that this was but begin.
ming. and as promise of other things
hoped for she bought fur-lined cloak
and invested all her available funds in
oil again. She lost, of course but
afterwards, while listening to the con-
dolences Of friend, suggested, with a
satisfied glance At the cloak, tina, Prov
idence had At leas, found a new way OF
tempting the wind TO the shorn lamb.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-02-10
THE LITTLE BANANA PEEL


Like bar Of the beaten gold
CLEAN In the summers sun
I AN little, know, but think I can throw
a man that will weigh ton.
.end out no challenges bold,
4 blow me no vaunting horn,
Bat tooliih IL he who tFeadeth on me
He'll wish he had ne'er been born.
like the aower Of the field vain man
0oeth forth at the break Of day,
bnt when he shall feel my grip on his heel
Like the stubblc he fadeth away;
Ior liz him high up In the air.
With his heels where his head ought TO be;
Vuhe down coming crash he maketh bis mash.
And know he's clear gone upon me.
fam scorned by the man who buys me;
am modest and quiet and meek;
Ihongh my talents are Few. yet the work that d.
Has of made the cellar doors creak.
I'm > blood red republican born.
And Nihilist fearless be;
1honfh the head wear n crown, would bring IL
pride down,
II itset its proud heel upon me.
-HarPer's MaJasiHs.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-02-10
MAUNEEN.

~. fslr dove-eyed maid from that Isle Of the
!. = .nreAn,
7S>~>-. - ada 9 skiss kiss the emerald earth.
Now ihs where the turf, though less green, Is as
cndcr
And light in its touch as the land Of her birth.
She folla4ei her lover across the wide ocean.
To whsm until death she had plighied her faith.
Like its ands l. tie measure of woman's devotion
When kve or when Duty's behests she obeyet
But the fair maid Of Erin who journeyed 80 fondly
To hnd her beloved in the land of the west,
Only met the Dark Reaper and nov -leepe,h
soundly.
Her aower-iiko hands pressed to her too faith
ful breast. g. Sidnsg.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-02-10

b9When you bury animosity never
mind putting up tombstone.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-02-10

p9-Ittanspires that hanging is shered-
itary. A man was recently hanged at
Quebec whose father and grandfather
died on the gallows. II you love your
children, fathers, try and keep from be-
ing hung. g.-CfHdHRd Saturday Night.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-02-10

8. PARKER B0sLEY,
ATTORNEY AT Law AND SOLICITOR IN
cHANcERY,
ROOMS Nos. 9 AND Z MASONIC HALL,
T0wsoNTowS. Nd,
Exespt Friday and Saturday Of each week CO
which days once at
IS SARATOGA STREET, BALTIMORE.
&rMOHEY L0AHED.VSa
Claims prosecuted In any Of the Departments in
Washington.
PENSIONS AND INCREASE or PENSIONS
OBTAINED.
Jan.Ie,' ,'ee.-tf
The Baltimore County union., 1883-02-10

EXTENSIVE STOCK
Fine Diamond, Pearl, Coral,
Amethyst and Cameo Sets,
Etruscan aad Enamel Sets,
Opera, Leontine and Vest
Chains. Necklaces, Lockets,
Pendants. 4c.
English and American Gold and Silver Watches.
Fine Silver Ware, my own manufacture.
Treble Silver Plated Ware,
Table Cutlery, Fine Bronzes, &c.
All description Of HAIR JEwELRY made, and
REPAIRIrG done in the ncatesi manner A
call 10 respectfully solicited. April s,'s3y.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-02-10
na-"Haye won evaporated apples D

b@-"Have you evaporaied apples 2"
she asked Of a grocer. "Not any on
hand just now, ma'am," he replied.
"Don't you keep theml" "well, |
set out to, but l got discouraged. I
rolled a barrel of Baldwins out in front
one morning, and before noon half the
lot had evaporated and disappeared
I prefer to deal in the solid fruit"
The Baltimore County union., 1883-02-10
THE PROOF. READERS TROUBLES.

Speaking of contributors 10 the news.
papers. writer saws: There is the min
ister, who sends in mere skeleton of 4
sermon. a page Of which looks like the
top of 4 iea-boX covered with Chinese
hieroglyphics, all disconnected, with
Scripture proper names written in dots
and dashes. the whole affair 4 complete
enigma. However, he knows il will be
all right, and that the printers and proof.
reader will unravel it, no matter il they
are fit subjects for the mad house before
they get through with il. Then there
is the localreporter. Well. he is good
fellow and means well he has troubles
OF his own; but if he spells a mans
name four different ways in an item
three inches long, he knows the proof
reader will drop everything, rush around,
find a directory or something else and
fix i, all right before it goes into the pa.
per. Also comes the statistical fiend,
with his figures all presenting the same
appearance. but not having time to cast
up his columns for totals, knowing the
proof.reader is bound TO fix them up
There are also country correspondents,
the young poet, the scientist. and the
linguistical Smart Aleck, who can't
write five lines without scattering in bits
of French, Latin and Spanish, to show
that he has been there F; il matters not
whether he gets his foreign words right
or not, the proof reader must scratch
around and get everything right some
how, or the next day he will hear from
the powers in the sanctum. In fact, to
be a success. the proof-reader should be
an animate cyclopedia, with the pa
tience OF Job and the endurance Of ad-
amant-but he is not, hence his troubles.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-03
Sweet Minded Woman.

So great is the influence of a
sweet minded woman to those
around, that it is almost boundless.
1t is to her that friends come in sea-
son of sorrow and sickness for help
and comfort; one soothing touch OF
her kindly hand works wonders on
the feverish child; a few words let
fall from her lips III the a of a
sorrowing sister does much to raise
the load OF grief that is bowling Its
victim down to the dust in anguish.
The husband comes home, worn out
with the pressure of business aud
feeling irritable with the world III
general; but when he enters the
COW sitting room, and sees the blaze
of the bright fire and meets his wife's
smiling face, he succumbs in a mo-
ment to the oothinginhuence which
acts as the balm of Gilead to his
wounded spirits that are wearied
with combating with the stern real
tiles of life. The rough school boy
flies in a rage from taunts OF ms
companions to fiud solace in his
mothers smile; the little one, full OF
grief with It's o6n large trouble,
finds a haven of rest on his mothers
breast. And so one might go on
with instance after instance of the
influence that a sweet-minded wo-
man has il this social life with
which she is connected. Beauty is
an insignificant power when COM
pared with hers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-03
just Why Papa Weakened.

But, Papa"
Not another word" sand the per-
SON thus addressed, IA tail, handsome
man IN whose deep brown hair IA
unge of gray Was gust beginning To
show. "Yon know, my child" he
continued, that nothing could give
me more pain than refusing any
wish of yours, and that | am never
SO happy and free from are as when
some act of mine has made your life
brighter. But this request / cannot
grant A seal-skin sacque with fur
trimmings By my halidom, you
Jest brayely-" and turning hasti-
ly away, Dunstan Perkins stepped
~ the sideboard and took a drink.
For an instant Lillion stood in the
conservatory, looking steadily down
at the heavy velvet carpet in which
her shapely feet sunk deeply, but
presently the spirit of desolate lone
illness seemed to leave her, and going
quietly into an adjoining room she
began eating pie.
In a few moments her father came
into the apartment. Perhaps | was
rather harsh with you, Lillian" he
began.
But the girl interrupted him.
Don't speak of it again dear papa
she said, because | know that you
really have no money to spare.
While | was mending your overcoat
last evening | saw that note from
Daisy" and | would not"
You saw the note ?" asked Mr..
Perkins in hoarse, agonized tones.
Yes, papa but you know | new
err"
How much will asealskin sacque
cost ?"
Three hundred dollars" and as
the gerl spoke these words a baleful
light shot from her eyes.
You can have the money to NOR
row." he said, and went slowly out
of the room.
Il thought my darling papa would
Seaken," said the girl, and lifting
the fork slowly to her lips, the last
OF the pie WAS gone.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-03
Shaving a DeafMAn.

Quietly entering the barber shop,
the stranger removed his hat and
coat, and taking a card from his
pocket wrote on it:
Il want TO be shaved"
4 barber stepped forward, read
the card, and pointed to a chair, said
to the other artist:
Deaf as a brass kettle and dumb
as an oyster"
The man Strengthened himself out
in the chair, when this manipulation
began lathering his face.
The deaf cuss has a cheek like a
stone wall" he said, when a general
laugh followed.
stick a pin in him and see if he
is entirely dumb said another.
The victim remaining undisturbed
the following shots We're fired at him
by the delighted tonsorial artists:
"He needs a shampoon ; his head
is dirtier than a cesspool."
Shave him with a stool leg don't
spoil your razor on that stubble."
Gracious what a breath! 1t smells
like a Dutch band of music."
He ought to rem that for a
headlight" etc.
While all these complimentary
illusions were flying about him, the
operation of shaving was finished,
and the man arose, put on his coat,
and then turning to the barber,
said:
How much for the shave and
compliments p
I'LL" gasped the astonished
man. "Oh, nothing-nothing, call
again, excuse"-and as the stranger
left the shop the discomfited BARRIERS
swore they would never believe in a
deaf and dumb man again until
they had first fired a ten-pound can
non about his ears.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-03

The Boston Pod very properly de-
nounces "the miserable gush thai
is always put in the papers about
new babies. The Post man is right
The nuisance is much more serious
than is generally supposed. The
growing unwillingness of the young
men 10 marry has never been salts.
factorily explained, and there is
every reason to suppose the real OBJ
lection is not the expense of face
powder. ETC., but the inevitable local
item about the new arrival. Men
r naturally modest, and they
would rather go through life in a
state of single misery. than to be
congratulated, through the press, on
the consequence of their rashness.
This is a free country, but when the
press interferes with the census,
something should be done to curb
the unbridled license of the daily
papers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-03

A bridal couple boarded the trair
at Kemptville the other day. The
groom was a strapping fellow, and
squeezed the bride into a seat mex
the window. Some of the train
hands who were posted put the
newsboy up to bringinging in a box
of b~aby-rattles and offering the EN-
barrassed party their choice for five
cents. All sorts of excuses were of
fered by the man as reasons for moi
buying. Finally be made a clean
breast of the situation with: See
here, young teller, I've only been
married a little over fifteen minutes
Give us a rest. We don't want to
set up housekeeping right here in
the a Keep your tinware, and I'll
be along next year. If the returns
are satisfactory, Ill buy your hull
caboodle."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-03

Sir Waltes Scott was in the habit
of employing in literar, work q Ger
man student aamed Weber. Being
an interesting person, he became a
f~avprite with Scots household. and
often dined with them Sir Walter,
knowing that Weber was inclined to
drink too freely, encouraged this
intimacy, that he might keep him as
much as possible from temptation.
When Sir Walter left Edinburgh at
Christmas. 1913, tbetwo parted kind
". and on the day after his return
Weber was with him in the library,
as usual, making extracts. As the
light began to fail Scott leaned back
in his chair. and was about 10 ring
for candles when. seeing the German
looking at him with unusual solem-
nitv he asked what was the matter,
"Mr. Scott" said Webor, rising. you
have long insulted me, and can
bear it no longer. | have brought a
pair of pistols, and must insist on
your taking one of them instantly"
And he produced the weapons which
tad been placed under Scots pa
pers. you are mistaken, | think,
said Scott, lin your way OF setting
about this affair-but no matter. 1t
can, however, be no part OF your
object 10 annoy Mrs. Scott and the
children; therefore, if you please, we
will put the pistols into the drawer
till after dinner, and then arrange
to 90 out together like gentlemen
Weber answered with the same cool
ness: Il believe that viii he better"
and laid the second pistol on the ta-
bile. Scott locked both in his draw
er, saving: Il am glad YOU felt the
propriety of my suggestion; let me
only require further that nothing
NAV occur at dinner to give my
wife any suspicion of what has been
passing" Scott then went TO his
dressing room. and immediatelvse sent
a message tn one of Weber's intimate
companions, who came and took
him away. He had been on a long
walk through the Highlands, during
which he hand drank So heavily as
to unsettle his mid. He became a
hopeless lunatic, aud until his death.
was supported at SCOTS expense
in an asvIum at York. But for the
novelist's self control, there would
have been a murder in that quiet
library.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-03

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lion,-the oldest, best and most val
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No disease or i'll health can possibly
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They give new life and vigor TO the
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No matter what your feelings or
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allment is, use Hop Bitters. Don't
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Bitters at once. 1t may save your
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Do not suffer or let your friends
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Remember, Hop Bitters is no
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-03

William II. Vanderbilt receives
four times per appum q check for
sl76,0O0interest on the United States
bonds he holds (enough to keep .
man from WANT, and yet it is a but
q 1.-THE of his enormous wealth. 1t
Is certain that he is the richest man
now living aud it is probable that he
is worth more than any two men
that eve lived tT Gould, perhaps,
be excepted the most Of it made
within the past twenty-five years.
He is believed to own more than
s100,000,0O0 of railroad securities.
besides his government bonds pay
ing him s7O4,000 per annnm.
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for wood again.

y WoOu again.
A few weeks after | wanted some
money purity bad. | wanted to send
Johnnie and Nellie back TO school.
and | was bound that they should
have some clothes st TO wear. |
asked Caleb a number oftimes to let
me have some, but he made all kinds
ofexcuses. | don't tell him what |
wanted of it, mind you.
So one day along comes a peddler
that bought butter and eggs. had
considerable on hand that Caleb was
to carry iato the city when he had
time. So | sold every pound ofbut-
ter and every egg | had in the
house. | got nigh unto $500 for
them.
When Caleb came home | told
him | had sold the butter and
eggs.
How much did you get?" SEE
be.
| told him.
Where's the money!" said he.
I've got it, SEE L.
WELL says he, Nancy alters give
me the money she took for eggs and
butter
She did, says |, and so did
Daniel
He got tired o holdin' Nancy up
afore my eyes, for | would offset her
with Daniel every time. He found
| was powerful sot in my way, and
he thought he might as well lei me
have my " way, an 80 he SCI, l
don't mean to be- ugly, bat won I
Toe trod on by any body
When he wouldn't let me hev
what | wanted, I'd sell something
every time. sold two tons OF hay
one time, when | knew he hadn't
enough 10 winter ms critters. Soon
the whole, he found | wasn't afraid
of him, and he behaves quite decent.
told MIN not long ago that he was
CROWN clever.
But | notice he has improved, and
lay it to his training.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-03
\ Postomce Robbed.

The postof1ce at Monroeton, Brad
lord county, was entered by burglars
early Saturday morning. The safe
was blown open, and several hun
dred dollars. In stamps were taken.
together with some registered letters.
The postmaster, ID. J. Sweet, also
lost $500 in money and some valua-
bic papers. eindications are that
the work was done by professional
cracksmen.
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The Legislative Clerkships.

HARRISBURG, December 24.-The
contest for the Clerkship of the
House seems to be between Harry
J. McAteer, of Huntingdon, and 7,
Gray Meek, of Centre, both x-Rep-
resentatives, with the chances in fa-
vor of McAteer. Ex-Recorder
Greevy, of Altoona, is also a candi-
date and hopes to slip in as a COM
promise candidate.