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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-29
Cost of Modern Armies.

A detailed comparison of the cost en-.
tailed by standing armies shows some
very curious results, which the COnstitat
tionnel gives In a compact form. Among
the great Powers, England of course
stands pre-eminent for the extravaganza
of its expenditure, the annual cost of each
man in the army being 3,5OM OF s14O,
while for the Indian army the cost pei
man is 1,500f, or about half. Next but
at long interval, comes Austria Hun
gary with an expenditure of about s51;
then France and Germany, the latter of
which countries spends just s43 per an
mum per man. The other two great
Powers each spend a little less than Ger
many, but the difference is exceedingly
small Italy appears to pay Just under
940 and Russia just over 938, which is,
as will be observed, not very much
more. than a quarter Of the expense re-
quired by the British soldier. On the
other hand, table showing the proper
ton of money spent ON the army to the
general expenditure of the countries tells
very different tale, and almost reverses
the positions on the list of the several
European Powers. It appears from the
calculation made by the Co1sstitutiora,sel
that there is paid toward the army in
England and the colonies only IL per
cent Of the budget, and this percentage
is the same in the case of Italy. Austria
Hungary occupies the next place, with a
proportion of 19 per cent, and next como
the two rivals, France and Germany.
with a similar total of 21 per cent, Rns-
sia bringing up the rear with an expen-
diture of % per cent or double that of
England It is estimated that the main.
tenance of the army cost annually to eacL
head OF the population about IS. Sd. III /.
Italy, rs. Id. in Russia, 8s Cd in Ger
many, 12s. 4d. in France. and 12s. Cd,
In great Britian. -Ler6en Gishs -
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-29
Money Pufred AWAY in Smoke.

1t is startling truth that New York
pays more for cigars than bread, and
this is easily seen when individual cigar
bills run up TO $500 per annum. I
know one man who was unable to save
anything on an income of $12, 1000 a
year. and who gave among the reasons
that II cost him $40 per week for cigars.
II all his expenses were at such rate
there could be very little chance at ac-
cumulation. There are many smokers
who average 100 cigars week. These
are the men who build up such fortunes
as the Gilseys and. others have made.
Peter Gilsey landed in New York poor
emigrant. He was a piano maker, but
opened cigar shop in the Bowery,
which his wife attended while he wrought
at his trade. From this humble begin
ming Gilsey became one of the most ex-
tensiye dealers In the city. He had at
one time nearly a dozen cigar shops.
md he left an estate worth g, ,o00, 600,
The GiIsey House is one of his crea-
Hons, and the splendid establishment
known as the "Gilsey Building" cor
per Of Broadway and Courtland street,
h another.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-29
New York CITY.

New York has, according to the Unit.
ed States census of 1880, 1,206, SIT in.
habitants, Of whom 500, 762 are males
and 615, ,815 females.
New York has floating population oi
about 80, 1000. This includes soiourners
at hotels, boarding and lodging houses,
and emigrants temporarily stopping in
town. GuCt& 5afGft@
New York expended for amusements,
theaters, operas and shows about 81, 900,
600 last year, and in the drinking places
nearly $50, 900, C00-the latter expendit-
ure resulting in the arrest of 48, 191 per-
sons for intoxication.
New York's accession of population
by birth last year was about 81, 900 its
loss by death just 81, 1866.
In New York live 213, 467 families, oc-
cupying 81, 126 dwelling houses.
New York weddings last year reached
the number of 20, 900. Il
New York supports 145, TAG males be-
tween the ages of 10 and 80 years, and
172, TIT females between the same ages.
About 80, 900 of the latter are domestics.
The New York police arrested last
year II 500 persons, 47,798 of whom
were held, while %, 500 were discharged.
Grimes of violence are on the increase.
In 1880 they numbered 5, 100.
The New York city prisons opened
their doors last year to 30, ,825 persons of
Incorporate habits. The police stations
furnished lodgings to 100, ,084 men and
women who had nowhere else to sleep.
New York's organized charitable soci-
cites disbursed q, 900, 600; and IA, 765
persons were committed by the Commits
sicners of Public Charities and Correc-
ton to the almshouses, prisons, hospit-
ais, nurseries, schools and asylums.
New York's Sunday school scholars of
all denominations number 115, ,S26, in
41S Sunday schools. tSdi 5F5i.aa
New FORKS street Arabs, growing up
without instruction, and learning to be
criminals, form an army Of over 10. 900.
York Sun. a
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-29

A man who is deficient in fine man.
ners Ia likely to commit many errors In
dealing with others, whether they are
his interiors or superiors in position, so
cial standing or age The mistake an
inferior Is likely to commit in dealing
with his superior is to act as though he
were the latter's equal, and the danger
to which the superior Is subject, In con-
yersing with his inferior, Is the dam
ger of asserting, or over-asserting, his
superiority, instead of leaving it to the
other tosestablish the fact by insensibly
conceding IL But your equal obviously
can commit either blunder. He may be
arrogant and presuning, or he may
show himself apologetic, timid and un-
easy r. Either blunder serves to intro
duce an element of awkwardness and dis
comfort into the conversation, and, If the
blunder be Ie one, of large proper
hons, renders the situation iDtol-
cradle. he has no sense Of the
fitness of things, and you suffer In
consequence. Another thing that is in.
consistent with good breeding ia vulgar
familiarity. A person of fine manners
is never familiar with his superiors. even
ostensibly; never familiar with his In
feriors in reality, and not often familiar
even with his equals. Horse play is an
extreme type of familiarity, and should
be the exclusive amusement of country
pumpkins and gutter-children. 1t is a
subject for much regret that this coarse
kind of diversion has been found de-
6ghtful by those who ore called the
"fhighest In the land :" To pull a man
out Of bed in the middle of the night
10 throw his bedclothes or the contents
Of his portmantean ont of q window to
The lawn; these, and other practical
Jokes of kindred nature, are eonsid-
cred the height of wit by the perpetra-
tors, but are most annoying to the vic
tim. - - -L--L 80 q
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-29
Analysis Of American Humor.

American humor Is something of its
own kind, as purely and peculiarly .
part of the United States as pumpkin
pie. We have among rs the vivaeity Of
the French, the fun Of the Irish, the
graver mirth of the English, and the
epigrammatic expressiveness Of the
Scotch; this curious mixture has made
our wit what it is, and every American
hnmorist shows the traces of 1t. III we
analyze the elements of the distinctive
kind and sort of writing which passes
under the general head, we shall be sur
prised to see the resemblance among
themselves and their difference from all
other foreign species. We are born fol-
lowers OF Baron MunchhuselI, and exag-
geration is at the bottom of the most Of
our khumor. When John Phoenix said
that he called out to the crowd ON shore,
"Good-by, Colonel" and every able
bodied man in it raised his hat and
cried "Good-b by, Colonel, !" In response,
ne touched the great nerve of American
hum0r; and when he stated that he held
the belligerent editor down over the
press "by means of our nose, which we
had inserted between bis teeth for this
purpose" he showed the second trait of
the characteristic comic ,Triter--namely.
ludierous juxtaposition and reversing
Of ordinary ideas. And so, when Arte-
mus Ward says to the young man who
disturbs him in the theater: ssI'd ap-
pint your funeral tomorrow afternoon,
and the corpse should be ready" he
gives us the third feature, quaint phrase
ology and odd turns of dialect. In these
three points, then--exaQgeraion, lu-
dicrousness, aud odd forms of speech
we find the distinctive peculiArities OF
pur American wit.-Prof. 8. ~. Du6ssyd,
b ". 7. LideDensdesst.
The new census of London. show
Ing the population 10 be A, ,764, ,312 souls.
has drawn out from Land, an English
journal, some striking contrasts. ssThere
are, !, It says, sin London more than
double the number Of people in Dem
mark, including Greenland. near
y three times as many as in Greece:
more than eighteen times the population
q Montenegro; some thousands more
han Portugal, including the Azores and +
Madeira; nearly treble the population Of /
servia; more than double that of Bull I
yarla three-quarters of million more
nan 40 Holland more than Sweden, or
SorWays or Switzerland. -
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-29
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The United States and Europe.

We number now nearly or quite 80.
1 600, 900 people. A hun drsd million could
be sustained, without increasing the area
OF single farm or adding one to their
number, by merely bringing our product
up to the average standard Of reasonably
good agriculture; and then there might
remain for export twice the quantity we
! now send abroad, to feed the hungry In
| foreign l@ds. No longer divided by the
curse of slavery, this nation is now united
! by bonds of mutual interest of common
speech, tied by the iron band of IS, 600
miles of railway, and is yet only be-
ginning to feel the vital power and
grandeur of a truly national existence.
What may be the future of this land few
can yet conceive. Texas alone comprises
as much territory as the German En-
pire. England and Wales combined.
Texas has now about 1900, 900 people
within her boundaries; the German EN-
pire, England and Wales, about 81, ,0O0,-
900. The good land in Texas is equal
in area to the good land in Germany and
Great Britain. Kansas, Nebraska and
lows combined more than equal France
In area and possess more fertile land.
Only twenty-five years ago John Brown
and his companions redeemed Kansas
from slavery; Nebraska was then indi-
Gated on our own maps as part of f'the
great American desert, I" and Iowa had
scarcely become State Their popula-
ton may. now be 2,500,000. France has
AZ, 600, 600. The great middle section of
Eastern Tennessee, Northern Georgia,
Western Carolina and Southern Virginia
has been hemmed In by the curse of
slavery, and is yet almost terra in
cognito, but it is replete with wealth in
minerals, In timber and in fertile valleys
of almost unequal climate for health and
vigor. This section is almost equal to
the Austrian Empire In it area, and more
than equal in resources. It has sparse
population of only one or two millions
The Austrian Empire has over 81, ,00O,-
OO0. The healthy upland country Of
Georgia, Alabama and the Carolianas
which can be bought by the hundred
five cents an acre, on which sheep and |
tons are being slowly occupied by white
farmers, and wait for immigrants who |
can bring them to use. In few short |
years, sheep, fed mainly upon the kernel
of the cotton-seed, and upon the grasses |
that follow the cotton, will send to market |
from the same fields, alternately occupied, /
as much wool as cotton. This warm sec
ton is more than equal to Italy In area;
it has perhaps 1900, 600 people. Italy |
contains 27, 900, 900. The fertile lands Of !
the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, and |
along the Potomac in Maryland, more |
than equal Belgium They may contain
half q million people. Belgium has more
than five million. In the consideration
of this problem of productive capacit.
there are other factors of the creates
What are the burdens to be |
we possess?-E a. atkinson, sas Fort
nightly Reviea0. 81
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-29

The London Telegraph in o recent
editorial pays splendid and deserved
tribute to the men who hold the lives OF
hundreds In their hands-the locomotive
engineers. It says: Most passengers are
as ignorant, happily of the pitfan under
their feet as one of the intricate process
of digestion of the anatomy of the human
frame. They take their journeys as they
take their food, trusting blindly that
somehow or other it will be all right, and
that the narrow corners will be shaved,
and it seldom occurs to them to express
their thanhulness for the manly devotion
which contributes to their safety. While
faith is the guiding rule Of the traveller,
duty Is the absorbing principle of the
railway servant. But does it never occur
to the wakeful traveller as the lamps fash
past him, as the train rushes over the
bridges and through network of signals
as the tunnel seems duller roar and the
lighted station O suppressed scream,
when the pulse OF the motion never stops
and the impetus at times becomes almost
terrible, what sense of gratitude there
ought to be toward those lonely men who,
faithful to the end, turn this point and
that, shift the lamps, keep watch and
ward, and clear the way for the swift ex-
press? Those who have trusted them
selves to this splendid power are utterly
powerless Their lives are In the hands
of the men who drive the train, and of
the signal men who watch. Yet there is
no sleep in the signal-box or at the tun-
mel mouth; there Is no conversation, no
nothing but a dull monotony,
of duty. A score of things may have
the staff may be short-handed,
some one is Unexpectedly on the sick list
some good-natured fellow may have done
double duty out of pure comradeship;
but this makes no difference In the safety
Of the line. There need be no cause for
fear when such men know their duty and
do it. {" 1--'1 t--.' W nsdl
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-29
USEFUL HINTS.

HAm-RKUsEEs are best cleaned by
washing them in saleratas or soda water,
which removes all the oily coating.
GRATKD rotten-stone mixed in either
sweet oil or alcohel viii polish brass or
kerosens oil and Aannel cloth, or sapo-
io. ..laso9 II9at .leee ,e9 slds -
! TooLEAN black cAasimarss, wash In hot
zuds, with little boxax in the water,
rinse In vary blue water and iron while
damp, on the wrong side. oi atl
To MAKE silk which has been wrinkled
appear exactly like new, sponge it on the
surface with . weak solution of gum ara
bio or white glue, and iron On the wrong
side. sgfgifs sas mi sad Y37i5F
BlAoK cotton gloves will not crack the
hands If scalded In salt and water before
wearing. The salt prevents fading.
When almost dry, one should put them
on. in order to stretch them and keep
them In good shape. se4 T-.D-.
/ OURE for chapped hands: One part of
glyeerine, four Of Ponds extract of witch
hazel, four of water; put in bottle and
shake well it Is ready for use immeh-
ately; it is well to shake thoroughly
each time of using. ai -
A GOOD way to keep cut flowers fresh
Is to lay them In wet cloths. Take them
ont of the vases at night, sprinkle with
cold water, and wrap them with cloth
very wet. The weight of the cloth will
not crush the most delicate flowers,
while it keeps out the air and prevents
their falling to pieces or opening further.
How to detect poison ivy: The poison
ivy and the innocuous kind differ in one
particular, which is too easy of remem-
brance to be overlooked by any one who
is interested enough in the brilliant
hued leaves of autumn to care for gath
ering them; the leaves of the former
grow IN clusters of threes and those of
the latter in fves. As somebody has
suggested in juvenile story book, every
child should be taught to associate the
five leaves In cluster with the fingers
on the human hand, and given to under
stand that when these numbers agree
they can be brought into contact with
perfect safety. It may spare our readers
no little suffering to bear this point In
mind during their October rambles in
the fields. e5
) To WASH Shetland shawls: Make up
q thin lather of boiled soap and water
plunge the shawl in this, and gently
strip it through the hand. It must
never be rubbed or wrung. When clean,
rinse through water without any soap.
hang 1t up for about minute, shake ii /
gently by each side alternately, pin, it
out on sheet exactly square, and if the
shawl be of a fine texture it should be
slightly sewed down the sheet by the
top of the fringe to prevent its running
up; then go over the whole fringe, |
drawing each thread separate and laying |
It straight out If these directions are /
attended to, the shawls may be |
washed many times, and each time ap-
pear as well as when new. They should |
never be put into the hands of any but
hose who are accustomed to wash lace.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-29
The Worship Of Humanity.

The tsworship of humanity has now
in London q chapel, priest, and ritual
Its chapel In situated In O dingy street,
and Is . small room capable Of contain
ing hundred persons. Its sole decora-
tons are engravings, busts, notices, and
flowers; its pulpit q small desk above
which Is an engraving OF the Dresden
Madonna mother and child having been
Comte'S highest type OF humanity.
Compte, the founder Of the Positivist, or
Humanity School, redivided the year
into thirteen months which he named
respectively Moses, Homer, Aristotle,
Archimedes, Caesar, St Paul, Charlie
magne, Dante, Gutenberg, Shakespeare,
! Bichat, representing ancient poetry,
philosophy, science and government;
Catholicism; and modern poetry,
philosophy, industry, science, govern.
ment, etc. Busts of these persons adorn
the room, together with engrayings of
Caesar, Archimedes, Scipio, Plato, Aristo-
tie, Pythagoras, Virgil, Homer, Con-
fucius, Paul, St Bernard, Aquinas,
Mohammed, Charlemagne, Shakespeare, |
Dante, Milton, Louis XII, Columbus, |
Hume, Bacon, Moliere, Mozart, and |
many other worthless.
There are now about sixty worshipers |
in London belonging to the religion of
Humanity, but even that number is an
increase; for some years ago Professor i
Jowett, visiting them, said he found
there ''three persons and no God" The
Festival of Holy Women" was celebrated
ON the day when Mr.. Conway, who
writes an interesting letter about il, was
present, and the discourse of the Priest,
DR.. COngreve, a scholarly, white haired
man, pertained to eminent and holy
women of the past-St Monica, Beatrice,
HelOise, Joan of Arc, and others. He
read George Eliot's famous Positivist
hymn, $50, Might Join the Choir In
visible" and lessons from the "Imita-
ton of Christ" by Thomas Kempis, n
volume which, after her death, was
found by George Ehot's side Prayers
are offered to the "Great Power whom
we here acknowledge as the Highest
There is also ritual, with
prayers, and q benediction as follows: ,
The Faith of Humanity, The Hope of
The Love of Humanity, bring
you comfort, and teach you sympathy, ,
yive you peace in yourselves and peace !
With others, now and forever, Amen"
DR.. Congreve, the priest, has distin- Z
yuished himself for his sympathies in (
)ehaf of all the popular movements, and I
lis opposition to slavery and all oppres- !
ion; of the French under Napoleon Ill; (
he wars of England against Afghans, !
Iulus, Beers, and other weak and help {
ess people; and has just delivered and '
,ublished forcible discourse In favor of Z
ranting Irish independence. 20 !
Many, if not most, of the disciples of ,
,Omte's philosophy, like John Stuart Z
Ill, George Henry Lewes, George r
lliot, John Morley, editor of the Fort E
lightly ReViet0, have never approved a
4 the religious or ritualistic phase of !;
'0sitiyism, and whatever progress il has =
iade has been amental and inward in s.
uence upon the thought of the fine, /,
nd not the building up Of sect, or .
ven a congregation. r1tJIa E +,
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.gsa aisat MoRRIsToWNI ais ea
MALE HIGH SCHOOL,
] I. ], Davenport, A. N Pril.
at h2 18S3-lSS4. zt1ns -iAs.

This school Ii located. in Morristown East
Tennessee, in heshhy, business, growing town.
on the East Tennessee. virgfni4 and Georgia
2ailroad, and at the tsrminus OF 3hs iCinSiansti.
Cumberland Gap and Charleston Railroad There
is here every facility for intellectual. social an6
moral Improvement - fis 4fssffs;'ls,-ttf
The next session viii begin Monday, August 20,
1883, and eontinne two terms OF Is weeks each
TUITION PER iERa OF lsswEEKs.
0rthography, Reading, Penmanship. Primary
Arithmetic and Primary Geography a. az
Higher Arithmetic, E.nglish Grammar co-
ography, History and Composition, 90
Elementary Algebra, Natural Philosophy
Physical Geography and Rhetofic 80. IN 90
Chemistry, Astronomy. Geology, InteIlec-,
tnal and Moral Philosophy, Logic Higher
Mathematics Latin and Greek $ 5...s.ss. Ia 90
Contingent Fec = m
One-hah OF the tuition and the coniieaank fee
must be paid IN advance - -
No deduction win be made for absence exeepk
IN OF protracted Illness. -srs- - = -
Competent assistants will be eecured 10 raa.t
the demands of the school tI5lstsF -
ed. erfs - = =
Board can be had frnnl So to $40 ger mansh
for Ihrlher particulars address the Principal
4. DAFkNP0hT
A9sso-oms M0rriatowns Team.
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1t cannot be denied that the nose is q
very prominent feature of the human
face, and gives marked evidence of char
acter; and on this account vast number
of proverbs and popular sayings have
attached themselves to that feature, APP
plying to it metaphorically the character
of the parsonage himself Thus the
French say of prudent man that he has
q good nose; of a clever man that he has
a sharp nose; of a proud man that he
carries his nose high; and of an indiscreet
person that he dips his nose into every
thing. The gourmand has always his
nose In his plate, and the man of learn
ing In his books. There are some per-
sons who have much skill In discovering
what you wish to conceal; .s' they draw
the worms from your nose" and it is
usually by making some false suggestion.
or equivocation that they arrive at the
truth. Such persons must always be held
IN distrust. They sound you In a thous-
and ways, and If you are naturally little
frank and irritable, you soon become
tired of their prattle. s'The mustard
rises to your nose" and you let out the
facts which the interviewer wishes to dis
cover. How many people there are, no
doubt who allow themselves thus g to be
led by the nose.'' Id regard to the
beauty Of this feature, popular and
national opinions differ In marked de-
gree. Plato calls the aquiline nose the
king, of noses. On the contrary, the
Kalmuck Tartars regard the fiat nose as
the pearl Of noses, and the celebrated
beauty, the wife OF Genghis Khan, ia
said to have had only two nostrils in
place Of n nose. The Hottentots press
the noses of their children to hatten them,
whilst the Persians work upon the noses
Of their young princes 70 giye them D re-
semblance 70 the aquiline nose of Cyrus.
Must II be inferred from this that beauty
Z only relaflyes AssqFedly, a. 9p, q persons
but, Whatever .logicians may
say, the nose Oh the Apollo Belvidere IN |
to be- preferred to the HottentOt Vmm.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-29

The man that minds his own busi.
ness well does not have the time to at
tend t0 the affairs of another.
---Fiitz's boy told his father the other
day that he knew where the rain came
from. ssThere were faucets up In the
sky and the angels turned 'em on.'s
Walt Whitman exclaIns In one OF
his poems: ssGive me solituderr Very
easily obtained, sir. Start to take up .
collection for the Washington Monu-
ment. Boston Post.
The stage-driver on mail route In
Arizona has resigned. Masked robbers
have filed him 50 full of bullets that he
Intends to lease himself to parties who
have been prospecting for q lead mine.