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special to the World
JACKSON, Tenn, Oct 13.-R. L. Tay-
lor and S. W. Hawkins filed their APP
pointment to speak here to-day, Both
made good speeches, but Mr.. Taylor
exceeded the expectations of his most
'anguipe friends, his speech being
pronounced by many the best of the
campaign His argument on the
tariff was full Of logic, and completely
disaming his opponent on this point.
At the conclusion OF his speech Gen. A.
W. Campbell on behalf of the ladies
present presented Mr.. Taylor with a
most exquisite bouquet Of flowers, for
which he most eloquently returned his
thanks. The Democracy is solid here,
and we promise an increased majority
in November
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0RliO Election.

COLUMBUS, O., Oct, l6.-Ohicial re-
turns from Tuesdays election are
coming in slowly at both State head
quarters, and the first estimates are
made with difficulty. On the figures
subject to revision the Democrats con
cede on the State ticket majority of
1867, while the Republicans estimate
the majority at 1922 The Demo
cratic committee claim eleven out Of
the twcnty-one Congressman, while
the Republican committee still con
sider the Eleventh District doubtful,
and say it will take the official re-
turns to decide it. No figures are
given on this district at either head
quarters.
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5000 for the Frenchman's Head.

To those who take alive or bring in
the head OF high officer of the enemy
(seven-stripe officer will receive for
every one such officer, taken or killed,
S5,0OO-Ex.
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Not a Fit Phiz to Beautify a Stamp.

One objection against Candidate
Butler is thatif he should be elected
President Congress might order
his portrait printed on a postage
stamp.-EX
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A Tallapoosa in the Year 1892.

Where would We be had Christopher
Columbus sailed in a United States
nlan-of-warg-Ex.
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As to the Under Dog in the Fight.

The man who gets licked is never
satisfied with the newspaper account
of Tx.
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AnIi-FetdihOne slluh.

An Anti-Pettibone club was organ
lied ut Elizabethton this week. Fifty
members have been registered
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LATER.

FRIDAY. SpFclA1.-Qhio has gone
Republican by less than 5000. West
Virginia Democratic by over 5000
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The Presidential Campaign of 1884.
Ananias wasn't much of n liar after
all.-Ex.
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Republican majority, November, 1850 S4227
Republican majority. October H. 1884 lsll5
Republican loss last Tuesday, 2ll12
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FOR GOVERNOR f:

FOR GOVERNOR:
WILLIAM Ess BATE.
oFDAvInsoN.
FOR CONGRESS-:
q. &. EkENG,
OF HAMBLEN.
FOR SENATOR:
GEO. ne. DUNCAN.
OF WASHINGTON.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
NR. A. =. N. ROIsSON,
OF WASHINGTON.
FOR FLOATER:
CLAy SHOgN,
OF GREENE.
Circulation ], 450.
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FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
JOHN H, SAVAGE, of Warren.
G. w. GORDON, of Shelby.
j, A. TURKEY of M'Minn.
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= ENERAL sER0:l&MDs3E.
LOO q

And its unparalleled abuses are fully and
freely discussed IN neat 80 page book, mail
ed FREE to amy address, by Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Drop postal for it, as every man and
= woman needs it and will be delighted with
Its valuable and entirely new revelations.
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FOR PRESIDENT,
GROVER CLEVELAND,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
Thos. A. Hendricks,
OF INDIANA.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,
ROBERT J.. TAYLOR,
j. d. c. ATKINS.

DISTRICT ELECTORS.
LIST. ROBERT BURROW.
ID. s. G. HEISKELL.
Sd, C. MARCHBANKS.
4th, NJ. S. ELKIN.
5th. EARNEST PILLOW.
9th. j. w, JUDD.
9TH. l.. P. PADGET,
8th. r. p. COLE.
10th. J. HARVEY MATHEs
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Entire birds with the feet turned up
are used for trimming hats,-Ex.
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The Spider and the Fly: A Love Story
The Republicans at present love
the Irish for the votes they have lex.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12
Paper-Making at the SOuth.

Paper is now successfully manufac-
tured in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Maryland, North Carolina, South Car
olina, Tennessee, Virginia and West
Virginia. All sorts are made, from
news and writing paper to book, man
lila, wrapping, board, roofing, blot
ting, tissue and chemical fiber. In all
there are sixty-five mills, making 135
tons of paper, boards and pulp, In
Virginia there are four mills, three at
Richmond and one at Winchester, max
ing twelve tons of tissue, book, news,
blotting and wrapping papers and
boards, while West Virginia closes the
list with eight mills, making over
thirty tons of wrapping, MANILA, news
and tea papers, boards and chemical
fiber. Maryland has the largest num-
ber of paper mills of any one state emu
merated. Richmond State,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12
Attar of Roses.

Genuine altar of roses, which is
made in India and Australia, costs
800 in ounce at the places of distilla.
ton. 1t takes 10000 rose blooms to
yield an ounce of altar. They are the
common roses, and grow in great pro-
fusion in California, where the distilla-
ton of altar could be made Il very pro-
litable industry. In Northern India
the roses are regularly cultivated.
They are planted in rows in fields, and
require no particular care. When
they begin to bloom they are picked
before midday. The work is done by
women and children, who seem to re-
gard it more as pleasure than Il pur
suit of labor. The rose leaves are dis
titled in twice their weight in water,
which is drawn off into open vessels.
These are allowed to stand over night,
being covered with cloths to keep out
dirt and insects. In the morning the
water is coated with Il thin oily film.
This is the rare altar of roses. 1t is
skinned off with Il fine feather and
dropped into vials. The process con-
tinucs daily, until the bushes cease to
Weld.
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"Gcntlc Maggie"

\ First Ward gentleman, having be.
come tired Of the alleged pure milk
that the milk man had been delivering
regularly at his house, recently pur.
chased full-bOodcd Jersey COW.
Now this Jersey was Il beautiful bird
with its little black tipped horns, and
the owner was very proud of his pur.
chase. The man of whom he bought
the COW said that ii was the most zen.
tie one in the herd, had always been
made Il pet, and that even Il little
child could milk her with safety. The
COW ; maiden cognuman was Maggie,
and the gentleman used to delight in
going to her stall and carrssing her
head and calling her pet names, such
as gentle Maggie. " Maggie, old girl.
etc Maggie in return would look
him in the face with her liquid, fawn
like eyes, and gently run her tongue
out two or three feet, us if asking for
more For the first few days after
Maggie ; arrival the hired man did all
the milking, but one bright pleasant
morning the gentleman thought that
he would like TO try it. He said that
he used to milk when he was boy,
and at that time didn't think anything
OF taking Il "four-in-hand." h" The
hired man arranged 4 one legged milk
ing stool, gave the gentleman Il few
pointers, and told him to sail in
Everything seemed to 20 us smooth us
cIork-wOrk. The sound of the milk,
as it struck ON the side of the tin pail,
brought back sweet memories of the
dim past, and the gentleman began TO
feel like Il boy again. The gentle bo-
vine would look back anon. and run
out her tongue, rs though she was hap
py. When the milking had nearly
come to an end. the COW once more
stole Il glance at the hald-lnadcd gem
tIcman sitting on the stool, and rs he
looked into the depths Of those luStri-
ous brown eyes, Il happy smile spread
O'cr his face, that rcScmblrd Il cash in
4 state fair pumpkin. Whether it was
that smile or something else that
frightened her, is not known. but the
hitherto lovablc expression that had
rested on her broad, good naturcd face,
suddenly turned to one OF horror and
fright She laid her ears back, and
with Il below and II snort, she lifted
her tiny hind hoOf and hit the gentle
manly milkcr full in the chest. He did
Il graceful back "SOmcrsault,n and
just us he was half over for another
roll, she planted both feet ON the end
of his back with such force, that it
looScned all his teeth. Perhaps, if the
hired man hadn't put in an appearance
at this particular moment, she would
have been kicking him yet. After the
hired man had corrallcd Maggie, and
tied her up TO the mangcr, he went to
the rescue of his employer, who had
just succeeded in removing the milk
pail that Maggie had kicked down
over his head. The lady of the house,
hearing Il rumpus in the barn, went
out to see what was the matter, and
between her and the hired man, they
managed to get the gentleman into the
house. He is Just able TO be out now,
but he won't 80 near the barn for love
or money, and the taste of milk makes
him sick. .-PcS'S SIN.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

cnl minutes elapsed before he was
ready to proceed. He administered
the oath, and Sally told her story. 1t
was bat Il short one. During visit at
her grandfathcr's she had often seen
Mrs. Hartman of whose child she was
very fond. On the day referred to she
had gone to see her little playmate,
and walk home with Lefty. She had
carried the baby out for walk, COM
ing back into the room with her, Just
as Lefty was receiving the jewclry.
But instead of walking home with her
cousin, she had been sent Il few min
utcS earlier to do an crrand for her,
and wait to be called for. She rcmcm-
bcrcd the charge of silence, and con-
ScicntiouSl Y said nothing on the sub
icct. Her father came the next morn
ing to take her home earlier than had
been expected, and Il fit of sickness
following soon after her return pre-
vented her joining in the Thanksgiving
festivities. Her home was at some dis
tancc, and communication being in
frequent nothing was known by her
family of Letty's disaster. till young
Bradbury, the lawyer, had in his per
sistcnt inquiries concerning every in
cidcnt connected with that memorial
bic day, discovered the fact of the
child's presence which every one had
forgotten.
Before Sally, simple story was end
ed, Mrs. Hartman had zone home
During the remainder of her stay in
Grccnplain, She had ample leisure for
reflection, Her husband very soon
closed his business there, and they
moved to some distant place, whittier
few regrets followed them.
Young Bradbury gained great re-
putc, and was always called ~ very
smart man He. rs well as the other
subjects Of this little sketch, has long
since gone over to the majority,' but
the story of Lefty Parsons is among
the romantic incidents of that unwrit-
ten history dear to the hearts Of the
people of Grecnplain.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12
AT THE MILL.

What do you see my farmer.
Grey walls Of wood and stone.
a mill wheel turning TO grind your grst
And turning for that alone.
You hear the mills hoarsc murmur
The plash Of the tumblng rll,
As you plod with your oxen slowly down
The sunny slope of the hill.
The heavens are blue above YOU,
There's sun and shade ON the road,
You touch the brindlcd backs Of your team,
And reckon the bags in the load
You clip the heads of the daisies,
And wonder that God should need
To litter the fields with the staring blooms
Oh stubborn and worthless weed
You're honest and true and sturdy,
Here, give me your brawny hand
singer of idle songs, greet
The farmer who tillS the land.
Plod home with your grist in the gloamng;
The baby crows at the gate,
And over the hills by the pasture bars
The lowing cattle wait.
What do see my farmer!
The mill and the rill and the wheel,
ThcmOss on the shingles, the mold on the stones
And the floating mists Of meal
But the poets vision is clearer,
Revealing the hidden things,
see the riyulct flow to the sea,
From cool, clear woodland springs.
see the brown fields quicken
with the green Of the growing wheat,
When the swallows tilt at the bending caves,
And the breath Of the morn Is sweet.
| see the swnying rcapcrs,
In fields Of the golden grain
And oxen that pant in the summcrsun,
lOkCd to loaded vain.
see white sails CarCChing'
On the opal tinted seas,
When the silycry sunlight glints the waves,
That are stirred by frcshcning breeze,
see the storm rack gather,
That bot's out the evening star
And flung in the foam Of n pillows crest,
\ drowned man lashCd 10 Il spar.
see in city's shadows,
A figure that crccps and scrawls,
"Giyc blood, or bread, - while the wine flow red
And there's mirth in the city halls.
see n rich mans darlngs
As fresh as the roses bloom:
And the gauut white face Of little child
Dead, in barren room.
Plod home with your grist, my farmer,
Nor heed how the wide world fares:
The eyes that are clcarcSt are sa ldc,t alway,
with their burden Of alien cares.
flushed is the milstonc's murmur,
The dripping wheel is still,
And over the dusky vale, | hear
The song Of the whippoorwill.
THE CmtWH
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12
A Whispering Gallery.

The greatest whispering gallery"
in the world is that of the Grand can
yon, Colorado. For years this chasm
has been matter of surprise to pros
pectors and minors on account of its
wonderful transmissions of sound, and
it has only been since the advent of the
railroad that any definite idea has been
entertained of the great distance it ira
vcls within its walls. A train of cars
crossing the bridge at the Needles can
be plainly heard on quiet day at Cot
tonwood island. q distance of eighty
four miles. The fife and drum at Fort
Moiave is distinctly heard at Bulls
Head, a distance of eighty-four miles.
The report of the sunrise gun at Fort
Mojave can be heard at Ell Dorado can,
yon, o distance Of ninety-six miles,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

A MuLATTo girl with remarkably
pretty but peculiar face was engaged
by u shrcwd western Snowman. He
had tooth extracted from each side of
htt mouth and inserted pair of long
tusks, covered her ears with false ones
like beasts, bleached and tangled her
abundant hair, and instructed her to
utter an unintclligiblc jargon. Thus
she was transformed into valuable
curiosity, and her wages of Sl5 week
did not satisfy her. On the arrival of
the show in indianapolis she attempted
to quit it. and row resnlted in an ex-
posure of the fraud.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

A CONTRIBUTOR to Il London scicn-
tic paper says that u very simple and
effective way of covering mccr-
schaum bowl is by painting it while
you are smoking, and after it becomes
warh, with the creamy surface of good
milk Tor with crcam) by means of Il
common hair pencil, which brings out
the brown and yellow colors beau
tifully, and rs by magic.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

TIE supreme court Of California has
recently decided that IN apartment
which has partition running half way
to the ceiling is room, according to
he local sCMsc Of the word.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

PINE trees in some portions of North
Carolina are dying in large numbers,
it is supposed from injuries inflicted
by the "borc worm,n or "sawycrs,
which played havoc with the pines in
that state about thirty years ago.
Their ravages are not confined to
the old trees, the young ones dying
Just as rapidly and numcrously.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

A WEALTHY English gentleman is
trying TO convert the poor heather in
India by inserting Mr.. Surgeons ser
mons as an advertisement in some of
The natiYc panrrs.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

TIE Luke Voorhees, cattle ranch in
Wyoming comprises l,0OO,000 acres of
land, 10000 of which are enclosed by
one barbcd wire fence. The ranch has
water frontage of thirty miles, and
will easily accommodate 5000 head
of cattle.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

MRs EDWARD BURNETT, of Boston.
the only daughter Of James Russell
Lowell, is noted us Il very fine horse
woman, and she is IN equally good
sailor, making nothing of occasional
trips unattended across the Atlantic to
visit her father in London.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

SLEEPLESS men, says an English
medical writer. are frequently suspect
ed, insomnia as Il durable disease be-
ing unknown TO hardworkcrs in out-of-
door life.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

ARESIDENr of Ottawa, Canada, says
he has discovered compound, the
principal ingredient of which is oyster
shells, which will absorb daylight or
gaSlight and reflect in the absence of
light.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

A SWARM Of bees made their home in
stove in school house of San Brr-
nardino, California. They had come
down through Il chimney and Il long
piece Of sLOyopipc.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

WHEN Mcryon, one of the most re-
markable of modern etchers, was liv-
ing, he was glad to sell proofs of his
masterpieces for twelve cents each and
live in u common garret Since his
death in amad house essays have been
written on him, collectors have set
theircaps at him, and those impressions
which in life he could not often sell
for even twelve cents are worth S25.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

ACCoEDING to the German monthly
statistical statement, the total number
of those who left the country for
America in the first quarter of 1884
was 29,7S2, as compared with 2S,20l in
the same period of 1888.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

MRs. SINCLAIR, who was divorced
from Edwin Forrest years ago, is still
living on Staten Island and is Il hale,
hearty, handsome old lady; plcntifully
provided with this worlds goods, in
cluding some of the best.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

lN inlatcly an organ grinder ac-
tually put Il cartridge into his mouth
and then set fire to it, thereby fright
fully mutilating without killing HIM
self.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

CITIZENS of St. Paul and Minneapolis
are talking of building grand boulc-
ward, eight miles in length, between
the two cities.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

Don PAcnECo, one of the earliest
Spanish-Amcrican settlers of Contra
Costa county, California, weighed
42j pounds at his funeral the other day.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

A farmer on King riversin Califor-
MIA, cut down an oak tree the other
day. from which he got thirty-one and
half cords Of wood, eighty-four fence
posts, and aswarn Of bees,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12
CURRENT TOPICS.

The game of base bah is becoming
very popular in Cuba.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

TIE little state of Tlaxcala, the
Rhode Island of Mexico, has codes pc
culiarly its own. This state was an in
dependent republic, defying the might
of the Aztecs when the conquerors
came into the land, and its laws are
said to be much the same us they were
then in many respects, the only in
stance, it is thought, where the aborig-
inal laws have been preserved for n
civilized commonwealth.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

A DELAWARE farmer has plowcd un-
der 10000 hcrrings as n fertilizer
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

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N,'hographic lorcc OF the senate, Is q
'IcaNaill' proWll-Whlskcrcd' Sll@htIN'
nl'llt man Oh 3o' lie was born IL
YORK. ana commenced reporting toi
tnr senate when he was only II year,
"ld' some oi MS ilrSt work was the
| reporting nl the wing national conycn
llou oi IHIS, ana TWO years oIlowlng
ne came to Washington to help Mr.
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ate ms was IN 1870. and from that
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,,i 3a 'h' aNHaHSill' OF IrrSldrhl Lincoln
mere Is II" man III washington VINO
,,'' pc,'rr I"hu "i r'illllls'rnc'S oI
'n' "r''t men VI 'llS past 'hlrll Years
""" ne i one VI thc p'caNan'rS' con,
'.''', ,'rSa''oi''iIN'' III aN'iih%t0h' lie 'oIj
me Yesterday ne ,l'"ugh' me men OF
,p'"al speak laSi'r lhail dl" th"S' 81
,,'' IlI'r "l l'"i'leI NcpSlcr ana Jolh
T. 'aIIo'h, Wv GbSi'r' Sald he,
was Il very SLOW lalNrr' ANA he would
ho' average over loo words minute
ilrhr{ NlaI spoke hUch last'r' rolling
OUT ao"ui lIo words I" minute. Cal
noun was aus" SLOW until he became
rouS'u up WIN ne enthusiasm oi his
SWhJrrl' Wnrh ms words would How
more tapluiN' me present average oi
speaking IN the united States senate
Is about l'o words per minute, though
there are several speakers who utter
over 2VO. Among the fastest speakers
at present are senators Beck, llNwIcy.
Plumb, and Morgan. Beck leads the
INST. Senator George, OF Mississippi,
Is perhaps the SIowcSt.
II suppose, Mr.. Murphy" said /,
"thcrc is considerable difference in the
action of senators regarding their
speeches."
"Yrs, indeed" WAS thr rrply
.Sumn of Them are very careful ,hnnt
their revision. and others nav no nj
lrntiou to thrm oftrr tbry nrr nnrr
,rS SI,,J", y, "", n",,'r w. 'nu @,rI
over before il zoe, to press. one Of
a.. G,,, ..,.., I..,,. ',.. i....I ~ .
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

SIR WILLIAM GULL, of England, late
ly received Il doctors fee of $4,000
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12

The mayor of Philadelphia has for
hidden the police TO carry black jacks,
and restricted them TO the use of the
mace in subduing unruly persons,