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Loaded it for Himself.

The loaded cigars brought here
by Mr.. j. Ed. jackson reminded a
comrade of Capt. Jno. c. Lester of
trick he played upon himself dur
ing the war. He went over to Mr..
Chas. Bnford's quarters to dine
with him and while the latter was
out turning the roasting ears he
emptied a cartridge of powder into
a sack of tobacco that was upon the
shelf. Dinner was served and the
captain eat so heartily that it
crowded out the remembrance of
the powder, and after dinner Mr..
Buford drew down pipe, handed
it to the captain, with the tobacco,
and be loaded up, lit and set him
self back againt a campkettle to
enjoy the pleasant fumes while
they thought and talked of home
and good things there, sweethearts,
ETC., and just as he was in pleasant
est mood the powder went off with
a furious zizz, blowing the pipe out
of his mouth, singeing his eyebrows
and whiskers, and the flare and
fuss made him think the yankees
were upon them. After they had
collected the fragments and wiped
the powder from his eyes, while his
face was bleeding and yet half
blinded, the captain yielded to the
ridiculosity of the affair and
drowned his pain in a hearty
laugh as he told how he had mixed
it to catch some one else and was
his own victim.
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The importance Of Mechanics.

Each ensuing day makes more
prominent the fact that we have
come upon the time when the mer-
chant is master. We have crowded
professions and ll-filled trades. A
chance to fill the position OF sub-as-
sistant clerk in a wholesale house is
eagerly grasped at by a hundred ap-
plicants, though the wages received
be scarcely more than ga chance to
learn the business" Let master
workman try to obtain an appren
tice at three times the salary offered
the clerk and his applicants will be
poor alike in quantity and quality.
A skilled workman in any trade
need never want for hire; he is ca
gerly sought after by hundred
employers; he is independent of the
condition of the market; the skill
and cunning of his hand and eye
are too valuable to lose, and must
be paid whether the products are
slowly or rapidly consumed. If
business ceases, the master hand is
eagerly seized by some other house,
which knows and values the pro-
duct of his skill. He who would
crush down the obstacles to success
in our own days must have, as well
as the wit to see the crevice, the
strength to deal the blow. This is
the age of the steam engine, and it
is the engineer, not the conductor,
who is MASTER Boston Com. Bul.
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the programme was forgotten by
Harris, and when the tanner raised
his whip and commanded one of the
lions to leap over it the beast
dashed under the legs of Charlie,
leaped to the floor of The barn, and
with single bound was astride of
of the pony which was crushed be-
meath the lions weight. Sinking
his teeth in the neck of the pony,
he tore it into pieces.
The cries OF the inoffensive ami
NAL were frightful, but very brief,
while the lady, Harris and the tam
er were frightened almost beyond
the power TO take steps to preserve
their own lives. As quickly as pos
sible Harris and Charlie got out of
the barn, and procuring some large
sponges, saturated them with
chloroform, tied them to long sticks
and applied them to the nostrils Of
the lion, while he was busily en-
gagged in devouring the pony. He
was soon stupefed; after which
they summoned assistance, and sue
ceeded in replacing him in the cage,
where he soon revived. The es-
cape of the lady and Mr.. Harris
was almost miraculous, and is at
tributable, possibly, to the presence
of the pony which the lion must
have regarded as legitimate prey.
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A Bloody Scene.

A bloody scene was witnessed
yesterday morning in barn on the
west side, in which the participants
were ferocious lion and diminu-
tive Shetland pony. Charlie, the
dion tanner, when the winter set in,
stored his animals in his barn un-
til the opening of the circus season
in the spring. His menagerie con-
sisted of fine horse, a Shetland
pony valued at $1,000 and two
African lions of huge proportions.
Yesterday morning he entered the
barn accompanied by several little
children, lady and Mr.. Harris,
and prepared to enter the cage
Before doing so, however, for
some reason he made the children
90 out of the barn. When all was
ready he opened the cage and
quickly stepped in, having ar
ranged with Harris to close the
the door, but this important part iof
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Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.

This periodical for February is al
ready on our table, and is, as usual,
overlooking with good things in prose,
poetry and illustrations. The articles
particularly interesting are: 'Henry
Irving and His Work." "New York
City in its Early Days." 'Sobieski and
the relief of Vienna in 1885," "The Co.
lossal Statues of Germany and France -
'Life on the Surface of the Ocean, -
ETC., etc.-they are profusely illustra-
ted. In the department of fiction Eta
w. Pierce's serial, ga Dark Dsed,' is
continued, and there are short sto-
ries by Mary A. Denison, Edwin F.
Trafton, c. G. Rosenberg, Surrey Wy
att, etc., ETC., and Sketches, Adventures,
Poems, ETC.. by favorIte writers-many
of the poems are beautifully illustrated,
in tact, all the illustrations are highly
finished, and the colored plate frontis-
piece, Little Mischief" is worthy of,an
elegant frame. The price of single
mum ber is % cents, and the yearly sub
scription $3.50, postpaid. Address
$3.50, postpaid, Address, Mrs. Frank
Leslie, publisher, 53, 90 and 81 Parl
Place, N. Y.
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Slovenlv Reading.

The Journal of Progress warns al
men, old and young, against an
evil thing which has been described
as the prevailing pestilence oi
slovenly reading" This pestilence
has laid low many a one who began
life with excellent prospects. 1t is
ruinous both to mind and morals
1t is apt to injure a mans business
habits and prevent him from win
ming success in practical affairs. In
time it will confound all his facul-
ties; it will destroy his capacity for
clear perception, for precise
thought, and for proper reasoning.
1t will throw into confusion his
judgment and his memory. If he
does not get rid Of it he can never
become a good writer or do any lit
erary work of any kind worth look :
ing at. How many slovenly read
ers to be found In these times
They will, in their slovenly fashion,
read a newspaper article, perhaps a
very excellent one, and when they
have got to the end of it, or, as they
say, when they have ''looked
through it, or "glanced over it"
you will find that they are unable
to give any accurate account of its
argument, or that they do not ap-
prehend its fundamental points,
lost one of its links, or that they
have overlooked an important illus
tration, or that they have failed to
seize a word which is the very
hinge Of the writer's thought, or
that they have wholly misunder-
stood the drift and purpose of the
article which they have wasted
their time IN glancing over. These
slovenly readers are an affliction to
careful and correct writer's. When
such a writer sees how his reason
ing and his language are distorted
by them, his mind is apt TO become
rufled, and every one knows how
a rufled mind units a man for the
work of perspicacious composition.
We are of the opinion that the pre-
vailing pestilence of slovenly read
ing is largely due to the slovenly
way in which children are taught to
read at school. Teachers must be
very careful about this thing; they
mnst teach their scholars to read
with precision and understanding,
thinking of every word, getting the
sense of each sentence, and grasp
inc the full meaning of any piece
that may be before them.
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sure that what l approve my moth
er will sanction, and you must
know nothing could please me bet
ter than to know Bessie has lover
L esteem SO highly as do you r.
"And you will not tell her-will
you?-my awful blunder?p
81 can't promise. I'll try to keep
the secret, but" and the doctor
roared again. "the idea of Bess as a
raging lunatic! Well, there, 1 won't
tell her, at all events, until you have
told her something far more inter
esting."
And he kept his word so Loyalty
that Bessie Atkinson had been Bes-
sic Read more than a year before
she knew her husband had ever
considered hel an interesting pa
tient in n lunatic asylum.
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The Nawaraper IS an Eduoator

4 =
The difficulty of getting children
to read books is well known to all
intelligent parents. We mean
books that are beneficial; those
that are not are often too easy of
access and too eagerly consulted.
Yet the daily and weekly home pa
per is eagerly read and goes the
rounds of the family, if for no other
reason, because it contains matters
of local interest. The wife reads
it and thus enlarges her view of the
outside world and its doings, from
which she would otherwise in many
cases be wholly excluded or at best
get an imperfect knowledge.
To the mechanic, business man
and merchant it is necessity. The
newspaper is an encyclopedia Of sci
ence and of the improvements being
made in every department of indus
try and of trade and commerce, in
fact, everything almost is contained
from time to time in its varied
columns. No man, not even the
POOlOSO' OoA ailOIu W uO WlLuOuS IL,
and to every man it gives double
and triple value for the outlay.
There is no man that does not take
q newspaper published in his
own locality who does'not lose much
that is of great value to him not
only in moral mental, but in a pecu-
pecuniary point of view ;andthe truth
of this is manifested by incidents
that are every day being brought
to light in life's ordinary transac-
tions. This is not newt is sim
plv true.
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1t is said that strawberry plants
send out their runners in only one
direction and that is the opposite
side from the old runner that pro
duced the plant itself If this is a
fact, and we cannot say from
our own experience whether it is or
not, by setting the plant so as to
have the runner point lengthwise
of the row, it will save the trouble
and annoyance of having the centre
of the rows between the plants filled
with runners. 1t is worth a trial
and the plants are as easily set this
way as any other.
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Saved Him 1900 Dollars.

ADAMS. n. Y, Jan. 80, 1882.
DIR. B.J. KENDALL - Co.-GENTs;-HRv-
ing used a good deal of your Keudall's Spa
vim Cure with great success, | thought
would let you know what it has done for me.
Two years ago had Us speedy colt az was
ev raised in Jefferson county. When
was breaking him, he kicked over the cross
bar and got fast and tore one OF his hind
legs all to pieces | employed the best far
riers, but they all said he was spoiled: He
had very large thoro g-pin, and l used
two bottles of our Kendalrs SPAWN Cure,
and it took the bunch entirely off, and he
sold afterwards for eighteen hundred dollars.
| have used it tor bone spavlns and wind
gals, and it has always cured completely
and lett the leg smooth.
II lisa splendid medicine for rheumatism.
I have recommended il to q good many, and
thew all say 1t does the work. was in
Witherington 81 Kneeland's drug store, in
Adams, the other day and saw a very fine
picture you sent them. tried TO lIuy it,
but could not, they said if would write to
YOU that you would send me ono. | wish
Won would, and l Mil do you all the good
| can. Very respectfully,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

Bands of music are forbidden to
play on most of the large iron
bridges of the world. This is due
to the well-known phenomenon that
a constant succession of sound
waves, especially such as come
from the playing of a good band,
will excite the wire vibrations; at
first, the vibrations are very slight,
but they increase as the sound
waves continue to come.
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The remnants of the famous Six
Hundred are gradually dropping
away; Washington's faithful body
servant has exhausted a whole case
of golden slippers; the gallant hero
private who fought the British so
valiantly at New Orleans with his
head in a wash kettle p'inting to-
wards the enemy has great grand
children occupying prominent
places in the penitentiary; the Mex.
Vets. are one:by one erecting their
lodge-poles on the silent campus
but many cold days will pass before
our nigger women, the mothers OF
our country's brave defenders, quit
applying for pensions for dat boy
who lost his life greasing wagons in
| de wah.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

There is story of Judge Grier,
which everybody delights in, how
he set aside an unjust verdict of a
jury against an unpopular man, with
this remark: ENTER the verdict,
Mr.. Clerk. Enter also, Set aside
by the court 1 want it to be un-
derstood that it takes thirteen men
to steal mans farm in this court" !"
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Kendall's SPAWN Cure

VEvAY, Aug IL, 1881.
DIR. B. ] KENDALL q Co.-G BNTs:-Sam-
pie of circulars received to-day. Please
send me some with my imprint, printed on
one side only. The KendaIl's Spawn Cure
Is in excellent demand with Us, a1d not
only for animals, out for human ailments
also. Mr.. Joseph Voris, one of the leading
farmers in ouI county, sprained an ankle
badly, and knowing the vE,ue of the remedy
for horses, tried it on himself, and it did fsT
better than he lad expected. Cured the
sprain in very short order.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

Hon. A. j. Caldwell, who has
been so severely criticised for vot-
ing for Randall, makes this para
bolical Yindication:
For fifty years and more the New
England and middle states have
had the golden goose of the tariff
laying her eggs in every mountain
cave, and now that the south finds
that she has the materials to build
nests for her, and the auriferous
bird is circling in the northern sky
fer a southern fight, shall we climb
our hills with gun and bring her
to the earth to lay golden eggs no
more? And she is all the more
ready to make her nest farther
south, because under democratic
rule she will not be required to
strain her constitution to enrich
monopolists; but she will only have
to lay eggs enough to feed the men,
women and children of American
labor. The tariff cannot be thor
oughly and effectively revised, in
my opinion, until the democracy
controls not only both houses OF
congress, but also the presidency.
Sly desire was. and is, to do moth
ing to jeopardize the glorious con
summation.
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It's a Telephone.

A well-to-do but unsophisticated
farmer from one of the border
counties of Indiana was in the city
lately, attending the Fat Stock
Show, and brought along bis wife
and daughters to see the sights and
do some shopping. Among other
places they visited was Mandel's
new store, and after wandering
around the first floor for while the
party came to stop near the ele-
vator.
One of the daughters was first to
discover the cars moving silently
up and down, receiving and dis
charging their cargoes of passen-
gers. She ierked her fathers coat
sleeve to direct his attention to the
phenomenon, and In a tone that
was audible to the clerks in the
neighborhood, asked:
"What's that, paw?-that thing
going up and down, with sofys in it?''
The old man gave the elevator 9
long, calm, deliberate, scrutinizing
stare, and exclaimed with joy:
"By gosh! it's a telephone! the
first 1 ever seew-Inter-O Ocean.
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ours respectfully,

Price 81 per bottle, or bottles for $5.
All druggists have it or can get it for you, or
it will be sent to any address on receipt of
price by the ro2rietors, DIR. r. j. KEN.
DALI y CO., Enosburgh Falls, Vt. Send
for illustrated circular.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
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The iron region of Alabama is
said to be the only place in North
America where it is possible to
make iron in competition with the
cheap iron Of England,as measured,
not by the wages paid, bnt by the
number of days labor which enter
into the production. The cheapest
place on the globe, until now, for
the manufacture of iron, is the
Cleveland district, in Yorkshire,
England. The distance of the coal
and iron there from the furnace is,
on an average, twenty miles. In
Alabams, the coal and iron ore are,
in many places, within half mile
of each other.-Trade Gazette.
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I have finally KUN to the konklu-
sion that the best epitaff emmy man
kan have, for all praktikal purposes,
is a good band ackount.-Josh Bill
ings.
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@@AWa not, life is sweeping by, 60
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- Something MIGHTY and sub
WN lime leave behind to con-
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Every thing new. Capital not required. We
will furnish you everything. Many are
making fortunes. Ladies can make as much
as men, and boys aud girls make great paw.
Reader, ii you want business at which you
can m ke great pay all the time, write fo
particulars to H. HALLETT 81 CO, Pc
iapd. Maine. mar22-ly
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Unclaimed Advertised Letters

Remaining IN the post office at Pu-
laski, Tenn, for the week ending Jan.
26, 1884:
Brunsop, Miss NJ A.
Brooks, w S.
Felker, John G.
johnson, Florence, card.
Maxwell, Wallace.
Nance, Caroline.
Oldes, Jerry.
Taylor, Andrew.
Watkins, Thomas.
Warkin, r. NJ.
Persons calling for any of the above
letters will please say advertised, with
date. J.D. LEWIS, p. NJ.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

A writing machine warranted to
write one hundred and fifty words
a minute has been introduced. Mr..
Gilroy, of Norristown, purchased
one, and the other night when he
returned home from a midnight
caucus, he seized the machine and
essayed to write out his Wife's re-
marks on the situation, so to speak.
He soon discovered that the capac-
ity of the instrument fell short 800
words per minute, although
it performed all it was warranted
20 do.
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THE OLD WORLD.
Payment for Irish Members of ParIia.
ment.

Payment for Irish Members of ParIia.
ment.
DUBLIN, June 26.-At convention of National
ist delegates which was held yesterday at Water
ford, resolution was adopted in favor of the
scheme of providing fund out of which National
ist members of Parliament may be paid a regular
salary. The means recommended by the conyen-
ton for raising such fund is to levy tax Of two
pence in the pound the ratable property belong
ing to members Of the party.
Ouirages by Anarchists Feared.
VIENNA, June ga bomb filed with power
full explosive has been found concealed in the
shrubbery near the exhibition rotunda. All the
public buildings are carefully watched owing to
fears of outrages by Anarchists
The Cholera Scourge.
ToULoN, June 25-Eight deaths from cholera
occurred here yesterday.
Fires are burning in the street for purifying pur-
poses. A post mortem examination has been made
of two bodies and in each case there were signs
of Asiatic cholera.
EngIand's Egyptian Policy.
LONDON, June 26.-In the House of Lords today
Earl Carnavon gave notice of his intention to intro
duce motion of censure Of the governments
Egyptian policy.
Convention of Irish Mathematics.
DUBLIN, June 26.-At convention of National
ist delegates, which was held yesterday at Water
ford, resolution was adopted in favor of the
scheme of providing fund out of which National
salary The means recommended for raising such a
fund is to levy tax of two pence on the pound on
the rateaDle property belonging TO members of the
party.
Dynamite Plot.
LONDON June 26.-A narrow escape from dv-
Mantle disaster is reported from Bradford. An
Internal machine placed in the street car track
Over this car filed with people passed, but the
machine failed to explode.
I'm lhe Commons.
In the House of Commons this evening Gladstone
moved the franchise bill be ordered to the third
reading He denied that the bill intended to make
a permanent liberal administration. The govern
ment. he said had tried its best to avoid conflict
with the Honse of Lords, but should a coufiict
arise, while he would greatly regret it, he had no
doubt of the issue. tremendous cheers)
Sir Stafford Northcote objected to Gladstone's
reference to the House of Lords.
The bill was then ordered to its third reading by
unanimous vote. The result was received will pro
longed cheering,
A War CIsud.
PARIS, June 26.-Prime Minister Ferry stated
in the Chamber of Deputies today that M. Pateuo-
ire had been ordered to proceed to Pekin and de-
mand satisfaction for the Chinese violation of the
treaty at Lanzson. He said also that Admiral
Courbet had gone northwest under his command to
support the French demands.
Cable Notes.
1t is officially stated in Bordeaux that the pros.
poets now indicate that the wine crop for 1884
will be abundant and of excellent quality Seven
teen thousand acres in Granada have been planted
with American wines.
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Frrebnrr Acnhemx.

The anniversary exercises Of this institution, now
in its ninetythrd (93d year, as previously stated
will be held on the afternoon and evening of July
Having become fitting school" for Bowdoin Col
lege, it has manifestly entered on a "new depar-
ture." The past year has been one of unusual
success and promise. The principal with his corps
Of live and efficient teachers, has the felicity Of
being able to draw" and hold The catalogue to
be issued this week will tell the story OF It's success
and outlook to those who are interested to know.
Candidates for college win be examined on satur-
day, June %. Regular examinations Monday and
tuesday forenoon; aud in the evening Cruesday)
beV. =. ID. Barrow, d. d., pastor Of the First Con-
gregauonai church in San Francisco, viii give
literary address. DIR. Barrows was a native OF
tryeburg and for some time after graduating at
Dartmouth College, which has since been pleased to
honor him and itself by comforting on him the
degree OF Doctor of Divinity, most successful
principal of the academy. All his old friends win
be glad to welcome him. Others will be glai TO see
and hear what a Fryeburg boy may become The
social reunion, afte. the address, will aft rd an
opportunity for pleasant greetings 10 revive Old
memories, and introductions that shall prove thu
occasion for future cues. We hope to see MANY
from the hosts that have gone from this insttu
ton to bless the world. SocTTs.
Fryeburg, June 20, 1854.