The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-16

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, son of the year it is to receive th
numerous little guide books to coo
summer resorts. They are decided
ly cooling, especially the prices
Philadelphia Call.
An angry Chicago men wants t
know if there isn't enough wicked
ness in Chicago for Mr.. Moody t.
tackle instead of going to an effet,
monarchy of Europe.
"Will you please tell me, Mr.
Occult" asked his favorite niece
"why Masons wear pin with &c
in it ?" Certainly, my DEAR" re-
piled Occult; at is the same with
men as with horses &C. directs
them to the right. Boston Tran
! script
Cottonwood trees are very numer-
Gus in the streets of Milwaukee, aud
the white, downy substance which
drops from them has become nui-
sance.
What does the United States want
with a navy, any way?' So long as
fiag-tramps Bate nd DIR. Dio Lew
is are in the country we need have
no fear ofany foreign nation being
foolish enough to want to invade us.
-Pitsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
"What is this?" exclaimed a Bur-
lington lady, as she opened a letter
and something like crumpled post
age stamp fell. out. "Oh, yes? Ire
member now. It's that Boston bath
ing suit I ordered for Nellie"
Sixteen loaded guns were recent
ly fired into the house of Captain
Wrey, at st. Johns. If this thing
is kept up, Captain Wrey will begin
to think he is living in Cincinnati.
Louisville C0urier-Journdl.
A Wall street broker says in the
Neto Telegram "Ten years ago l
saw a man who had S11 900, 900 and
seven children. One day I asked
him why he did not retire. His
answer was: Il have $11, ,00O,0
I want just s12,OOO,OOO, because I
have seven children. My wish is to
give each million and keep S., 5,0OO,-
900 fer myself That man died in
a tenement house, and his children
are working for 81 day"
Within a radius Of 300 miles of
Louisville, Ky, there are II, 100000
people, which leads The Louisville
Post to believe that the Southern
Exposition to open on August 16
will be grand success.
The study of type~writing has
been introduced in some of the pub
lie schools of Chicago.
Experiments made by NJ. Muntz
with various kinds of fwater-springy
river. sea, and rain water, also snow
prove that alcohol may be found
in all, except in pure spring water.
Queen Victoria on June 20 enter
ed upon the 49th year of her reign,
q period which has been exceeded
by three English sovereigns only, |
viz, Henry Ill, Edward III, and |
George ILL.,, who reigned Sc, SO, and |
so years respectively. ea"
Mark Pattison, the well-known
rector of Lincoln College, at the Uni
of Oxford, has deposited in
,he Bodleian Library a box contain
ng the greater part of his papers,
With the condition that it shall not |
be opened before the year 1910.
What is claimed to be a valuable |
'ust protector is among the recent
German inventions. 1t consists of
ordinary oil paint mixed with ten
per cent. of burned magnesia, baryta,
,r strontia, as we'll as mineral ell.
This neutralizes the free acid of fthe |
paint, and the alkaline reaction pro-
,ects the iron from rust.
A ladyin Ashtabula, Ohio who
nad mania for shopping, but who !
seldom bought anything, recently
bought spool of thread after spen-
ding two hours in looking over the
finest goods in the shop. She or
lered it sent home and this is how
It was sent, according to local
chronicler: ga heavy dray drawn
by four horses, was procured and
four stalwart laborers with bare
arms were placed upon it to hold
the sool. When the team drove up
to her door everybody started and
no one could make out the purpose.
After deal of whip cracking and
other impressive ceremonies the
was backed against the curb. There,
calmly, end up in the GEN.
tire of the cart, was the spool. With
the aid of a plank it was rolled barr
rel fashion, safely to the sidewalk,
and after struggle it was END up
on the purchasers door step.
A Pittsburg man, who has accam-.
ulated $4,000 by quiet industry,
has gone to an insane asylum be-
cause both of bis babies arc girls.
lie wanted o boy,