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The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-02
COMMERCIAL CONVENTION.
An Important National Gathering to b
Held at Atlanta, Ga, May 10, 20 and
21-Circular Issued by the
Executive Committee
Programme.

ATLANTA, GA, April 22.-The citizens of
Atlanta having determined to invite dele
gates to National Commercial Conven-
tion, to assemble in this city on the 10Th of
May next, H. l.. kimball, Chairman of the
Executive Committee having the matter in
charge, has issued a circular explaining the
objects of the convention and giving the
following programme:
|. The convention will be composed of dele.
gates to be selected as follows Every local
body organized for general commercial, and
not for special private purposes, shall be en-
titled in this convention to the following rep
reservations: Each association having fifty
members or less, shall be entitled to one dele
gate associations having more than fifty
members, shall have one other delegate for
each additional fifty members; to be appoint
ed by the association. Any city or town Of
two thousand inhabitants not having an or
ganized body as above, shall be entitled to one
delegate, and towns of over two thousand in
habitants shall have one other delegate for
every additional five thousand inhabitants.
Delegates to be appointed by the Mayor or
Chief Magistrate. The Governors of each
State shall be eligible as delegates, and each
State shall be entitled to two additional dele
gates-at-large, to be appointed by the Gov
crnor.
2. There are to be eight National delegates,
to be selected by the Executive Committee.
3. All delegates shall present credentials
under seal from their respective constituent
cies; said credentials shall certify the number
of delegates to which the constituency is en-
titled.
4. The subjects to be considered shall be:
Q) Commercial and Reciprocity treaties be-
tween the United States and foreign coun-
tries. C2) A National Bankrupt law. 81 The
compulsory coinage of silver. AZ Railway
transportation. (5) Such other questions
touching National, financial and commercial
interests as the convention may deem proper
for discussion and action.
Very favorable rates of passenger trans
portation to this convention are given by
the different railroads, and it is the pur-
pose of the committee to arrange as far as
possible to give the delegates on the two
days of the week after the adjournm MT OF
the convention excursions to places of in
terest and importance.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-02
Tragedy in Missouri.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 2s.-Advices from
Mount Vernon,l Lawrence County, Mp, are
to the effect that John A. Tennis and
George H. Moon, old and well-known citi-
zens, between whom bitter feud of sever
al years. standing existed, met on the
street Yesterday evening, and Immediately
drew revolvers and commenced firing.
Tennis was shot through the head and
Moon through the heart, and both died in
five minutes.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-02
Removal of West Vjruinja's Capital.

WHEELING, w. VA, April 23.-The con-
tract for removing the State archives
and Capital furniture from this
city to Charleston May ., has been let
to Prince & Kugler, of this city
The removal will be made on the steamer
Chesapeake. After May 1st the Capital
will be at Charleston, Captain Billy
Prince, of this firm, removed the Capital
here from Charleston ten years ago. ss,,.-..;;;;::
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-02
Trouble In Panama.

COLON, April 23.-Trouble is imminent in
Panama. Aizpuru has issued a pronuncia-
mento against Americans. Their pickets
have been fired Oh. One hundred marines
have been ordered to reinforce Hayward.
Refugees are leaving the city. Aizpuru has
800 men. He will probably remain quiet
until the arrival of the Government corps,
which are embarking at Buenaventura.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-02
$4,000. 900 Will Bond.

DALLAS, TEX, April 24.-The will of the
late c. H. Mccormick, of Chicago, patentee
corded here as formality to enable the
administrator to secure possession of prop
erty belonging to the estate in the county
and city of Dallas. A bond of $20,0O0,0 600
was filed
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-02
Earthuuake Shock in Tennessee,

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 26.-There
were two distinct and plainly felt shocks of
earthquake felt in the northern suburbs of
this citv to-day at four O'Clock. Window
panes ratified, dishes tnmbled to the floor
and houses shook Only small territory
was affected, and failed to cause much ex-
element in the city. ~-sas
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-02
Bride Shot at Her Wedding.

JAMAICA, l.. l., April 26.-Mary Duryea
was married to Julian Sazey, of Wood
Haven, to-day. Frank Lami, an admirer
of the bride, was not invited to the we'd
ding. He fired three shots through the
window, one of which took effect in the
brides leg. He was arrested.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-02
Cholera Precautions in Mexico.

CITY OF MEXICO, April 2G.-rhe Federal
Government has taken vigorous measures
to guard against the introductiono of cholera
at the various seapOrts. Vessels from
Conativis, where cholera is reported, will
be subjected to vigorous quarantine,
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-02
Death from Roller Skating.

PITTSBURGH, April 24.-George Smithey,
a young married man, died last night from
over exertion caused py roller skating.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-02
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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-21
A Miniature Republic.

Few people know much about the
independent little Republic Of Andor-
"a, which is buried in the Pyrenees,
and has preserved its Independence
and its own institutions for nearly
100 years. Attribute Of $l92 year
is paid by Andorra 50 France. and $96
q year TO Urgel; II is governed by
council.generai Of tw~enty-four mem
bers, four representatives FOR each Of
the six communes which compose the
republic; there is no public debt. no
tsxation. and hut little crime
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-21
PEARLS OF
is knowledge applied.

Wisdom is knowledge applied.
Goodness is better than knowledge.
1t is the great at whom envy shoots
her darts.
Caution is consistent with the high
est bravery.
The hammer of custom FORCES the
link Of habit.
Any man who puts his life in peril
in a cause which is esteemed, becomes
the darling of all men.
There is nothing 80 sweet as duty.
and all the best pleasures of life come
in the wake Of duties done.
Man is borne along on the tide OF
life like a straw, and, considering all
things, is not of much more account.
From the qualification of one un-
necessary want spring up half a dozen
others, even more urgent, though less
needful.
A tender conscience is an inestim-
able blessing; that is, a conscience not
only quick to discern what is evil, but
instantly to shun it, as the eyelid closes
itself against the mote.
If, by instructing a child. you are
vexed with it for the want of adroit.
ness, try, If you have never tried it
before. to write with your left hand,
and then remember that a child Is all
left hand.
How can a man learn to know him
self? BY reflection never-only by
action. In the measure in which he
seeks to do his duty shall he know
what is in him. But what is his
dutyf The demand of the hour.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-21
The Chinese ut Table.

Cinnamon consider the stomach the
source Of intellectual life. and there
fore the latest man goes for the wisest
one. They affect to believe that for
eigners come to China to eat because
they have not enough to eat at home.
1t is considered a mark Of refined DO
likeness to treat a guest or a visitor to
a meal at any time of the day. Only
those Cinnamon who have families
take their meals at home; the rest eat
at hotels. They usually have two
substantial meals a day-one an hour
after getting up in the morning. the
other between three and four o'clock
in the afternoon. The well-to-do class
take three or four meals a day. Often
the father alone eats meat, while the
lest of the family have to be satisfied
with rice Poor families usually get
their meals from street vendors. The
well-to-do ones employ cooks, the lat
ter getting their degrees and diplomas
like men OF science. The Celestials
use no ~tablecloths, napkins, knives,
forks. spoons. dishes. plates or glass
ware. Instead Of napkins they use
packages Of thin soft paper, which also
serve them for handkerchief. After
using they throw them away. Each
guest has a saucer, a pair Of sticks,
a package OF paper and q minute cup
with salt saucer. The Chinese women
never dine with the men. Everybody
smokes during the eating Of q, formal
dinner, and the dinner is crowned by
story or legend narrated by somemore
or less known orator. No topic OF
general interest is discussed at such
dinners; but a gastronomist whoknows
all about the preparing Of food re-
ceives attention.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-21
4 Generous Little Boy.

"Bobby." said his mother, there
are two pieces OF cake in the closet
one for you III done for Oracle. The
one on the: lower shelf Is for you"
Bobby broke for the closet and pres.
emily returned.
"You said that the piece on the II
per shelf was for me. didn't your" he
asked Of his mother.
"Na" she replied, shat IS Oracle s.
Tho piece onsths lower shelf Is yours.
sWslI, I'm very sorry mauams, bat I
ate Gracie's. But III tell you what
IN DO" and 9 generous light hons II
the clear little boy'seyes, ~ . Is
sGracis comes homesIll give her ) part
,of mine.r--NssO Fork 1Snss
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-21
A Quarrel.

Thore's q knowing little proverb,
From the sunny land of Spain;
But in Northiand. as in Southland,
u lite meaning clear and plain.
Look it up within your heart;
Neither lose nor lend it,
Two it takes to make q quarrel;
One can always end it.
Try it well in every way,
Still you'll find it true.
In q fight without a TOE,
Pray what could you dot
If the wrath is yours alone,
Soon you will expend it.
Two it takes to make a quarrel;
One can always end it.
Lots suppose that both are wroth,
And the strife begun.
Ufone voice shall cry for s'Peace,"
Soon it will be done;
If but one shull span the breacn,
He will quickly mend it.
Two it takes to make n quarrel;
One can always end it.
.Mary f.. Pun Dyke in Young People.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-21
Sir David Brewster's Cat.

Margaret Marie Gordon. writing
from Nice to the Home Chronicle, SAYS:
MY father, Sir David Brewster, had
. strong dislike to cats; he said that
he felt som sthing like an electric
shock when one entered the room.
Living in an old mouse ridden house,
I was at last obliged to set up a cat,
but on the express condition that it
never was to be seen in his study.
Twas sitting with him one day. and
the study door was ajar. To my dis
may pussy pushed it open, and, with a
most assured air, walked right up to
the philosopher, jumped upon his
knee. put a paw on one shoulder and
a paw upon the other, and then com.
posedly kissed himl Utterly thunder-
struck at the creatures audacity, my
father ended by being so delighted
that he quite forgot to have an cleo
trio shock. He took pussy into his
closest affections, feeding and tending
her as II she were a child.
"One morning, some years after
ward. no pussy appeared at breakfast
for cream and fish; no pussy at din
ner, and, in fact, months passed on
and still no pussy. We could hear
nothing of our pet. and We were both
'inconsolable. About two years after,
I was again sitting with my father,
when, strange to say. exactly the Same
set Of circumstances happened. She
was neither hungry, thirsty. dusty,
nor ~footsore. and we never heard any
thing Of her Intervening history. She
resumed her place as household pet
for many years. until she got into Il
diseased state from pac.aking 700 zee
y. II was supposed. Of tho deiicacy Of
raw 1esh, and In n4efcy she wa oblig.
ID TO be shot. We both suffered 90
much from this second lcss thas "a,
ssver had another do1nsstis 49,
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-21
HUMOROUS.

A bad jury in a law-suit-Perjury.
An epitaph for a boatman: Life is
oar.
When a butcher CANDLES he should
play for large steaks.
The net to catch a man matri-
monially-the brunette.
Is 1t proper to speak of an insane
Chinaman as cracked china t? T
IL like your impudence," as a pretty
girl said when her beau kissed her.
If a man is struck by a woman's
beauty, is it actionable as an assault ?
Corn is the worst used of all cereals.
No matter how fruitful it is, it is only
grown to have its ears pulled.
A lawyer who climbs up on a chair
after a law-book gets a little higher
in order that he may get a little lore.
A policeman attacked by cholera
morbus lost so much rest that he was
forced to go on duty again to recuper-
ate.
circumstances alter cases." said an
unsuccessful lawyer, land I wish I
could get hold of some cases that
would alter my circumstances"
Boy (who does not appreciate
sermons): "Well, I'd just like to know
what p~reaching's for. anyway ?" Small
sister: "Why, it's to give the singers
a rest"
1t takes off the edge of enjoyment
Of loves young dream when you learn
from your jeweler that Miss L.
has been in to learn the value of the
last ring you gave her.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-21
COMFORT

Comfort.
Hast thou Der the olear heaven Of tho soul
Seen tempests rollf
aast thou watched all the hopes thou would'se'
have won,
Fade, ono by ono,
Wait till tho clouds are past, then raise thine
eyes to bluer skies.
East thou gone sadly through a dreary night,
And found no light;
No guide, no star, to cheer thee through the
No friend save paint
Wait, and thy soul shall see, when mostforlorn.
Rise a now morn.
Hast thou beneath another's stern control
Bent thy sad soul,
And wasted sacred hopes and precious tears,
Yet calm thy fears,
For thou canst gain even from the blt,eress
A stronger heart!
Has Fate o'erwhelmed thee with some sudden
blow?
Let thy tears flow;
But know whom storms arc past, the heavens
More pure, more clear;
And hope, when tarthest from treir shining
rays,
For brighter days.
Hast thou found lifo a cheat, and worn in vain
Its iron chain?
Host thy soul bent beneath eortl's heavy BOND
Look thou beyond;
If life is bitter, there forever shine
Hopes more divine!
Art thou alone, and does tn. <oul complain
It lives in vain?
Not vainly does he live who can endure,
O, b thou sure,
That he who hopes and suffers here can earn
A sure return.
Hast thou found naught within thy troubled
life
Save inward strfe7
Hast thou found all she promised thee, Deceit,
And Hope and cheat?
Endure, and there shall dawn within thy breaso
Eternal rest.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-21
It was barely daylight when 1

IL was barely daylight when /
reached the river. The negro who
had taken her out Of the water had
shown me the evening before the pre-
else spot where the current had car
ried her away, and also the place
where he had found her-about fifty
yards further down. 1t was a long
narrow basin, shut in by great jamro-
ses, whose tufted branches met above
and stretched from n bank to tho
other. The pale light, Pickering
through the leaves, made CLEANS here
and there upon the water like the re-
Election of molten lead; beyond tire
darkness was completes; it looked per-
fectly black there.
I dived and brought up three fat
pebbles ! But breakfast would not
be ready until ten o'clock; 1 had plen-
ty of time.
BY eight o'clock the bottom of the
basin had no mysteries for me. There
was not a single cabot-fish that I had
not disturbed beneath his rock-not a
single camaron that I had not COM
PEELED to crawl backward into his hole.
But the locket was not there-accord-
ingly it must be further down. 1 left
the basin and followed the course of
the notwithstanding all the
roots. exploring all the boulders, ques-
tioning every tuft Of grass. I was
about to pass on, when I saw a little
serpent. like a thin silk string caught
upon the root of a wild strawberry
plant, wriggling in the current I
seized tit was the locket
She would not come down to break.
fast; but M. Rabut told me she would
certainly come down to dinner. She
was still a little weak, but that was
all.
Man is a selfish creatures; the medal.
lion remained in my pocket.
While they were laying the table
that evening, I stole softly into the
dining-room. When her father had
led her to her seat, and she unfolded
her napkin. she found a little box in it.
"What is this? Another of you.
attempts to spoil me. papa?"
But the astonished look of NJ. Rabut
must have convinced her more than
his denial.
She opened the little box.
MY iocket !! my locket I" she cried,
putting it to her lips and kissing it
over and over again. I watched every
kiss-I looked at her out of the cor.
ner Of my eye. Finally. her eyes met
my own-she understood. But the
little mysterious beauty did not even
say "Thank you"
And the long and short Of it Is, dear
sir, that I never gave Helene, who be-
came my wife. a single lesson.
All. yes, parbzeul l taught her
how to swim.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-21
The Letter J In Spanish.

The Letter J In Spanish.
A few days since a stranger from
the u~nconverted wilds of the East.
where tenderfeet attain their highest
state Of constituencies, came out to Al.
b%uquerque to visit a friend. While
walking along Railroad avenue he said
to his friend:
"There goes a man I met up at La
Junta," giving the J its natural pro,
n%unciation.
"You mean LIE Hunta," the friend
replied. THAT is a Spanish name
and in that language takes the
sound of b."
els that so? Well, I must try to
catch onto that"
After strolling along a short dis.
lance further he asked:
where are the Jemes Springs, OF
which I see SO much in the papers?"
"You should say Haynes Springs
they are over here in the mountains
about sixty miles"
deuce take the language-it breaks
me all up. That's a pretty house owe,
thsre-that Armijo house, isn't it ?"
and again he gave the j its proper pro.
nu~nciation.
"You mean the Armiho house; yes.
it's a good one, too"
"How in Sante Fe is a fellow goin
to tell what's Spanish and what isn't
Why couldn't they build their Ian
guage accordin' to the original plansa"
ooh, you'll soon catch on. You
win find it safest to give the Spanish
pronunciation to nearly everything
here"
An hour later they sat down at the
table of the San Felipe Hotel, and, af-
ter scanning the bill of fare. the stran-
ger said to the waiter:
"You may bring me q nice. huicy
piece Of roast beef, some pigs howl
with caper sauce. ONE fricaseed
hack-rabbit, some pork with apple bel.
ly, some boiled potatoes with the hack.
cts on-unskun, you know-some
tarts with currents ja-I mean currant
ham. and, alb, some"
At this point tie waiter swooned
and the guests in the room let out q
roar of laughter that gave the chande-
Tiers the chills and fever. This made the
stranger mad. and he leaped to his feet
like a crazy man, took OFF his coat and
threw it down on the floor and stamp
ed on it and howled:
":You fellers are tryin' to play me-
for a sucker, but by goshyou've struck
the wrong snag! Whoopeel (and he
jumped up and slapped his fsts) I'm
a ydestroyin' cyclone from Illinoy, an ]
kin lick the hull crowd Spanish? ]
kin sling more. Spanish in u holy min.
ute than Montezuma could In a year I
Kin L? Well I should ehaculate that
T kin Let some idiot pull OF his
hacket and hump onto me, an the Grst
NJ go -Lf.rreI M--E-t.EH. ETLE-E4E.EEET'
time I hit i'm he'll think he has the
him-hams? Spanish? oh, / guess
notl Ny names Jesemi-I mean
Jeremiah Homes from Jacksonville,
Illinoy, an when my dander's up I'm
a ravin hyenal You played me for !
sucker. but you mustn't nudge .
man by his looks Whoop, go sound
the hubilee. Somebody come out and
face me. Let some him crow gaioot
come to the font and ~criSicise my
Spanish hargon
His friends got hold Of him and
took him from the room. and as he
went through the door he remarked,
II kin take . hoke. but 1t makes me
mad fur 8 lot hackssses TO try "a
play me FORA gasnsy.- AIbsQusyqsas
IN \. y Dssoeakk
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-01-04

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Morn Michael $500
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