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The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-11-21
NICKEL.


Industrious and thrifty, hut virtues
such as these may he CONVEX ted in
TO faults which are dangerous in the
extreme. 1t is ESPECIALLY apt to be
the case with the farmers wife,
whose work is never done. If so dis
posed, she will always find plenty 10
'los she will never rest. When she is
young and in vigorous health, the
rasages from excessive work are not
noticeable, but they are going on
all the same, only to make them
selves visible when the decline of
life is reached. The human frame
cannot endure this continuous labor
without ultimately breaking Down,
a. the history Of tens of thousands
Of thrifty farmers wives Amply
proves. 1t is not wise policy to
wear ones self out thus prematurely.
One can and ought TO enjoy old aye
nut if the tired frame never gets
sufficiently rested, the vitality it sap
ped and old age becomes a season
# invalidism, with more VI less
suffering Then take rest. Reverse
the old provero which says never
put Oft until Tomorrow what can lie
done to-day" if you have already
done enough and cannot do more
without excessive fatigue. You can
not afford to break down prema-
tarely. Your duty to your family
makes it incumbent on you to take
the hest care of your health you
possibly can. Life is only worth liv-
ing when a decent degree of health |
is to he had for ones declining years.
10 not spoil your capacity for EN-
joyment when old by injudlcious
labor when you are young, and do
not delude yourself with the idea
tat you can cheat nature out of her
dues. If you break the laws you
must pay the penalty. So do not
overwork Take a rest-Earm Guide.
MIR. James Means, one of the
most prominent boot and shoe ma
aufacturers of the country, having
4 large mill at Brockion, Mass, has
prepared an address for the benefit
II his operatives, covering the pre-
sent respective conditions of capital
md labor, which deserves the atten-
ION of all American workingmen.
With a foresight which does credit
o his intelligence, he perceives that
he time is soon coming when the
orces now at work in the direction
t labor organization will develop
1to q power w,lch will make its in
uence felt in all trades and indus
lies. This development Mr.. Means
olds to be a natural and healthy ,
)clal evolution; that it is only by
'ades unions that it is possible for
lose whose sole capital is their
bility to work to obtain their right
Al share in the results Of produc-
on. lie thinks the antagouism, open
r suppressed, which too often pre-
ais, altogether unnecessary, aud
nat there is nothing in the condi-
oni under which manufacturing is
ow carried on which should prevent ,
arge employers of labor from meet {
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-11-21
4 Earn, E0R Sal IL.

Containing 10 acres, Of which GO
acres under 'eEce. l6acres in grass
ana clever, and n good orchard of
never failing fruit. A good House
with four rooms, large barn, cut
houses, stables, etc. A never failing
spring IN close proximity to house,
anf good water for Stock in every
field. Onl. five minutes walk from
okene Postutfice and Store, and
about half mile from Nit. vernon
Church and School. 7mihs IRON the
town ct Rugby, and 6 miles from
Z. 5. K. t.. Neighborhood thickly
settled, and increasing rapidly.
PRICE $40 FER ACRE.
For further particulars, Apply on
Premises, or Address,
Geo. W. Babcork,
Skene, Morgan Co. Tenn.
Or c. S. Moore,
r. .. Box 20, Rugby, Tenn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-07-01
A Royal Game.

Tennis has been a royal game; so very
royal that Edward Ill. Q3G5) decided
that no one but kings and their associates
should be allowed 10 play it at all, and
his example was followed by Henry w.,
Henry WILL, and other reigning SOW!
crcigns of England and France. 1t kept
gaining in popularity, however, and some
sort of outdoor tennis was played with
inflated balls very early in the history OF
the game.
Every little while the royal commands
would be forgotten, or ONE convenient
wal would break out, and: after it was
over, tennis would 'bob up %screnely,"
as q very popular amusement. Henry
VIII. hal the tennis fever in q violent
form, and the most famous royal set eve
played was that in which Henry VIII. of
England and the Emperor Charles v.
were matched against the Prince of
Orange and the Marquis of Brandcnburg,
while the Earl of Dcvonshirc 'stoppcd"
THAT is, picked up balls and kept count)
for one side and Lord Edmund Howard
did a like service for the other side.
At last, the kings gave up the vain at
tempt to keep so capital agamc to them
selves, and graciouslv vouchsafcd it to
their loyal subjects, simply because they
could no longer prevent their playing.
OF course, there still remained the dill
cultics arising from the great costumes
of regular courts, but these could not in.
~tcrfcrc with o%ut-of-door tennis. This
was, however. a very unscicnt:tic sport,
and was, of course. dcspiscd by the gen.
try who could afford to play the court
game. In fact. it was not until Il very
few years ago that the play. loving Eng
lish public. awokc to the fact that some
one had reduced out-of-door tennis to Il
science; that something very like court
tennis could be played On the lawn, I'M
der the blue sky; and that ''pcnt-housc
roofs" and galleries, ratings, tambours,
chascs, and the rest were relics Of the
dark agcs.-S. Nicholas.
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Closing London Tower.

The Tower of London is locked up
every night at eleven o'clock. AS the
clock strikes that hour the yeoman
porter, clothed in a long red cloak, bear.
ing a huge bunch of keys and accompa-
MED by a werdcr carrying n lantern.
stands at the front of the main guard
house and calls out, "Escort keys"
The sergeant of the guard and five or six
men then turn out and follow him to the
outer gate, each sentry challenging as
they pass with, WHO goes thcrc!" the
answer being "Keys." The gates being
carefully locked and barred, the process
sion returns, the scntrics cxacting the
same explanation and receiving the same
answer rs before. Arriving once more
at the front of the main guard house, the
sentry gives a loud stamp with his foot
and asks, "Who goes thcre?" "keys."
"Whose kcys2" "Quecn Victoria's
keys" "Advance, Queen Nictoria's
keys, and alrs we'll" Tho yeo,nan
porter then calls out, "God bless Queen
Victorian to which the guard responds,
Amen" The officer orders Present
arms" and kisses the hilt of his sword,
and the yeoman porter then marches
alone across the parade and deposits the
keys in the licutcnant's lodging.
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Rough Handling Of Children.

The causes of joint diseases in child
hood are frequently obscure, but this
much is certain, that the rough handling
which children receive ut the hands of
ignorant parents or careless nurses has
much to do with the matter. Stand on
any street corner and notice how children
arc handled. Here zones a lady with q
threc-year. old girl; she is walking twice
as fast as she should, and the child is
o~ver.cxerting itself to keep pace: every
time the child lags the mother gives it n
sudden and unexpected lurch, which is
enough to throw its shoulder out, to say
nothing of bruising the delicate struct.
urcs of the joints; a gutter is reached;
instead of giving the little toddler time
to get over in its own way, Or properly
lifting it. the mother raises it from the
ground by one hand, its whole weight
depending from ono upper extremity,
and with a swing which twists the child's
body as far around as the joints will per-
NIT, it is landed, after a course of four
or five feet through the air, on the other
side.
Here is a girl 12 years old with a baby
of n year in her arms. The babe sits on
the girls arm without support to its
back. This would be q hard enough
position to maintain were the girl stand
ing still, but she is walking rapidly, and
the little one has to gather the entire
strength of its muscular system to adapt
itself to its changing bases Of support, to
say nothing of adjusting its little body
to sudden leaps and darts on the part Of
its hayward nurse. Sometimes during
a sudden advance you will see u part Of
the babe a foot in advance of its head
and trunk, which have to be brought up
by a powerful and sudden action Of the
muscles of the trunk and neck.
Probably not q child in a hundred is
properly handled -iqcin nati Lancet.
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Household Pets.

As between hobbies and pets two no
table weaknesses of the human racc--thc
latter are the least Objectionable. Aman
or woman with a hobby. If q rcd.hot
hobby, is simply a nuisance, and the pos
SCISSOR of an obirusivc pet is often almost
the same. A pet child or a pet animal,
where intelligence is found and when
kept in place, may be made the means OF
satisfying the cravings of the hunger of
affection without becoming Objectionable
to others than the posscssors.
A pet in u household, of whatcve
kind. is almost sure to he Objectionable
to some one, with a show of probability
that some one would hate it as cor
daily as the party Of the other part
would love it. If those who have pets
would keep them to themselves, no OBJ
~jcc,ions could be raised against them
but the trouble is that full half the cn.
ioymcnt Of pet posscssors seems to be in
the display of their brilliant qualities of
mind or manners.
Doubtless more children become pre-
suming, forward and 'chccky" from the
uiloue attempts VI Ioieii.o u "otiiiiiuS
friends to have them 'show off, and
the attendant quitting them through Il
course of sprouts, in season and out of
season, or wheucveran opportunity offers,
or may be hunted up, than from any
other one cause.
When q pet animal is allowed to usurp
the place of a human being, or permitted
to assume to be en- L par with the human
family, that pet is out of its place, and
its possessor u good ways out Of his or
her place. Household pets in place and
keeping arc desirable institutions in the
family circle, but pet children and pet
animals, when given undue place and
prominence, turn the milk of human
kindness sou in many a heart, and draw
dark clouds about many an otherwise
peaceful home.
Yes, have pets about the house by all
means; aud as there is said to be ga
place FOR everything, and everything in
its place" don't violate the "~ordinancc''
in the matte. Of household pcts.-G ood
JhUepEeeDnU
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HEALTH HINTS.

Powdered rice is said to have a great
effect in stopping bleeding from fresh
wounds. The rice powder is sprinklcd
upon lint, which is then applied as a
compress.
Sulphur mixture for the blood: Five
t%easpoonfuls powdered sulphur TO one
of cream tartar; mix with molasses take
one ~tcaspoouful three successive morn.
ings. her omit three, and so on until it
has been taken nine times.
Bed sores: When there is any indica-
ton of an abrasion being formed, a com
mon buffalo robe should be procured
and placed beneath the patient, the
snual undershcct, of course, remaining
between the body and the fur Of the
novel mattress.
In 4 paper by DR.. Earick, read before
a New York medical association, the use
of simple hot water as q dressing for
wounds is strongly recommended. Dur
ing an experience in its use of six years
in cases of acute surgery, such as rail
road accidents, etc., he has had no
ucatH lloll SClIiCtNiiitt vi HiIhh VI
secondary shock.
Lime water may be made cheaply by
taking q fresh piece of lime as large rs
al egg, pouring two quarts Of soft water
on it and allowing it to stand two or
three hours, shaking it occasionally.
Bottle and keep for use. Another method
is to place in a wide mouthcd bottle some
we'll burned oyster shells, and pour water
on them till the bottle is full. Let it
stand. and draw oil the clean water
when needed. Fresh water may be added
from time to time to the same lime until
the strength is exhausted, which will
not be very soon. This is a valuable anti
acid, and may be employed with great
advantage in many cases. and especially
in dyspepsia attended with acid stomach;
and mixed with milk, which completely
covers its taste, is one of the best RENE
dies in our profession for those whose
stomachs will not retain their food. Such
persons ought to make it their principal
alimcnt; that is, lime water and milk,
with bread, crackers, mush, ETC., say Il
wine g~lassful to 4 pint Of milk. To
check vomiting, a teaspoonful every tif-
teen minutes may be given.
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HUMOR OF TIE DAY.

An cyc-dcal pcrson-Thc oculist.
A matter of taste Strong butter.
The best posted traveller is n letter.
A dentist is no chicken. lie is always
a pull-it.
A wooden wedding Marrying a
blockhead.
Why is a horse like an onion2 Because
it does not know its own strength.
The many beauteous lays called forth
BY sunsets golden charms
Remind us that, in turn, the lays
Cause hen-sets OIL the farms.
-Mcrchdnt-Trdrrir.
''Is marriage dcclining?" asks an cx-
change. No; it is generally accepting.
-BuTlington Free Press.
The greatest catastrophe which can
happen to a woman is to drop a lead
pencil and break the point.-CoN.
MY son. in the battle of life be sure
you eat all you want. for it is by that you
can work your weigh up.-Hawkeye.
II BoARDER's MoRNING soLILoQUY.
How SWl1C Gnc HOuIS VI Sieep Bliuo ~
hear the sparrow Ginning.
The mackerel peddler's screechinG cry
Proclaims that days beginning.
Once moro to dress I must begin,
The sun shines out in %splendor,
And | hear the thud Of the rolling pin
That makes the beefsteak tender.
boston Courier.
Who wonders at the number of funny
writer's on this contincnt9 Wasn't it
named after q merry cuss?-&. Pu
Herald.
The earth would be a comparatively
pleasant dwelling place if it were not fol
the man who is always talking about
''thc good old times. "-Hatchet.
A WRECKED WRETCH.
Gaze on my bruised and battered face,
Mark we'll this sightless eye;
Catch on to both my broken limbs,
Then henvo for me a sigh.
Perhaps you think from buildings Skin"
I've had q fearful fall;
Oh, no; kind friends, please understand,
simply played baseball.
-NrW York Journal
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Grant Under Fire.

On the morning Of the day the army
captured Petersburg Grant stopped to
write a dispatch, leaning against ono of
the few fences left standing near q house,
the upper part Of which had been ADAM
doned by the women and children.
These had taken refuge in the cellar, and
were crying from fear, as the house was
being riddlcd by the Confederate artil-
lery. The writer stood near the general,
thinking between shots that it was no
place for him, but not seeing how he
could leave while the acknowledgement
remained. When Grant had finished his
dispatch, looking around and apparently
for the first time what II hot
place he was in, he quietly said: II see
no use in staying here" and moved of,
very closely followed by his staff, to a
place where an %unoccupied man could
feel cooler. -Bostoa 7'r"ge'er.
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THREE LESSONS.

There are three lessons I would write,
Three words as with a golden pen,.
In tracings of eternal light
Upon the hearts Of men.
Have hope! Though clouds environ round
And gladncss hides her face in scorn,
Put thou the shadow from thy brow,
Nonight but hath its morn.
Have faith! Where'er thy bark is driven,
The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth,
Know this, Col rules the hosts of heaven,
The inhabitants of earth!
Have love! Not love alone for one,
But man as man thy brother's!call
And scatter, like the circling sun,
Thy charities OH all.
Thus grave these words upon my soul,
Hope, faith and love. and thou shalt find
Strength when lifc's surges maddest roll,
Light, when thou else vert blind.
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The Cholera Danger.

GAS the cholera is now or Its travels"
said DR.. G. G. Vandcrbeck at the Wag-
ner Institute, Eve may confidently en-
pcct the plague during the present sum.
mcr, or at the furthcst in the fall, and
we should be prepared to meet it at the
outset. The first stage Of this frighful
scourgc is comparatively mild and takes
the form Of diarrhea. 1t is at this point
that the disease is to be comDated.
Neglected even for an hour or more, the
second stage comes on, when the dis
charges are like rice water, and recovery
is doubtful. Vomiting, especially during
the night time, becomes a symptom, as
we'll as cramps in the muscles of the legs,
and passage to the stage of collapse is
rapid. Death frequently sets in i'll one
day."
DR.. Vandcrbcck held that the cholera
germ was nurturcd in filth and propa-
gated through water. "Youdon't breathe
cholera" said he, ''thcre is no danger in
the air. Cholera is contagious, but the
contagious not through the atmosphere"
Acids destroy the life of the cholera
germs, and for that reason, lemon juice,
decoctions of ginger, and the external
use of mustard, were recommended.
Cleanliness in person and surroundings,
the boiling Of all water used for drinking
and cooking purposes, and the having
of the stomach in the best possible cor
dition arc the main %preventivcs to the
disease. Attention to these points re-
duccs the liability to contagion to almost
Press.
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The World Without Sugar.

Has any housewife cvcr realized the
alarming condition Of cookery in the
bcnighted generations before the invcn-
ton Of sugars? 1t is really almost too APP
palling to think about. So many things
we now look upon as all but neccssarics
= cakes, buildings, made dishes, confec-
tionery, preserves, sweet biscuits, ~jclllcs,
cooked fruits, tarts, etc-werc then prac-
tically impossible. Fancy attempting
nowadays to live a single day without
sugar; no tea, no coffee, no jam, no
cake, no sweets, no hot toddv before
one goes to bed; the bare idea of it is
too terrible. And yet that vas really
the abjcct condition of all the civilized
world up to the middle of the Middle
Ages. lIorace's punch was sugarless;
the gentle Virgil never tasted the con-
genial cup of afternoon tea; and
Socrates went from his cradle to
his grave without ever knowing
the flavor of peppermint bulls eyes.
How the children spent their Saturday
as, or their weekly o%aolus, is a profound
mystery. TO be sure. people made honey:
Uul llOIC1 40 idlS, NShl II oSNhlN ~
can never have filled oue-quarter the
place that sugar fills in our modern aircc-
tons. Try for Il moment to realize
drinking honey with ones whisky and
water, or doing the years preserving
with a pot Of Narborinc, and you get at
once a common measure Of the difference
between the two as practical swcetcncrs.
Nowadays we get sugar from cane and
beet root in abundance. while sugar,
maple and palm trees of various sorts
afford a considerable supply to remoter
countries. But the childhood of the
little Greeks and Romans must have
been absolutely unlightcd by a single
ray Of JOY from chocolate creams or Ev-
crton talTy. The consequence OF this
excessive production of sweets in mod
crn times is, of course. that VIC have
begun to distrust the indications afforded
us by the sense of taste in this particular
and to the wholesomencss Of various OBJ
iects.-LoAdoa G1WhM.
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Slow Eating.

The idea of rest and recreation and
elaboration in eating no longer occu-
pies the thought of the American boy,
much less of the business men. Yet the
power of ones life depends as much
upon this as upon any n conduct of
life. The relation of the chewing and
the Juices of the mouth to the after di-
gestion, all along the digestive track,
and to that assimilation which is to give
force and vigor to work. is such that VIC
cannot afford to forget the essential re-
%lationship. The failure of this part Of
the apparatus to do its part does not in
volvc immediate loss Of power or bed
ridden sickness, but it is more fire.
qucnt limitation upon forceful life than
any one disability. A thorough digcs-
ton not only leaves the mind clear and
the nervous system placid. but so pro-
vides the physical and mental machinery
with its ~propelling power as to make
thought as natural as if it were a physi-
cal function. 1t is not difficult to see
in the work, as well as in tn" writings
of some men, the traces of q bad physi-
cal condition. Emerson ovcr.statcd the
case when he stated that the sick man
is on the road to rascality; but, never
theless, did indicate what is true, that a
man in a chronic state of embarrassed
digestion is out of gear with himself
and the rest of mankind. We believe
that the foundation Of many an incapac-
ity is laid in this want of quiet, deliber-
te eating.-Mdepeadeat.
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Children should be taught, so far as
they are permitted to concern themselves
with the characters of those around
them, to seek faithfully for good, not to
lie in wait maliciously to make them
selves merry with evil; they should he
too painfully sensitive to wrong to smile
at it, and too modest to constitute them
selves its Judges.
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How tho Blackfeet Catch Eagles.

Among our Indians the most highly
priced article of adornment ic eagle
feathers, writes Colorado correspond
emit. They not only use them for MAX
ing head dresses and ornamenting their
blankets, but use them rs money in the
purchase of tire.watcr, tobacco and
other necessarics of Indian life. Among
the Blackfcct the mode of catching
them is interesting. After holding an
eagle dance the ''braves' repair to the
mountains, where each digs a pit and
covers it lightly with reeds and grass.
A piece of tough buffalo meat done up
in a wolf-skin is laid on the pit. After
the sun is risen the eagle swoops down,
alighting upon the wolf-skin, which he
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In the United States there are 900 or
ganizcd Universalist societies, about 766
churches and 700 ministers. About 49,
900 families arc members of The dcnomi-
nation, md their church property is
valued at $1,000, 900. The doctrines
were first preached by John Murray in
ITO, and the first church was organized
at Gloucester, Mass, in ITO.
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FROM AFFAIR.

- en- a bough a mockins- bird outpours
Ecstatic melodies in liquid trills,
Now soft and low, now with a note that
thrills,
Rising and falling as a lark that scars,
Yet sad as surges beating on far shores,
Right sadden'd by his music, 1 send forth,
Oh, friend, my hearts love for You to the
North.
Between us distance lies: but faith assures
Each thought l give you is return'd by
yours,
Rich with your love for him who press'o
Your brow
To ease its t~hrobbing. Oh, what matter
ow-
Since this remains, and mem'ry still adores
Our old life in the past-the close-barr't
gates!
Now is not the forever. and the future waits
-ChuS. ". Coleman, Jr., in HuIpc,
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begins to tear. The Indian who is COZ
cealed in the pit reaches out stealthily,
seizes the bird by its legs and drags it
into the pit, where he brushes its breast
with his knees. The return of o success
full party is the occasion of great r%ejoic-
ing, and the plumage of our bird of
liberty graces the top-knot of a greasy
Indian buck. "To what base uses, "ctc.
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Ay, that's the word-punctuality! Did
you ever sec Il man who was %punctual
who did not prosper in the long rum
We don't care who, or what he was
high or low, ignorant or learned, savage
or civilized-we know that if he did as
he agreed, and was punctual in all his
engagements, he p%rospcrcd.