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The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-09-30
THE DA1LY CITIZEN

Our Cam e1s VIII delyer the paper ev-
laEy evening IN every part of the city to
bscribers, and parties wanting it
ease call at the CITIZEN Office.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-10

''Is is a question often soked me, and
a very hard one 10 answer. have cusi
toner that has worn a leg for twenty
one years, and know meA that would
not wear leg two years. Il is just as
it is with everything else. Some take
care of them and others stave them out
very quickly.
"The government, you know, allows
soldiers a new leg every five years, OF
$75 That looks as if they thought five
years was the average, but good legs
will, in my opinion, average at least
eight years. The price the government
sets on 'em is about the lowest they can
be made for, though some manufacture
ers ask twice rs much as that.
"How long does it take to make lege
Well, I'll tell you. In war times they
said if q man made leg in eight days
they was satisfied. Boston Globe.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-10
How the CaroIines Are Governed.

The Caroline Islands may be regard
ed as a practical exhibition of most of
the various systems of government that
are just now in favor. zap and Kusaie,
two of the largest islands of the group
are Kingdoms; and considering that
zap is only Pacific kingdom, it is q
very advanced place, its chief town
possessing a well-paved street, and
there being on the island no less than
sixty-seven villages, each of which is a
semi-independent commune. UnfOrtu-
nately, consumption is rampant, and!
the population is rapidly decreasing.
Kuasie is a less enlightenedmonarchy;
but, on the other hand, it has no con-
sumption, and it has number of Oh
gantic ruins which have no rivals in
zap. Ponape, third island, is an Oil
garchy governed by five princes. Like
Kuasie, it contains remarkable pre-his-
toric ruins, and thirty years ago it had
population of $4,000 souls. AT the
present time, owing to recent raVageS
of smallpox, there are only 1000.
These, however, are well-to-do and
flourishing, and they are noted for their
intelligence and physical beauty. Other
Islands are Republics, elective despot-
isms and declarations of petty princes
doms, but none is so prosperous as Oil
| garchical POnape. London NesOS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-10
TENNESSEE
SONG OF THE CLERK.

He leaned 'gainst the high piled shelves
And his eyes were heavy and red,
His arms were rigid, his fingers were numb,
And light and dizzy his head;
And no sang thisSong thro' the evening long,
Until most Of us were IN bed.
ooh for the evening air,
Aud a sight of the setting sun
20 strengthen the nerve and brighten the eye
When my tedious day is done!
And n little play, each Saturday,
When my hard earned wages is wOnl
swell for the Woodworking man,
Tho his hands have horny grown,
He has the wealth of vigOr aud health,
And the strength Of muscle and bone,
He feels as free as the wind on the sea,
When he calls his evening his own.
"Well for the volunteer,
When his hard campaign is DER,
For now he can rest on his laurels green,
And think of his tolls no more,
For the boXed-up clerk ii is constant work,
And 'prisonment sad and soreI
ooh, ladies tender and true,
q, sisters, so fr Sh and fair,
Some pity own for us, haggard grown,
And give us the evening air
We wait all day till strength GIBBS away,
On ye who have time to spared
ooh for the evening air,
And a sight of the setting sun,
To strengthen the nerve and brighten the eye
When my tedious day Is done!
And an easy rest on the Sabbath blest,
Montreal Star.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-10
BANGKOK.
The Watts of sIsm-CuriOus Structures Used,
as Temples. i

The Watts of sIsm-CuriOus Structures Used
as Temples. 4
There is nothing like them elsewhere
in the world. They are very curious,
those temples or watts as they are called
surmounted by their towers and sur
rounded by their prachedees, which are
sephulchral pagedas or spires, rising
sometimes to the height of 200 feet.
And as the temple sometimes combines
the prachedee, and the prachedee APP
pears in indefinite number and in va
riety of forms, it is hard to give de-
scription of the combination that can be
understood. A wat, like the temples of
China and Japan, comprises many
buildings usually covering several acres
of ground. The two main buildings
may be sixty or seventy feet hong by
about the same height, narrow and with
sort of semi gothic windows.
So built they resemble
Episcopal chapels in England and
America. But the roofs, or the series of
roofs with colored borders that lie closely
on one another, each superimposed one q
little within the one below it, sometimes
run over and are supported by columns,
which encircle the building and greatly
change its appearance. OF buildings of
This class there may be several in the
group. From each end of the ridges
rise long slender ornaments like huge
claws, which are fantastic but effective.
The prachedees are irregularly disposed
about the main building, the lower part
like a pyramid or dome, the upper like
tower Or spire, which tapers to mere
thread if hight is desired. The altitude
of the majority, however, does not ex-
coed twenty or thirty feet. | am not
attempting to describe the wat, but to
show its lofty towers, the clear outline
of its painted roofs, its prachedees show
ing their graceful needles against the
horizon, it makes its fine presence felt in
a graceful and conspicuous way. There
are over hundred watts in Bangkok
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-10
VeritabIe Curiosity Shop.

Four miles west of Thomaston, Conn.,,
on an unfrequented road, stands house
which shows evident signs of age. In
front, beneath a,shady maple, are two
tombstones of persons who died in 1776
and 1878. A long, lank individual
named Worrell lives sort of hermit
life in the house, which is reached by q
long pair of stairs. The house within is
a veritable curiosity shop, the wall be-
ing covered with huge hornet nestsa
wreaths made from potato bugs, all
grasses of the field, besides innumerable
butterflies and insects fastened to the
walls with pins. A room in the rear is
a museum in itself-cases of stuffed
birds and snakes, frogs, owls, hawks,
pigeons, minerals, chair 100 years old
q wreath of snake skins, another potatoesS
third of eggs, whisky bottle 16O
years old, lizards of all species, frame
enclosing wreath made of the claws
of animals, 1880 in all, and all sorts Of
odd things from the woOds.-M Y. POST
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-10

doctors so numerous, that cases might
easily arise where an INSCRIPTIONS ply
sician would be tempted to help man
rid himself of his wife-or his mother
in-law."
"What method would you propose,
asked the reporter, "for keeping euthan-
asia within justifiable limitsP"
"Oh, Idon't know" said the medical
man. "How would it do to get two
medical certificates stating the certain
approach of death, and Judges per-
init to kill dying man with narcoticsP"
m Y. SWa.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-10

No immediate danger Of intellectual
overwork threatens the pupils OF the
common schools of Georgia. In the ru-
raj districts three months constitute the
school year, and it requires the most
rigid economy TO keep them going three
months with the present appropriation.
All the cities and enterprising towns
supplement their pittsnce from the State
school funds by local taxation and main
tain excellent schools for about nine
months in the year Chicago Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-10

The sea-shell business of California
is little known to the public. The pro-
duct consists of mother-of-pearl, pearl
oyster, brilliant or curious shells from
Japan, China and the South Seas, and
the several varieties of Sbalone.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-10

-"Why, DOCTOR" said a sick lady,
''you give me the same medicine as you
are giving to my husband. How's thatP"
CAN right" replied the doctor: whats
sauce for the goose is sauce for the gan
der. ~ CkicdQO Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-10

1t is claimed that the free use Of
sugar with coffee viii obviste the inju-
rious effect on the organs of digestion
which coffee sometimes produces,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-10
PAINLESS DEATH.
The Practice Of Euthauasia Dis
cussed by Physicians.

Have Doctors Right to Shorten Life
With Drugs to Prevent the Ag-
ony of Dlssolu iOn?-Narcotics
in General Grants Case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31

In Sullivan county Judge Buff granted an
injunction against colored citizen named
George jackson, who sought to send his
children to school for white children, which
was situated about one mile from his resi-
dence, there being school for colored
children exclusively in the township, but it is
located fully three miles from Mr.. Jackson's
residence, and his children-little ones
are forced to walk that distance, and past the
white school, in all kinds of weather, in order
to obtain school facilities. This is certainly
not within the spirit of the law The action
of Judge Buff can be explained only OF the
theory of old-time prejudice, or because
jackson being poor, was not able to have a
standing in the Judges court.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31

GENERAL RosECRANs says he has just
heard Of those orders of Grant for his removal
and arrest. That may be. Bot told Rosey''
is not ignorant of General Grants opinion of
his abilities as military commander. In
Grants conversations with John Russell
Young on his tour around the world, the Gen
eral described his meeting Stanton in his
night garments at hotel in Louisville panic
stricken at the receipt Of news that Rosecrans
had given orders to his army to retreat, which
would have involved disasters not only to
that campaign, but to the Union. Grant in
stantly telegraphed Rosecrans, relieving him
of his command and taking command himself.
He then telegraphed Thomas to take COM
mand of Rosecranss army until he (Grant)
arrived. Grant then went on by special train.
He adds:
''On my way to the front at one Of the sta
tions, met Rosecrans. He was very cheer
ful. remember he was very eager and fluent
in telling me what should do when reached
the army. When | arrived at headquarters
were half-fed and badly clothed. Rosecranss
plan, which was checked by my order before
it was put in execution, would have been
most misunderstanding could have been
more fatal He would have lost his guns and
his trains and Bragg would have taken Nash
ville."
1t is not hard to understand General Rose.
crans's hostility to General Grant. The New
York Times says that Rosecrans risked his
popularity in California by antagonizing the
Grant retirement bill, whereupon the San
Francisco Chronicle replies:
"The Times is mistaken. Mr.. Rosecrans
had no popularity TO risk. He was the acct
dental nominee of his party for Congress in
1882, and was elected by the tidal wave of that
year. He has never done anything in Con-
gress to entitle him to popularity in this State
When the time came last year for nomina-
ton to Congress from his district. not a single
man in the convention ventured to suggest
his name By common consent he was CON
sidered dead. When some ignorant Eastern
reporter suggested him for a post in Cleve-
lands Cabinet, the suggestion awoke guffaw
in California which resounded to the Sierra.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31

graded according to size nearly possible and with
the vicious dogs by themselves The cages are then
surrounded with atmosphere charged with chlcro.
form and bisulphide of carbon. In from one to two
minutes sleep falls upon the animals often stertorous
like that of men in uneasy attitudes when dreaming
They begin breathing fainter and fainter, and in six
minutes are dead. Their bodies are then buried in
heaps of bog moss. prepared that decomposition Is
completely perfected within week from interment.
YOUNG lady living in Dallas Tex, dismissed the
young man to whom she was engaged because he
drank. few days after she had told him she would
never speak to him again little negro boy brought
note from the wretched young man. whom we shall
call George The note read "Faithless, yet still be-
loved Fanny My sufferings are more than can
bear cannot live without your love. Ihave there
fore, just taken poison, the effects of which am al
ready beginning to feel. When you read these lines
will already have joined the great silent majority
VIII De acorpse. See that am decently buried and
sned silent tear my tomb in remembrance of the
happy days gone by. Your dead George" When the
young lady had finished reading the note she asked TIE
little negro who brought it what he was waiting fo.
DE gemman tole me to wait for an answer"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
REFERRING to the action of the Democratic

REFERRING to the action of the Democratic
caucus, the correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, Democratic authority, confirms
what the Journal said respecting the political
influence of the rings The Enquirer says:
''The slate in its entirety is the one pre-
pared by the prison lobbyists and State Cen
trail Committee, who have been here in full
force. Superintendent Jacobs, of the Blind
ASYLUM, opposed Captain Stogdill for trustee,
and change in the management of that in
Jewett's speech was a direct slap at his old
enemy, Jason Brown, who was instrumental
in removing the appointing power from the
Governor to the Legislature Jewett and
Brown live in the same district, and will be
opponents for the congressional nomination
next year."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31

Washington Special.

washington special.
The record and proceedings in the case of Gem
eral Swain were sent by the recorder of the mil
itary court to the President today. The inn
preston among army officers is that Swain has
been found guilty of the first charge and specia-
cation, which, if true, will involve his dismissal
as brigadier-general and Judge Advocate-gen-
eral of the army. Swain was appointed to this
place by the late President Garfield, jumping
over the heads Of many officers who outranked
him. Hence he became u target for the envy
of such. and his pursuit has eliminated in a. siI
which may relegate him to the shades of private
life.
Special to the P,ttsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
verdict of guilty was given in the Swain
court-martial case this morning by vote of 5 TO
3. 1t has caused much comment in military and
political circles. The friends of Judge Advocate
Swain assert that the court was appointed for
the purpose Of conviction. and that such result
has been foregone conclusion from the start
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Ex-soLp1ERs q, TO BE REwARpEp.

The Washington Post cheerfully assures
Soldiers holding positions in the classified
branches of the civil service that it has no
doubt they will be left undisturbed. provided
they have not made themselves Offensive" by
doing any political work during their official
life. Having thus taken it upon itself to speak
for the administration the Post continues as
follows:
Democratic soldiers have been the most
conspicuous objects of Republican disfavor
for twenty-four years. Their LOYALTY has
been impugned, their patriotism reviled and
sneered at. When they have hobbled to the
front on crutches to ask for a crumb of FEEDER
al patronage they have been oddly and inso-
lently repulsed. Although more than half the
soldiers of the Union in our great civil conflict
were Democrats that majority. has been
denied recognition in the bestowal of Offices.
The time is at hand when it will be possible
to right some part of this great wrong, and
the Post entertains no doubt that President
Cleveland and his cabinet officials will cheer
fully address themselves to so good work.
1t is difficult to see how more misstatements
of fact could have been compressed into an
equal space had the Post editor been writing
falsehoods for wager. But hold! Possibly the
writer refers to the Confederate soldiers, which
of course puts different face on the matter
Ex-ConfAderates might be counted as Soldiers
of the Union, because thoughthsy tried to get
out Of II they failed disastrously. They have
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rison, or some other member of the board.
These violations have met with the protest of
the minority member, as will be found Of
record in the official proceedings. Of our own
personal knowledge, we know of internal COM
motions, jealousies and troubles among the
subordinate officers and attendants which must
interfere with proper discipline and proper
conduct of the institution. The Blind Asv-
lum has escaped much, il any, criti-
cism. For some reason, it has not
yet fallen under the malign influence
of DR.. Harrison. In addition to all this there
are apparently well founded reports that the
public institutions are turned into hotels
where the friends of the board or management
are entertained at the States expense. 1t is
charged that among these guests are to
be found not few members of the Legisla-
ture. These statements come from Democrat
icsources. They demand investigation Iftrue,
apitiable, contemplate, paltry outrage that
should be stopped. On Democratic authority,
it is also of public report that in the nomina-
tons for trustees of the prisons, rings
have triumphed, which have for
their object the depletion of the
public treasury, and the influence Of which
must be against the best and most satisfactory
administration of these important institutions.
Here are enough subjects to challenge the
earnest consideration and attention of the
Legislature. The Democratic majority cannot
afford to pass them by in silence or with
mere denial, however incorporate the mega
tive may be made. What we have said rests
almost exclusively upon Democratic testi-
mony. What shall be donef
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
The Posts OF Union Veterans.

John =. Kountx, Commander g A. H.;
Our organization fs growing rapidly in num-
hers and Importance There are now 600 posts,
having total membership of 275 000 Pennsyi-
yania has a larger number than any other sac.
There are million men living who fought FOR
the Union, and it is thought that tho member
shin Of Tho Grand Army will reach half mill
lion. There Is a much larger number of Grand
Army posts In the South than one might expect
to find All Of the larger cities of the South
hsvo one or more posts. Now Orleans has three
The main strength OK tine organisation Is In tho
Central States New York should hAVo saNch
larger number Of posts than shc now he's.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31

been, it is true, very conspicuous objects of
Republican disfavor; their loyalty has been
impugned and their patriotism reviled and
sneered at; they have not received any great
share of Federal patronage and-they were all
Democrats. Viewed in this light the Posts
remarks have very obvious bearing on COM
ing events. Only when Mr.. Cleveland and
his Cabinet attend to righting this great
wrong" by putting all the ex-Confederates,
who apply, into Federal positions will the
Washington organ be at peace
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
KATE FIELD ON MORMONISM.

The curse of Mormonism rests upon all its
adherents alike, making the men tyrannical
and licentious, and degrading the women to
the level Of beasts, but the full horrors are
felt only by the women. They suffer, and
they alone can tell the story of their suffer
ings; that they seldom do 80 is an argument
to some that the miseries of the polygamous
life are not so great as observers have por-
trayed them, but this is a careless conclusion.
Women are drawn into it through ignorance
and fanatical devotion to so-called religion;
having once been caught in the trap, pride
and shame, as we'll as the injunctions of the
rulers, unite to prevent complaint and rebel
otherwise known as Saints" leads them to
keep silence 1t is not, however, in the ma
ture of any woman to accept the monstrous
doctrine without at least inward protest nor to
willingly divide the affections of her husband
with other women, even though by 40 doing,
and thus only, she and they may be assured
of an entrance to heaven. The soul of the
most ignorant wife must rise in revolt, and
though religion and policy restrain her from
publishing her woes abroad, she will
open her heart to sympathetic listener.
Miss Kate Field went to Salt Lake for
the purpose of seeing what Mormonism really
is. She listened not only to the specious ar
guments of the elders, but she heard. also, the
irrepressible cry Of outraged womanhood.
Shameful stories of oppression and cruelty,
and Of bleeding hearts were whispered to her;
unspeakable miseries were made visible to her
observing eyes. Her conclusions, drawn from
what she saw and heard, are to be given to
the public in series of papers, the first of
which appears in this issue of the Journal
In Miss Field the Mormon women, debarred
from speaking for themselves, have found
champion.
With all their anxiety and eagerness for
missionary work and social reform, it seems
little singular that the women of America
have not turned their attention sooner to the
disgraoefu evil which lies so close to their
own doors, and which concerns their own sex
SO deeply Organized attacks ON polygamy by
benevolent women of ability, who are seeking
an outlet for their energies, would be far more
effective than the scattering fire now directed
toward less important enemies Of public and
private morality Volumes have been written
on the evils of polygamy but the apathetic in
difference of the public to the horrible blot
upon the country has not been overcome.
Miss Field, in beginning the attack single
handed in behalf of her oppressed and de-
graded Mormon sisters, is deserving Of all
praise.
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They Are Solid for Mcdonald.

Washington Special.
Congressman John Lamb of the Terre Haute
district, ia authority for the statement that ex-
Senator Mcdonald will be member of the Cab
met of Cleveland II have no doubt upon the
subject at ALL" said Mr.. Lamb to Press cores.
pondent. '.but cannot give dates or persons,
or phrases, and / name no pledges; but Melon
aid will DO n member Of Clevelands Cabinet v
John G. Thompson says. concerning tho claims
of Indiana. that he cannot see how they can be
overlooked and that Mcdonald will probably be
made Secretary of the Interior. GAS to Ohio
says Thompson, "Pendloton's friends and Thur
mans friends are In entire accori, but Ohio 10
pressing nobody for place in his Cabinet We
await Mr.. Cleveland's action and shall acqmesca
In it
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THE Boston Journal, noticing the course of

some recent events in indianapolis, says.
''Mr. Frenzel member of the indianapolis
Metropolitan Police Commission, resigned his
position because his associates on the board
voted to enforce the laws regulating the liquor
traffic Thereupon Governor Gray the Secre-
tary of State and other prominent State
officers signed letter complimenting Mr..
Frenze on his valuable services and the faith
full manner in which he had discharged his
trust, and entreating him to remain As if
this were not enough bill was promptly in
troduced in the Legislature to repeal those re-
strctions of the law to which Mr.. Frenzel
objected. Clearly, if things are not made
comfortable for the Indiana liquor dealers, it
will not be the fault of the Democrats"