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was not alarmed l soon got over it.
Iremem Der several shakes after that
some slight and others more severe
The late Thomas Williams, long
citizen of this county, told me
he was on the Mississippi river in
Hat boat at or near New Madrid
when there was hard shake, about
the time Reelfoot lake WAS formed
and other places sunk. He said
the cable of the boat was broken,
and the boat carried rapidly up
stream, and when they were run
ming up stream the river be-
hind them looked as if it had been
greatly elevated, like a hill in the
river behind them.
John p. Williams, son of ThOs.
Williams, informed me that his
father in the latter part of 1911, in
what is now Smith county, loaded
small Hat boat with corn and live
hogs to take to New Orleans; and
with Bruce Martin as steersman
and a negro man started down the
Cumberland to go TO New Orleans;
that they were detained on the
route Il days by ice in the Ohio.
When they were at New ~ adrid
mere was q severe earthquake
which broke their boat loose and
carried them up stream two hours
The steersman was greatly alarmed
and called them up and told them
Trey were all certainly lost. He
thinks this was in January, 1872
AT the time the shakes commenc
ed In this county in December, 1911
the CONSERVATION and alarm of tue
people were intensified by causes
preceding sthe earthquake. The
great comet of 1911 (the largest
and most brilliant comet that has
appeared in the last 200 years) APP
peared IN September, and continued
TO shine with great splendor, throw
ing off tail OF great length, until
about the middle of December. Ii
excited an awe of the supernatural
and was looked upon by many as
the harbinger of some dire calami
". The state of the country al
that Time was such that the public
mind was disquieted and easily ex-
cited. All Europe was then en-
gagged in a most terrific warfare
and it was believed that war be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain was inevitable. Our prox
unity to the Indians was a source
of uneasiness. Giles county wa:
then a frontier county. The Chick
asaw Indian boundary was only
four miles south west of Pulaski
the line entering the county neal
the northwest corner and run dag.
onally through in a south east direc
ton to Ditto's landing; the west
ern and southwestern part of thu
county was Indian Territory. Re
ports were frequent that the In
dams meditated an attack on the
settlement. All these causes opera
ted to excite and .disquiet the public
The earthquakes coming about TIT
time the comet disappeared, was re
garded by many as forehodine
some supernatural calamity, anC
excited very great terror and alarm
JAMES MCCALLUM.
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Filial Fidelity of the Rec.


A writer in the American Roo
Journal relates the following in the
introduction of queens, which shows
the filial instinct in this wonderrol
little bee:
Last fall, while putting my colo
MES in order for wintering. they
were carried, one by one, a few
yards from the summer stands; and
the frames removed, boxes cleaned,
etc; the bees adhering to one 1.-Two
poured on the ground with the
scraping from the hive, and the
queen with them. Shortly after
the colony had been replaced upon
It's stand, rohbing began, thus I'M
dicatipg something wrong with the
queen. Her hive was closed mill
sundowu, and visited early on the
next morning-a light frost having
fallen-when it occurred to me that
the queen might be found where
the bees had been poured out the
morning befOre-aboHt q hoers
prevlous-and there to nv amaze
ment was n cone shaped cluster of
bees as large "a a tea cup, and n
the center of IL was the queen, cold
and stiff. Upon taking her to fire,
IN n few minutes she was restored
to activity, and on lifting the crsh-
ion over the bees and preSeptin0
her. the first thing, even Jefore s he
left the fingers, G bee gave her too
eat, and thereupon, almost iEstar b.
ly, q joyful hum passed throu "a
the hive; and quicker than it, can
be told, dead bees were carried out,
and defensive warfare against ROB
hers began.
The fidelity exhibited in pro-
tecting their mother on that Frosty
night and joy manifested on her
return home, are worthy oil our i'm.
itation,
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Suffering Women !
Read What the Great III ethO-
dist Divine and Eminent
Physician Says of
Br9dfpI6'S Female RGTDl9tOpI

ATLANTA, GA, Feb. 90, 1854.
DE-. J. BRADFIELD: Dear Sir-Some 10
wears ago | examined the recipe Of Female
Regulator and carefully studied authorities
in regard to its components and then Gas
well as now) pronounce it the most scion
tifc and skillful combination of the really
reliable remedial vegetable agents known to
science, to act directly on the womb and
uterine organs, and the organs and parts
therefore, providing a specific remedy for
All diseases of the womb and of the adjacent
organs and parts. Yours truly,
JESSE BORING, NJ. D., ID.
Bradfeld's Female Regulator is only in
tended for diseases peculiar to women and
for these is SPECIFIC.
Sold by all druggists Send for our trea-
tiso on the Health and Happiness OF Woman,
mailed fred, which gives all particulars.
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The Chinese use "thnmb mark -
for the purpose of identifying GRIM
iBals and it is claimed TO work
much more successfully than our
method of taking their photographs.
1t is maintained that the grooves ON
the skin of tho thumb arc not alike
on any two persons and that tbev
remain the same through life. an
impression, consequently, when
made on wax, or by a blackepad
thumb on white paper, or by u
clean thumb IN paper covered
with SCOT or other substance. Will
leave a record, which the Chinese
consider an infalliblo means of iden-
LITIGATION. This plan has been
talked OF in the United States, bnr
SO far as the author knows has new
er been attempted.
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Burned to Death and

w 4AAAC.
I know ola man near Maxey's, Ga
who for ten or twelve years was almost
a solid sore from head to foot.
For three years, his appearance be-
ing so horribly repulsive, he refused to
let any one see hin. The disease. af-
ter eating his flesh, commenced on his
sknlI bones. lie tried all doctors and
medicines without benefit, and no one
thought he could possibly recover. AT
last he began the use OF b, Is. b., and
oil healed and he was a sound man.
He looks Just like a man who had
been burned TO death and then restored
TO life, The best men afthe county
know of the case, and several doctors
and merchants have spoken of it as a
most wonderful case.
john CRAWFORD,
Druggist, Athens, Ga.
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A horse at West Troy, N. Y,
while being harnessed, became
frightened, broke loose and plunged
into the river. He swan about and
finally became wedged in a raft,
when dog went to the rescue and
jumping on his back snapped at
him until he forced him to back out
of the timber and swim ashore.
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The enormous democratic ma
jority that will earthquake the re-
publicans in Maury this fall throws
Littleton into frenzy, thus:
Down in Columbia this week
Gen. w. G. Whitthorne was nomi-
mated for congress, Gen. w. j.
Whitthorne and Gen. Nat. Wilkes
Whitthorne were nominated for the
lower house of the state legislature,
and Gen, Lucius Polk Whitthorne
was nominated for the senate-all
democrats. It is thought that
Judge A. Hughes, ST., will contest
with Gen. Whitthorne for congress,
Col. A. NJ. Hughes, jr., and Col.
Neill Hughes will tackle Gems. w
j. and Nat Wilkes Whitthorne
for the lower house, while Col. Ed
mund Hughes measures lances
with Gen. Lucius Polk Whitthorne
for the senate. The people of Mau-
ry county have either got to move
out, Ar-chughes Which thorne they
will have Polked into the seats of
government every two years.
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Littleton's Review thus acknowl-
edges that there was a "smirch"
on the character of the Plumed
Deadhead:
James G. Blaine, jr., although
only I9 years old, was too smart
not to profit by his fathers expe-
rience, and leave no room for doubt
on the subject of his proper and
through marriage. Accordingly,
he took unto himself a little girl
wife this week, contrary to the
wishes of his own parents and the
parents of the girl.
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Just listen to the Pulaski CITIZEN
while it tells "Where Bob got his
BOOM" 1t is equal to one of his old
kuklux legends: "Our Mr.. j. L..
Pearcy is responsible for Bob Tay-
lor. He manipulated his boom and
spread it out over Tennessee, and
made of it the irl eslstible avalanche
that burst in such fearful splendor
in the capitol. Our Bob did not
know that he was a candidate, and
had positively declined, but our Joe
literally seized him and hurled him
into the arena, and then managed
his boom so adroitly that it went
on from cOnquering to conquer. :"
What an avalanche of splendiffer-
BUSINESS! Pearcy, Pearcy, irresisti-
bic spreader, how could you do so?
Just picture to yourself the scene:
"Our Bob" didn't know he was
there, q modest, shrinking violet, a
maiden wallflower, as it were, when
''our Joe" appeared on the scene;
our j. L. shouting blud and thun-
der! Rreitz doaneraOstteri Lay on,
McDuff! Ayaunt below Litter
ally seized" Our Bob by the seat of
government, and the head of the
eddie and "hurled him into the
arena" and doomed him till the
boom broke forth in one ge- lo-ri-ous
burst Of here the copquering hero
conquers. What a scene Wash
ington, Jefferson, Jackson desired
it long and died without a sight.
No wonder Bob was so broke up he
couldn't tell which side of the
Blair bill he was on.-Littleton
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T'HE PULASKI CITIZEN

An American gentleman has OBJ
tanned permission to enter the de-
partment of ancient literature in the
imperial university, Japan, in order
to study the history and language
of the country.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

Rose Leslie, whose immense size
made her famous as a circus at
traction, has died in Lowell, Mass.
aged twenty-five years. She weighed
615 pounds, and measured FIVE feet,
three inches IN height.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

An interesting plot that demon
strated what each farmer may do
for himself in the way of improve
ments in corn gave the results of
ten years selection. The variety
originally was Tennessee prolific,
which during the second year of
trial was crossed with heavy white
dent. Ten years ago it grew ten
and eleven feet high, sucked badly
add bore small ears. Every year
small plots were planted and seed
selected from only the most perfect
plants. The tassels of all faulty
plants were cut off. The results, as
seen recently, OF this ten years. i'm.
provement by selection are: two
weeks earlier, almost no suckers,
ears often four and five to a stalk
and borne lower, and plants aver
aging not over eight to nine feet
high in good soil.--N. Y. World.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

Goodwin Smith expresses the
opinion that since the time of De-
mosthenes there has not been a
dozen orators in the world who
could equal John Bright, the Q1ak-
er statesman, in eloquence.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

The best Gshisg-greuR need to
be protected from the ruthless sport
of the amateur fishermen. Blue
fish, which q dozen years ago cOuld
be purchased at Nantucket from
twenty to thirty cents apiece. now
bring from one dollar 10 one dollar
aHd twenty-five cents, owing to the
scarcity and the great demand.
The natives never ate the delicious
fish until taught by summer visitors
of their delicious qualities as food.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

Leprosy is not contagious dis
ease according to DR.. George L.
Fitch who has been for five years in
charge of the lepers of the Sand
witch Island.
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The Curtis House, aged two hun
dred and fifty years, was torn down
recently at Roxbury, Mass, to
make room for modern improve
ments-Boston Globe.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

The young lady who can peel a
potatoe in five seconds Is as useful
as the young woman who speaks
languages is ornamental.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

In New York now they sell scrap
beef at three cents pound, and
the Sun says it is wholesome.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

A man in New York advertlses to
guaraBte pupils to play the accor-
dion in two lessons. Crime in that
city assumes many phases.
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Pnhic Anctfonaer.

A. McKimmin offers his services to
the public as auctioneer and live stock
commissioner. Sales made at any time
either In the town or country. dec3l-ly
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

II is possible in my mind TO wipe
out vice by persecution but il is
possible to make it unhealthy by
prosecution.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

There is nothing so dihiault 10
hide as manners, and n0Ching %
easy to prove.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

A man is obliged to die before
his Will amounts to anything, but
that Of = woman is always in force.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

1t is getting so now that if a man
canpot tell a larger lie than the
other man does he is not really
hnnnY
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

The American public is fast com
ing to know an anarchist by Lia
breath.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

Mrs. Annie d. Chopper is said 20
be among the most extensive raisers
of fine horses in Colorado. She
holds regular sales once or twice a
year, at which she offers one hun
dred or more horses OF different
grades.--Chicago JougnaL
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

In tho pursuit Of knowledge man
never gets ON the right track until
he ends ont that he doesn't know
enough to brag about.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

The Baptist Church ut Scotch
Plains, N j., recently celebrated
the cen ennial of its founding.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-30

III DOTtduI UOA OIHUIOSS
II suffering from any disease peculiar
to your sex. -Bradfiield's Female Regu-
lator will cure you. sep16-1m
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VOL 28

DIR. c 0. AEERNATHY, DIR. c. A. ABERNATHT.
hrs. C. c. & c. a. ALTERNATELY have
~ formed q o-pGrtnorship in the practice
of Medicine and Surgery and offer their ser
vices TO the citizens Of Pulaski and Giles
county.
CFFICE,-Thirl d1o- south of Peoples
National Bank, End Main Street.
May 2lS5
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-10-01
, n-.Dd New STORY of George Washington.

Whom George Washington was
sr,aU bov and about tie time he car
7ia5 on his numbering operations III ms
f9+1er-s orchard me hearl the OLD gentle
man saw he wished to get good ora
Shortly after shat George succeeded
II, --....rFr.--a "a common yellow dog OF a
1-=-F-...- .ul knowing the governor
-,.- r...r wei. posted on dogs o.eltl %
s.lI IL 10 lfa. + .r III y cents Win winch
70 go TO The circus
els ita hunter asked the GraAdlalAeL
Of his country
y 8. replied George.
.. Setter or p5lnlert
setter
IT.. next day George crawled under
tba t.rt Of the Great Colonial United
Circus and NfcnaCerie and spout the haI
dofIur for uau corn bricks
srsr; a week after his father ai@eoV--
cred that the dog did Ioi know ulrl
from wheel barrow, and shortly after
vas about DO bring mule harness trace
! into active use on his son ard herr
/ Il thought YOU said that dog was
/ a bunter-a genuine setter: ne de-
Rather I cannot tell lie" pleaded
! fNe -o1lng horHful g. IL is hunter anu
ss.ter u will hunt around till It
| finds bone and then set down and
A few moments later the elder Wash
iryton en- erred the house
.. sam. said he to his cCachman who
had inst glrcl hi snf 20 some line old
brandy on tlle -ilehoard, .' YOU viii have
20 get a new trace for that on mule
harness" EsJellHe lbak-l Bell
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what ri-couasc' the trnny Man.

He had a str..t- -htfurwarsi 20 ahea ar
obcur him as he walked into the -HhhS
mans ssnctum, that imu. edlaiely colh-
mandei attention. ta
-. l thought I'd call on you, ne salu.
..I know youn be glad to see me When
YOU know who 1 am. -.
G. WHO are you:' inquired the sau-eycI
T N. as Ge wrarily laid down his, PehCI'
Iea,in the word mother-in-law hall M
ished. -. ,.--,r,,-
vifes mother live anywhere but IN my
0'i' y. InIred. said the Fale Poragraphist
with surprise. z-..-o +be
old lady. sL-.
.. Arother thing I never spoke OF how
my mother used 20 COOK to my W re.
:. yybel e@,r nv wife wants new Don
net. she goes and gets IL ana mas the uiiI
sent. 10 me. and whenever 1 am cut laJe
at NIGHT she goe- TO bed at the regular
brU1. and never says a word about WhaI
( time ! GET in"
! His auditor was turning pale, ana
beads OF perspiration stood out on Il
Il am the father of an infant sixteen
! months old " he visitor went on, ailI
I have never as yet stepped on Iach
when hunting the paregor g
Il have built all the fires ever slilce
got married. e..,.
Il once wrote a poem on Spring
which was accepted by an editor ana 10
which received pay.
'' have alwayS-
But the unny man had He'd.
The next day he threw up his sltua
flor. and he is now driving street cal
Merchant Traveller.
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APPBTIzBRs
His Opport nifty Came.

Grocer Chase lived in q little house al
the rear OF his store and W interrupted
one morning n breakfast iy the clerk
who usually opened the stone.
I'VE were robbed last night, Mf'
Cha@el We were robbed
" Robbed! robbed you don't mean
it?
Yes 1 do. Somebody entered the
store last ni.ht by The front door and
took every cent there was iu the tin
..Grel. Heavens. I'm ruined But
stop John. how much money was
thee in the Till last uiEhLe
Fourteen dollars and thirty cents.
John. 20 TO the police Office at once,
and eu.er the report Oh tie records
that I We been robbed of $1,000, and that
my family narroHlF escaped being
butehered. Meantime, III drop down 70
LAWYER Huckf0rd's and have him draw
an as-i-umeut I've been waiting foi
this for years.
81. All right. sir &C. Exit
maria, give me the fourteen dollars
you may keep the rest.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-10-01

vOunr man who lately graduated
from the Yale Theological School has
GONE out to Northern Dakota to engage
in missionary work. In recent letter
he writes:
"Out on an ocean of plain are few
houses the size OF hen-coops-th form
Hoskins, my present abode. Not drop
nj naint snllies the virgin color of the
boards. One room below, lott atove,
in which a dozen of US sleep.
land Hoskins is the county seat, ana
the county is larger than the State OF
Rhode Island.
q preached in a store. The boys
sat on the counter; the women on cEalIS
brought from various ShantieS. More
over, the bows carried over an organ,
filled a small vase with flowers, and then
we held service.
But make no mistake. Half of these
'boys are college graduates. we nave
numerous lawyers who have come mere
to take several hundred acres OF land Oh
a generous government. go botanIZinS
with a delicious chap from Ann Arbor-
"Not a drop of liquor is sold; the lei
lows are all Wild to have a church here
they are willing to bring toardS tiiuy
miles distant; for a near neIghbor IS ne
who lives dozen miles away. hesh'
odist clergyman thinks nothing OF Jrudg
ing twenty-four miles and preaching
sermon.
"Then the sun-it beats fiercely down
/ bu+ the half-gaIe that is continually
blowing mitigates the intensity OF th'
( heat.
Finally, we have paper, and we Low
it, too. 1t gives US a column about Bll
Jones's pump or the size OF Neghoo
Browns new heller.
Yet the inhabitants of HOskins ar
confident OF a glorious future. A blad
of grass towern above its brother !
magnifiec in their estimation TO hug
plant. and they vow that in few year
Dakota will be a boundless forest lnstea
of a waste prairie.
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IT was not long ago that friend OF
the writer was travelling with party OF
evcursfopists in the mining regions OF
Pennsylvania She was single Iauy'
and did not know any Of her male COM
Danions even by name.
She went down into mine with the
other tourists, and with womans nat
ural curiosity thought she would lnves-
tigate a little for herself
The consequence was that she got
lost and found herself in labyrinthlne
massage. whose windings she could not
follow 10 the sunlight. Vague visions
Of death by starvation foated before
her mind. and she was puzzled for lew
minutes to know what to do.
Feminine wit finally came to her ald,
and she shouted at the top OF her
voice
JohnP
Presently the answer came DUCK
{" What do you waut?"
&c wish you would help me TO flIlu my
way ont OF this hole" was the reply
and almost Immediately manly Iorln
va at her side which deXterously plot
| ed her to the open day.
! She was not acquainted with her kino III
resrueT but she said she was sure there
/ was a.John in every crowd, and coulC
mal5cffo mistake il she called Tor MN
! Il Boston Budget.
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WHY MAIDS WILL WE'D.

A good wife rose from her bed one morn
And thought with nervous dread,
or the piles on piles of clothes to be
washed
And the dozen of mouths to be fed.
There's tie meals to get for the men
And the children to fix away to school,
And all tire milk to be skinned and
churned-
And all 10 be done this day"
It had rained in the night and all the
Was wet as it could be.
There were puddings and pies to bake
And a loaf of cak' for tea;
And the day was hot, and her aching
Tbrob3ed wearily as she said:
:, If maidens but knew what good wives
They'i net be in haste to we'd"
" Annie. what do you think told Ned
Brown
Called the farmer from the we'll
And a flush crept up to his bronzcd brow
And his ewes hall basnlullN fell.
" II was this" And coming near he
smiled.
81 It wa this: That you are he best
And the dearest wife in town.
The f. rrner went back to the field,
And the wife, in a smiling, absent way,
! Sang snatches OF tender little songs
She'd not sung in many day.
And the pain in her head was gone ano
her clio hes
Were as white as the foam OF the sea, =.
And her butter as sweet and golden aS II
could be,
The night came down
The good wife smiled to herself as she
said:
- 'Tis so sweet to labor Tor those We IoVs
It is not strange that maids Will wed.
Detroit Free Press.
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sa0e Rehind the Bars.

RridoeporU girl has steady company
IN 4be r,erson of young man VINO Is
forever and forever a-kissing her. one
Tkes a share of this sort OF sweet, 5y
meats but quite frequently it pals on
He invited her to ride the other moon
light night, and she accepted Iuily ny
realizing that she would pe ili'sae -l5I1si,l
tsr.-et- Of no end of osculatory pi acllcS.
Ont on the road, in the moonlig L the
,-,,,,,e, man handed her the reine, placeo
his arm about her waist, and then dfe"
Sbe sail nothing. Handing back tne
1;7as from somewhere beneath hel
vyrap she drew uut baseball catcher :
mask, strapped 1t 70 Rg.p ReL .,Te ,ort ,r'i New.