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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-03-18
pEppERMINT AND lTs SOURCE.
A Small County in New York Said to Sup
ply the World.

A Small County in New York Said to Sup
ere. ply the World. 4ss,
HNice peppermint drops thesefp said q
leading druggist. as he weighed out 10
cents worth to q lady customer.
~Yes, and have you any idea where pep
permint comes fromfp ,nf iQf
HRaised in most places, along streams,
and gathered BY country folks and sold to
country druggists $500.
'sNo, sir; not a bit of it. The worlds
supply of peppermint comes from single
county in New York, Wayne by name, of
which Lyons is the county seat, a pretty
town on the River Clyde, and half way
between Rochester and Syracuse. Well,
last summer spent some time in the
town, and was surprised to find that the
raising Of peppermint, which would be
called almost a wild herb, was here a
great industry"
millions in its"
@Yes, and the origin Of it becoming a
business is interesting. They told me
there that about sixty years ago, or about
the time the Erie canal was opened, that
there was a Connecticut Yankee named
Burnett, who made his living by raising
peppermint and distilIing it, putting into
little bottles and travelling over the
the country and selling it. That wah
long before the day Of patent medicines
or drug stores. This Burnett owned .
small farm near Deerield, Conn, a sort
of hillside concern, where the weed grew
wild. In his travels he got as far west as
Lyons, where he discovered abundance Of
his profitable weed growing wild along
the streams. Well, he caught the west
ern fever and selling his farm came to
Lyons and settled ui1A
@Made success of I'll"
& HNot only that, but the weed here pos
sessed not only an abundance Of oil, but
of better quality, and he embarked his
all in the manufacture Of the oil. He
made 50 much out Of 1t that the neigh
bors followed suit and either distilled on
their own lands or turned over their crops
to Burnett" -. ....7 =. ..7.s...
@He was sort of peppermint kinR!"
mo; that honor was reserved for an
other man--Hiram g. Hotchkiss-who
is now 75 years old and has become mill
ionare out of the weed-a
What is the crop worth this yearf"
"The mint acreage Is about 1000 acres,
and this is not more than half what 1t
would have been IL the season had been
favorable. The total product Of Oil this
year win be s12O,O 900. In fairly good sea-
son it rises to $250,O00."
! aIt's no longer weed, thenf"
mot out there. 1t is legitimate agri-
cultural crop, planted and attended to as
wheat or potatoes.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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ALsmon free IN the Baol. Yard.

We were permitted recently to see q
grand old lemon tree in the back yard at
the residence Of Charles Binney 1t is
about twenty feet in height and large in
proportion, and loaded with fruit In all
stages OF growth, from the blossom to the
ripened lemon. Over 500 lemons have
been taken from the tree within the week
without making a noticeable impression
on the whole. It Is estimated that there
sides others in all stages of growth The
Tree blossoms all the year round. and fur
nishes an almost continuous supply of ripe
lemons The fruit is large, thin-skinned
and Of fine flavor. (Cal) Ap-
peal.
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every time they'u snooE rnere-u be ten
tale puff of smoke come out OF the tree.
just as soon as we'd see one OF those little
puffs Of smoke the entire battery would
rain shot and shell into that tree, and
we'd make It so hot for the sharpshooter
that he'd either tumble or crawl out. dead
or alive. The best shooters were in the
Union army Most Of them came from
the west. and many OF them had been
deed, they could hit any object as big as a
pie-plate that far away" - Baltimore
Herald attItf
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How They Measure Land in y Jersey. .,,.

In a disputed land case now being tried
in Camden, a surveyor named Philander
Brown, whose services were much in de-
mand in that locality, was asked the
question, how much land the plaintiff
received in excess of what he was legally
entitled to, to which the witness re-
sponded: Five rows of blackberries" /"
Court, jury and counsel enjoyed the sar-
casm on the accuracy of land measure
mentI which the answer contained.
Judge Parker asked next what "a row of
blackberries was equivalent to in inches, I"
to which Mr.. Brown returned, @Seven
feet in Jersey, always" 1t was testified
to that the land had been surveyed with
chain one of the links of which had
been lengthened several inches.-Phila-
delphia Call i-a As-f it..th- 1- -
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Young Editors of the Magazines.

Those who sit in the editorial chairs Of
our most popular magazines are young
men. Ten years ago the idea of young
man of 81 holding the reins Of magazine
as great in importance and high in posi-
ton as The North American Review
would have incurred ridicule; yet such Is
the present fact Mr.. Glider of The Cen
tury is one of our youngest editors. The
editor OF The Atlantic is, we believe,
scarcely 10, while the two Glders Of The
Critic count their years with the figure 3.
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designed Tor MS own mfdnIght tege-a-tete
with Guido Fawkes, he very naturally
and logically mistook me for Robert
Catesby. ft
Poor DIR. Finehi feel sorry for him,
now that he is confined in private asy-
lum, but L can not help shuddering some
times over the recollection of that terrible
hour, and hoping that for the future may
never be taken for any parsonage, -histori-
cal or unhistorical, except myself
Adapted from Edwin S. Scudder In Bal
lOu,s Monthly. -.- -. -. .
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A oomprl,tlon Of erea. 1ntsre...

B. F. Stevens has asked the government,
historical societies and private individuals
to assist him in the great work Of collect
ing or copying the immense mass of docu-
ments in foreign libraries relating to the
American War of Independence. Mr..
Stevens has found over $1,000 of these
documents in Europe, and organized a
corps Of assistants whose services he can
at once command as soon as the peCuniary
means to accomplish the work are at his
disposal He promises a compilation o!
the greatest interest to all students ol
American history-The Current.
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"wb,ppinr Up rired nature. y,

There is a whipping up of tired nature
going on that ought to come under the
notice of some society for, the prevention
of cruelty TO animals. The lash is being
applied in this way to take common in
stance, in your very house. Your hus-
band did not sleep any last night, think
ing of his business entanglements. You
prepare him two cups of strong black
coffee, which he pours down for break
fast, unable to eat anything with it, No
doubt while the stimulus lasts he carried
through an immense amount of work in a
savage manner. 1t passes for pure grit
by the onIookeFs. Perhaps it may be;
but there is another kind of grit that we
like quite as well-the patient, steady fol
lowing ones conscience. And your doses
of strong tea that enables you to get
through the house cleaning, or the fall
sewing, is another whip-long and cruel.
The society should have its hands on you
both instanter.-Good Housekeeping.
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nIi.talre oftha Rnainess MAN.

The disposition TO make pleasure the
servant of enterprise, 30 characteristic Of
the American man of business, has much
to do with entirely defeating pleasure in
many instances, and instead Of period
Of restful recreation or profitable observa-
ton amid wholesome surroundings and
helpful associations the time is made a
new season of speculation and the build
ing Of future business prospects.-Ch Chicago
Inter Ocean
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irving En-. speed Of Their Tongues

test to determine which of them could
talk the faster A mutual friend was ap-
pointed umpire, and the sum of 900 francs
was to 60 70 the victor. For three hours
they read from Eugene sue's fsuilleton,
and during that time the victor succeeded
in pronouncing zoe, 81 words. Her adver-
sary came in bad second with 203, SEQ
worda.-NeW York Sun. rra
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Railroad from Afrioa,s Interior.

Science calls attention to the first well
developed plan for the construction of a
railway connecting the interior of Africa
with the Atlantic ocean. On Dec. %,
1885, an agreement was made at Brussels
be0Feen the independent state of Congo
and delegates from the Congo Railway
company, of Manchester, England, grant
ing to this company the right to construct
a railway to connect the upper and lower
Congo The capital will be 8, 600, OOO ano
subscriptions will be Immediately openec
in the capitals of the four states which
signed the general act of the Congo con
ference at Berlin -Fxchange 500 r. if'
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LIPS AND ROSES

o the fragrance delicious-entrancing
OF the rose with she'll tinted leayesI
The thorn but its beauty enhancing,
While the purloining finger it grieves
And it pains, while it pleases me, darling
Like the dew an thy cherry-red lips;
For / never ana sated in breathing,
Nor can be sated with sips
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:. s,s,-re Prospects Of Young hopeful.

aetre Prospects Of Young HOPEFUL.
4 Old acquaintapce-Wal. Willie, keep
right on wild yo' hooks, an some day yo'
may be president. 1a 8 i
d Fond mother-Ya'as, me an his pa
feared OBJ dat, Gus dat president Is so full
ob worry an fuss ] jes know Willie
wouldn't stan' it, Gus he amt ober robus,
nohoW.-Harper,s RazaY. 90 ufsez9
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-03-18

BY the use of gold-coated Belenium
plates, Mr.. c. E. Fritts expects to accom-
plish the important object of converting
the greater part of the energy of light
into electrical energy, which may again
be transformed into light as required
ArkansayR Travelar -- -
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Am Accomplished Horsewoman's Daring

An Accomplished Horsewoman's Daring.
have seen Miss Kate Bayard start out
IN the dim light of a winters morning,
seen her ride all day with the foremost
hunters, and seen her clearing every bar
rier, dashing down narrow cuts and up
steepest ascents, over thickets, through
undeIbrush and plowed fields. A more
intrepid rider meyer followed the hounds.
She never hinched, despite nearsighted-
ness, which made her courage and horse
manship more remarkable. have known
her to return after day of continuous
hard riding only in time to doff her habit
and don a bail dress to dance all night,
shining also in the Hmaze of gaze de
Chambery and the hum of the smallest of
talk Washington Letter.
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Aaraeale q the Dietary oure.

Mr.. Abednego Rhubarb (an advocate Of
the dietary cure). I tole yo', Negly, dar
am none OBJ yo' medicine drugs dat kin
elal food, 'telligently selected. Why,
look at de evil consciousness dat follers alb
stinencs from food fur any length Of time,
an den draw yo' own infe' e'ncel-Harper's
Bazaar
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Annual Report Of Savings banks,

The annual report of the ffty-fouF
Maine savings banks shows that less than
per cent. Of their SS7, 900 of combined
resources was put into securities that de-
preciated, q loss which was made good BY
Increase in values elsewhere. Chicago
Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-03-18

A SON Of the late Jesse James of unen-
viable notoriety is a member Of a Baptist
Sunday school In Kansas City, Mo. He Is
q bright-eyed, intelligent-I looking boy, and
recently recited the Lords prayer before
large audience at meeting of the Sun
day-school His mother is a member Of
the ehurch.-ChicaRo Journal,
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struerIe for Pioturosque Ensots.

At Cannes the cnrbstone dealers strug.
gle for picturesque effects, One Of them.
who had sunshades and the like for sale,
stood under huge red umbrella twenty
feet In diameter. Whenever he would
sell an umbrella he would hurl it at the
buyer like q javelin, regardless of the
Syes of the lookers-on.-Ch Chicago Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-03-18

Swhat is soul foodsr inquiries constant
reader in one Of our religious exchanges
Soul food is what keeps an editor fat when
he tries to publish newspaper according
to his honest convictions. = Chicago
Ledger. r $40 Er
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rrom = society Point Of view.

SThe best dancers, considered from a
society point OF view" says Marvig, Aaro
the Americans and Russians They dance
the waltz better than the people of any
other nation. French and Italians, how
ever posture better.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-03-18

A Red Canon (Cal.) proIpector gathered
rabbit meat enough during a recent
storm TO do him till June. He cut down
a lot of trees, painted the ends black, and
the rabbits butted their brains out trying
10 jump into what they took for holes He
got 40 the first night. t.---EEchanga
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a Farm Laborer,s Wages in France.

In France the average amount of wages
received by a farm laborer in 1885 was $45
a year, in addition to board, and if to this
be added the value of the food consumed
by the Iaborer, calculated at 10 cents a
day, it appears that the maintenance of a
farm laborer in France coats his employer
on an average about $s15 per annum.-
Brooklyn Eagle. i. l sag.3
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ConadentiaIIv to the Pickpocket.

Bagley (confidenSially to pickpocket on
the back platforml My good fellow ]
wish you wouldn'f try that Pickpocket
lin great trepidation)-I, sirf Why, I
Bagley oothinglyl-Thsre. there, don't
apologize. You've been trying to pick my
pocket, and think it my duty to tell you
that the wallet you are lingering is filed
with bills which I've been trying to col
lect for six months and I don't believe
you can do any better. = Philadelphia
Call
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Comment Conce,r,ninr = NeokIAoo.

IS Miss Latewaiter, of doubtful age: @Have
you noticed this quaint necklace Of mine;
Miss Pepperi Papa had it made for me
in Florence when was little child
s1ndeedl Why. it Is real antique, isn't
ft?s-PhiIAdelphia Iress.
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did Like Tennvson. .After Avn.

Literary young lady Ito her fsther)-
Paw, 1 thinks it's-awful strange that yol
don't like Tennyson when everybody dote.
on him. 81 -.i 10 4lss1 81
Father with a look of surprise)-I d,
ike him. s .s
Young Lady, am so glad, for ]
thought that you disliked his writ
ings. re-f ce
haven't any use for his writings, but
haven't anything personally against the
Did man.-Arkansaw Traveller.
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The habitual wastefulness of Americans
as compared with the saving habit CT
peoples Of other countries, can not be
denied.-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
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The Crop of vino in Frnnce.

The news comes from France that the
wine crop In that country for 1885 was the
smallest, that Of one year excepted, for
thirty years. The quantity in 1875 was
nearly 1, $50, ,000, 900 gallons and the aver.
age for the ten years ending in 1884 was
$4,000, 900, but the returns axe said to
show only 642, 900, 900 for 1886 Mildew,
the phylloxera and bad weather were the
They Live a Great Way on
That the stars are suns like our own, in
many cases surprising in grandeur, is
certain. We can measure in some cases
their distance and size, and the results are
stupendous beyond description, the near
est being some %, ,0O0, ,0O0, ,0O0, 900 miles dis
tant.-Dr. Balls aStory Of the Heavens.
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MISCHIEF CAUSED BY A WATCH.
A Cheap Affair in the First Place-A
Maze of Observation-Disclosures.


"Ever see anything funny in the course
of my business? Certainly do" said jew
eler to a reporter. "See lots of fun some
times, and, by the way, your question re-
minds me of the fellow who was in here
half an hour ago. He has a watch-there
it hangs now-that is more trouble to him
than all his brains, though don't mean
| to say that he is fool. The most foolish
thing that know of him is that he will
persist in carrying that watch. Well, as
was about to say, that self-same ticker OF
his comes to me not less than once a
month regularly.
81 remember very well the first time hs
brought it. 1t was one Tuesday morning
and as he had known me for some time
before that, he stopped to tell of his
troubles The watch, he said, hung on
nail in his foom on Sunday evening, tick
ing away for dear life. He was very n11cA
interested in book which he was reed
ing, so much absorbed, in fact, tat
| though he looked at the watch every two
minutes to see if it was time to go see his
best girl yet, he did not notice that the
hands had stopped moving. At last he
heard the clock striking and, mechanically
counting the strokes, found that it was
o'clock The watch only said 7:30, and as
it was case of s O'Clock or not at all, he
tried hard to devote the remainder of the
evening to his book, which had suddenly
grown uninteresting.
"The next day he shook the timepiece
up, got it to going in fine style, called on
his lady love in the morning, explained
the cause of his failure To keen his ap-
pointment, and soothed her sensibiIitiea
by arranging to take her to the opera al
night When evening came he made
sure that the watch-hands were walking
around the watch-face at the usual rate,
and again took up his book, Haif-past g.
Z, and half-past Tit was time to go now.
lie put the ticker in his pocket, his coat
On his back, and left the hotel. When he
reached = Walnut street he rang the bell,
walked in, and asked for Miss with
the greatest assurance.
"Gone out 1t was impossible.
"But he was told she did go at $50 with
Mr.. Half-past s! He was thun-
derstruck again, but glance at the clock
on the parlOr mantel assured him that it
was then nearly o'clock, and he left in a
maze of disappointment. The watch
had stopped some time during the day
started again according to its own sweet
viii, and was an hour or so behind time.
sSipee that time he has married another
girl, and is not yet on speaking terms
with the one that his watch got him left
with Nearly every time he comes he tells
of how he missed an appointment or
train or something of the kind the day be-
fore. 1 have frequently toll him that the
watch was cheap affair in the first place,
and it is not worth repairs now, as it can
not be made to keep time by the best jew
eler in the land, but he always says it will
have to do little longer. Just for the
curiosity of the thing 1 looked over my
books the last time he was here to see
how much he had paid me for putting it
fair watch for $50 nowadays Harris
burg Patriot
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African travellers agree that elephant
steaks are very tough. 1t takes half an
hour to eat square inOh Of elephant
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my object in shouting was TO get rid OF
these cords. Somebody, you see, doctor,
has been playing a very pleasant little
practical joke, which this gentleman at
my side appears to bear with exemplary
patience Perhaps his time is not so
valuable as mine-ha, hal-but as for my
self, DR.. Finch, you viii oblige me by tax
ing penknife out of my right-hand waist
coat pocket, and setting me at liberty. Do
you know who this silent gentleman at
my side may be-"
DR. Finch's brow darkened, his eyes
flashed, and he answered me in angry
tones. Do you basely pretend not to recog-
nize your old comrade, your fellow-con-
spiratorg I scorn you,"
~Dr. Finch, what do you meanp
%What need to ask what mean? am
bound to carry out the sentence imposed
upon you both by his most sacred ma
jesty."
At these words began to grow exceed
ingly uncomfortable, Either DR.. Finch
was an admirable hand at a practical
Joke or else he was-something that in
my captive and defenseless position 1
shuddered to think of. However,
determined not to appear frightened, so
addressed him with assumed calmness.
"To what sentence do you refer, DR..
Finch? Who is his most sacred majestyf"
~The sentence of death for high treason,
by warrant Of his majesty King James
the First-H
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MARTINS FERRY.
Pedestrian OOntsSt-BrApdt an EAly Win
ner-AoHa Aotss.

neF-ASVs Notes.
Sheppard and shuttleWorth will race at
the Lafayette rink Saturday evening Tor q
purse,
Rev. ]. II. Elliott, OF Allegheny City,
preached to large congregation 81 the "
P. church yesterday,
Capt. William Porter, who works at the
Etna mill, took suddenly i'll while at work
last Thursday and is not expected 70 re-
cover.
The funerals OF Daniel Clark and Mar
tin z. Williams took place yesterday alter
noon the former was buried at RivervieW
and the latter at Walnut Grove Cemetery
Both were lsrsly attended.
James P. Jordan, who graduated last
Wednesday at the Ohio Medical College,
with all honors, received two votes for the
first faculty prize and was elected presi-
dent OF the graduating class, He 10 10
vorite and familiarly known as grand
mother"
AT the pedestrian contest at the La
iaystte rink Saturday, Easter Brandt made
nine miles and sixteen laps the frat hour.
He walked ten hours and torty-hVe min
utes and scored fity.nine miles and seven
laps, and left the track on account OF no
contestants, Reed left the track after
walking twenty-five miles, Hastings dis
continued ut the end OF the 6tEy-htth
mile, Biggs left the track after making fifty
miles and Johns, on account Of an acct
dent, gave it up when he had made bat
sixteen miles. Brandt claims that he can
walk seventy miles in twelve hours, In
Saturdays race 1t is said he didn't ap
parently exert himself in the least. The
Wheeling parties advertised to be or
hand failed to put in an appearance.
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Rev, D. Trueman is confined to the
house with serious illness,
A. ]. Baggs has had a private telegraph
instrument placed in his office.
1t Is said the Natural Gas Company has
asked Council to convene tonight to con.
slider a proposition for them,
Thomas Furey yesterday was pretty
badly bitten on the leg by a dog, in charge
OF Robinson 4 Rosenberg, who conduct a
saloon. The dog was chained when he
took hold OF Mr.. Furey, whose pants, lin
addition to the leg being laCerGted,) were
ruined. 1t Is said the dog Is about the
size OF young calf, and is highly priced
by its owner, who boards at the Sherman
House,
A disturbance took place at Watkins
saloon, in the Standard addition, at E!na-
vile, Saturday afternoon, in which a mar.
ried woman, in quest OF her husband,
figured. She alleges that her husband
spends too much OF his time at this public
resort, and in order to get even with those
interested, imbibed to an extent that gave
hes courage to 60 there and break things
up generally. II Is said that the doors,
windows, ETC., suffered by her enraged
actions. Possibly the case will be ad-
usted by the proper officials to-day.