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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-06-26

hard othresh and save the grain.
Watermelons are making their
appearance on the market now.
of course they are high priced.
| will have to look on for a little
while before / can have a water
melon feast. but it will soon
come
am so glad to see our boys
coming home. If they could get
everything settled and signed up,
and things to running normally
so as to stop the suspense we
could all rejoice more.
AS the postman is about due l
will have to stop. Lone Star.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-06-26

Mrs. Lettie Moseley. wife of
7. B. Mosely, died at Daus June
Is, after a long illness.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
HAS BROKEN ALL TRADITIONS
Present King of Siam Only One of His
Royal Line to Refuse to Estab-
lish Harem.

1t is curious fact that while wom-
en- of the lower classes in Siam have
always enjoyed the greatest freedom,
participating and competing with men
in the business and pleasures of life,
the ladies' of the royal household have
been kept in the background. appearing
at only the most private social gather
ings and never at public or official
functions. As all former sovereigns
had in their harems the cream of the
aristoeraey of the country, and, as they
inevitably felt a hesitant chiyalry
about exhibiting their wives" in pub
lie, they barred all women of rank
from sight. The sovereign is expected
to have in his harem a member of
every influential family in the country.
for it is considered that in no other
way could he be in such close touch
with the people of his kingdom. Po-
lygamy has. therefore, been considered
an obligation of royalty. But, curl
ously enough, the present reigning
monarch is a bachelor, the first and
only bachelor who has sat upon the
throne of his fathers in twenty-five
hundred years. And thereby hangs a
tale, for marriage by a Siamese SOW
ereign has meant not the simple taking
of one wife, or a dozen, or even mere
hundred, but the wholesale adoption
Of a thousand or more. The young
kings father and his fathers father,
and each of the long line of kings pre-
ceding them, had many wives. His fa-
Their had between seven and eight
thousand. And, when the young crown
prince returned from his long stay in
Europe-he had passed a third of his
life there-he was told by his royal
father that there had been selected
for him a number of court beauties
from which he could take his choice
of hundred or two for his harem. But
the prince would have nothing to dc
with this wholesale acquisition of a
husbands holdings .When I marry
he declared to his astonished father,
1T will be to one wife and TO no more.
and she shall be the one queen of my
heart and the one queen of my realm"
From THE Land of the White Ele-
plant" by Frederick Dean, in Asia
Magazine.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Strategic Advantage.

A major, attired in his raincoat, was
crossing the parade ground one rainy
morning when young medical officer.
Fastening toward shelter. came past
and saluted without slowing down.
'Wait there minute, lieutenant"
called the major. "Never salute when
at the double time. Strictly against
regulations"
With that the major launched OFT
upon long lecture on the significance
and value of the salute, while the lieu.
tenant, now standing stifiy at atten-
ton, was drenehed to the skin.
A few days later the major was af-
f1icted with toothache and sought the
services of a dental surgeon. AS he
reclined in the chair, he thought he
detected a peculiar expression of sat
isfaction on the young dentists face.
Look here" he said suddenly.
Haven't I seen you before?"
YES, sir" was the answer, you were
speaking to me the other morning
about saluting-"
"Great Scott" yelled the major,
leaping from the chair and starting
for the door, 1--WE had some close calls
In my time. but never anything to COM
pare with this one. Judge.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
As Good as a Youth.

Workmen at a mill in Greencastie
are telling good story regarding one
of the workmen. 1t has been d rule OF
the company not to employ men over
a certain age.
A few days ago man living within.
q stones throw of the mill solicited
work, but was turned down because OF
his gray whiskers and his snow-whlte
hair. The odd man was not daunted.
He felt he was still good for many days
of work. so he went to a drug store,
bought bottle of black hair dye and
soon had his whiteness a jet black. He
again asked for work of the same fore.
man and was accepted at once. He was
put to work and made good from the
start. Then he was worried because
his white hair was growing, as also
were his equally white whiskers. he
again bought a second bottle Of dye
and used it to hide his identity.
The "old" man is still working his
eight hours a day and one official OF
the company stated he had done suca
a good job he did not have TO buy an
other bottle of dye, but could hold MS
job, even with his white hair and WIS
kers.-Indianapolis News.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Couldn't Be Discouraged.

There are crOakerS in every country,
always boding its ruin. Such one
then lived in Philadelphia person of
note, an elderly man, with a wise look
and a very grave manner of speaking j;
his name was Samuel Mickle.
The gentleman, a stranger to me,
stopped one day at my door and asked
me if ! was the young man who had
lately opened new printing house. Be
ing answered in the affirmative, he said
he was sorry for me. because it WAS
an expensive undertaking, and the ex-
pense would be lost; for Philadelphia
was sinking place, the people already
half bankrupt, or near being so; all APP
pearanees to the contrary, such as new
buildings and the rise of rents, being to
his certain knowledge fallacious; for
they were, in fact, among the things
that would soon ruin us. And he gave
me such a detail of misfortunes now
existing, or that were soon to exist.
that he left me half melancholy.
Had / known him before l engaged
in this business, probably never
should have done it. This man con-
tinued to live in this decaying place,
and to declaim in the same strain, re
fusing for many years to buy house
there, because all was going to de-
struction and at last had the pleas
ure of seeing him give five times as
much for one as he might have bought
it for when he first began his croaking.
Autobiography of Benjamin Frank
lin
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14


distinction
the
Continental Revolution After his
lieutenant
by special act of In 1866 the grades general and
Sherman
MONTH
be
hosnes Immediately following
of
and nind uencedb "
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14


killed.
he were all
% darkness
thought Indians dressed in white
call English: Don't fire. To
Of a o call th2 l asked Paddy.
They
anything their under
cloth
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

have held such rank during the great
war- Senator Frelinghuysen of New
Jersey, Of the military affairs commit
tee, speaking against the bin, said
some interesting things about the Office
of general. He said. among other
things:
'.First. Mr.. President. I wish to
point out TO the senate the fact that in
the entire history of our country the
nigh rank Of general has been only
four times conferred, and In each in
stance for distinguished services and
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
PRICED OLD RIFLE
Weapon Long Preserved as Heir.
loom in Family.
Belonged to John Ferril, Who Used !,
With Effect in Indian Wars Of
kentucky-Passive Dur.
ing Civil War.

There Is a story of the Americas
rife that has been handed down -
the hearthstone history and traditions
of those who for generations have
lived In the West. It begins with
the GreenbFier region of Virginia ~
colonial times, thence into Kentuety
to Missouri in the days Of Upne,
Louisiana, thence to the great prajriav
of the far West and on to California
The family rifle was dear and sacred
John and Margaret Ferril and their
family were with a party of pioneers
from the Greenbrier region who mi.
grated to Kentucky in the early davs
Owing to the hostilities of the in.
dams, they were armed and under the
command Of Capt. Jacob Baughman ;
brother of Margaret Ferril.-
They packed" on horses over TIN.
Allegheny mountains and when in,
camp at or near Crab Orchard, XIV
were attacked in the night by Indians
In the fight that ensued Capt. Baugb
man. John Ferril and others were
killed, but the men held back the In.
dams long enough to enable some oe
the women and children 20 escape.
Among the number thus saved were
Margaret Ferril. son, John Ferrl,
and two daughters; and also Mrs. ia.
cob Baughman, son Henry of ten.
der age, and two daughters.
The -Ferril fight. or massa.
ere, occurred in the fall of 1773.
John Ferril. then fourteen years old,
who had escaped. swores an oath of re-
venge on his rifle. He kept that VOW.
and his rifle became a bloody one in
the Indian wars of kentucky.
In the Boone Lick region of lis
souri,, now Howard county, in 1872.
were built several forts for protection
against Indians, especially the Sacs
and Foxes and the PottawatomieS.
John Ferril and family were in one
of them, known as Fort Cooper He
here still possessed his old Kentucky
rife. After the war of 1912, in add.
ton to farming. he often engaged in
hunting expeditions up the Missouri
and Kansas rivers, and sometimes far
out on the great prairies.
Over a century ago he hunted bear
and other game on what is now the
site of Kansas City. He and other
frontiersmen then predicted that
great city would be founded on the
confluence of the Missouri and Kan
sas rivers.
The old rifle of John Ferril has been
preserved. During the Civil war. when
the authorities were collecting all the
guns in Saline county. Missouri. they
seized the old F'erril rifle Keziah Fer
ril then about ninety years old, cried
and begged that 1t be not taken. Her
sons and grandsons were wearing the
blue and gray and compromise was
effected. 1t was agreed that this old
rifle should be hid away, and thus the
old Ferril rifle became a noncomba.-
ant in the Civil war. 1t later passed
to the possession of Jesse FerriI. coun-
ty judge, son of Henry Ferril. who
founded Miami, Mo. On the death of
Judge Jesse FerriI the rifle was passed
on as an heirloom to his brother. John
Ferril, who had been a soldier from
Saline county with Doniphan's- Mis-
sourians in the Mexican war. John
Ferril died some months ago OF his
home in Exeter, Cal.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

to run The pale face out of the country.
They had put the stage lines out of
business and pony express riding had
to be done at night. Heron, now sew
enty years old. was corporal of Com
pany A, Third United States infantry.
On the night of September 2, 1868,
Heron and Trooper Paddy Boyle were
carrying government dispatches from
Fort Dodge to Fort Larned, rs miles
to the east. They came upon United
States wagon train being attacked by
Indians. Taking the Indians by sur
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

Pent Up Emotions.

~ don't suppose you bear any III
will toward your offieers?"
"No," replied the discharged NIUE
skinner. .sBut there's a mule some
where in France that I'd like to give q
piece. of my mind to now that IN OUT
of the service. wasn't allowed "
swear at the brute when l was IN ths
army. Birmingham Age-Herald
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Literary Note.

LOngfellow had just written "ESce'
sior."
"If want to watt he mused' :. !
might set big price for this as breah
fast-food poetry"
Heaving sigh, he mailed the manu-
script to his publishers.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
The Way.

She-Do you think you could man
age the rental of houseboat this
summer?
He-I don't know now. unless by
means of household sale.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

EnviouS Cat.

Mrs. Portleight (loftily)-Oh yawss,
I'm having town car manufactured to
order.
Mrs. SkaIpell-You have my SINGER
est sympathy, my dear. But, honestly,
you don't look ten pounds heavier than
you did last fall Buffalo Express.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
fortunately Placed.

robin Hood was lucky"
'In what way?'
HE lived early enough to be known
by a comparatively respectable title
instead of being called a bolsheviki."
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

Prot the Of the deposed
distinguished soldier
family Having been implicated in
condemned to be
Macrembolisa
his
a
Blinded he spent his few remaining days of abect misery imprisoned
La q O Prot.
In sIreneI a
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Concrete Piles

Concrete piles have been driven nine
feet into coral rock at Honolulu with
800 blows of an ordinary drop ham.
iner.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
That's the Question.

u bought one of those fountain peus
] was telling you about today Inv
orica has come down.
but will the Ink come down ?"--i'0z
n Transcript.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Rank Of General of Army Is Held in High Honor

NAToR CHAMBERLAIN recently introduced by request bill
Isenant named
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

ccnfeTence at Which It is hoped the IN
ternal dissensions In the vast SIav
ssominions can be composed. The bull
Setin says. among other things:
ssThe nine islands lie from 10 to Is
miles southeast of Constantinople,
near the Asiatic shore. Few islands
tragedy. Their very name Is sig
niticant of their past. for in the days
of the Byzantine empire they were the
retreats. either forced or voluntary, of
princes and princesses who had fallen
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Princes Islands Prisons of Historic Personages

~ Washington headquarters has
factions asked send DELEGATES
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Bravery in 1868 Is Now Rewarded by Uncle Sam

EANDER HEBRON St
Indians
waa several thousand from dozen different tribes
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Big Building for Ten Million Questionnaires

printed
There lot of difference be-
publication
naturally they have wondered what Uncle Sam going to do with those
shall be
barracks It will
will be accessible
found and
they viii not be available the merely curious In fact very
few viii them
Evening journal., 1919-09-19
CITY AND STATE UNIONS

prices FOR their goods The world
could not live II truth died. People
lie, like Gehazi, for profit. Ananias and
his wife did So They forget that they
cannot deceive God by any lie.
The 0ld-fashioned faith IN lies Is dy-
ing Big. merchants know that they
must tell the truth II they are TO re-
tain the confidence OF the people, and
without that confidence they know
they cannot make money. The liar is
not appreciated in the business world
The liar does not always realize that
ne has lied Some children have so
active imaginations that they speaS
falsehoods under the impression that
they are telling the truth They must
be taught how TO tell the exact truth
To Withhold part OF the truth may
mislead others and be a gross lie. We
should speak truth not merely be-
cause 1t is a good policy 10 do so. bk!
because II is right to do so. Truthful
ness lies in our intention. We may
speak The truth with our lips and in
tend to deceive, and that Is lying.
Truth in the inward parts" means
truth in the heart, or the love OF
truth. II is this that we must cultivate
No matter what 1t costs. we must
speak truth when we speak at all
Evening journal., 1919-09-19
To Relieve Catarrh,
Catarrhal Deafness
and Head Noises

Persons suffering from catarrhal deaf
ness. or who ARE growing hard Of hearing
and have head noises wiz be glad to know
that this distressing afniction can usually
be successfully treated at home by an in
ternal medicine that In many instances has
effected complete relief after other treat
NETS have failed. Sufferers who could
scarcely hear have had their hearing re-
stored 10 such mn extent that the tick Of q
watch was plainly audible seven or eight
inches away from either ear. Therefore n
you know Of someone who Is troubled with
head noises or catarrhal deafness, cut out
this formula aud hand 70 to them ana you
may have been the means Of saving some
poor sufferer perhaps from total deafness.
The prescription can be prepared at home
and Is made as follows;
Secure from your druggist I oz. Parmint
Double StrengthD Take this home and
add 10 q y pint of hot water and little
granulated sugar; stir until dissolved
Take one tablespoonful four times day.
Parmint Is used in this way not only "a
reduce by tonic actiou the Inflammation and
swelling In the Eustnchian Tubes. and thus
60 equaiize the air pressure on the drum
hut 10 correct any excess Of secretions IN
the middle ear. and the results II gives are
nearly always quick and effective
Every person who has catarrh In any
form, or distressing, rumhling. kissing
sounds in their ears, should give this re-
cipe n trial.
Evening journal., 1919-09-19
Travel tide SETS
WEST TO EAST AGAIN
Thousands Seek TO Leave
the United States for
Foreign Lands
THINK OPPORTUNITIES
AT HOME BETTER

NEW YORK, Sept 49, United Press,
"A stream Of emlgrants from Americ'
that VIII number hundreds OF thou
sands will flow back TO European coun-
tries as soon as transportation fsclli-
ties viii permit, according to consular
officials IN New York, who report that
their Offices are swamped with appli-
csnts for passage back 10 the old coun.
tries.
Authorities familiar with the situa
ton predict important effects from the
wave OF emigration, which reverses
the ususl trend OF trafllc. Hitherto,
there has always been a huge flow Of
migrants from the European lands TO
America.
Several reasons are suggested as re-
sponsible for the turning OF the emil
grafton tide between Europe and Amer
lea. Jointly they are considered SUM-
cient 10 cause wave OF immigration
20 Europe
The general tie-up In transatlantic
traffic during the five years OF war is
one OF the causes for the concentrated
desire OF Europeans TO return home
now. think authorities Many men who
came here 90 work have not been able
10 visit their families during the war.
Applications filed with consulates
show that the majority OF these emil
grants do not intend 10 return TO Amer
lea with their families. but feel that
they win have better opportunities IN
The old countries. High wages during
The war. aud especially during Amer
ica's participation in it, have enabled
most OF the foreigners TO return home
with savings sufficient 10 make them
quite Independent on the old scale OF
living.
II is predicted, however. that few OF
them realize the cost Of living in Eu-
rope. where scales have risen more
than IN America, and that these re-
turning Capitalists" Will be dlsap-
pointed. This will be especially true Of
Italy. it is believed. where It has long
ben the custom 10 go TO America a few
years and return a well-tO-do citizen.
Tho greatest-permanent rush Of pro-
pies VIII be 10 the small nations freed
from yokes OF Austria and Germany by
he Allied victory, IL Is thought. iudg-
ing from Indications at c0nsulates OF
Poland. Checko4Slovakia, Servia. and
Rumania. There Is also a strong move
ment under way toward countries for
merly under the Russian Cars rule. es.
pecially Fins and Lithuanans. Accord
ing TO emissarles OF the Russian
Soviet government In New York. more
than half a million Russians through
out the country want to return to Rus
sia
10 IS impossible 10 estimate the
strength Of the movement to Germany
and Austria ssthere being no consular
representatives OF these countries in
America.
Economists see in the emigration
movement serious problems for Amer
lea, which may lose almost a million
workingmen in the course OF two orI
three years, 10 Is said this will cause a
Evening journal., 1919-09-19
LABOR UNREST KEEPS
PLANT FROM CITY

CLEVELAND. sept. i9--Labor unrest,
IL is announced here, will delay indefl-
nitely removal Of the big plant OF the
Republic Motor Truck Company from
Alma, Mich, TO Cleveland. Land had
been purchased and buildings leased in
Cleveland for the move and si.000000
was to have been spent on new fac
tory building, then the company de-
cided 10 remain in Alma. Alma is a city
Of less than 10000 dependent on the
truck company for phenomenal
grOMth
Evening journal., 1919-09-19

scarcity OF the so-calied cheap labor
for unskilled work, and keep wages
I high.
AZ the same time Europe will grad
ually get more labor, which Will tend
TO reduce wages on that continent, and
probably reduce prices. though the emil
grants win be scattered through such
large population that they will not
AFFECT European countries as much as
their absence will be felt in the United
states.
Soclologlsts see In the movement a
purifying Of the American nationality,
which has been strengthened and weld
ed together by The war Removal Of
that part Of the poulation which has
no desire Of being assimiatcd would he
good thing, they think. IN spite OF
the shortage OF labor 10 might create.
Evening journal., 1919-09-19

"Truthfulness,' Eph 42o; ? Kings
3 :20-27.
One Characteristic. Of the truthful
mind is like a straight line. II is
simple, u does not deviate from the
facts. The lie is devious. crooked.
Satan. in Eden. twisted Gods word.
Jesus spoke straight TO the point, keep
ing TO facts. II Is hard to draw a
straight line: the eye s not always
true. It is hard for some to stick alb
solulely to the truth. for the heart is
biased We must practice truth
speaking and watch the bias to exag-
geratiOn.
II the habit OF untruthfulness in
small things has been formed, it must
be put away. perhaps with an effort.
We must enlist The WIN on the side OF
truih-spesking. Truih-speaking lies at
The bottom OF happy relations with
men. Imagine a world where nobody
spoke the truth u would be topsy-
luryy. suppose the railroads falsely
advertised the times when trains were
10 leave And grocers advertised wrong
Evening journal., 1919-09-19
GERMAN sMUGGLERs
FOIIED BY PLANE.

BERLIN, Sept i9.-Attempts TO snug
gle 100000 in marks into Switzerland
were foiled by government plane
which overlook an express train at
Nuremberg and recovered the money
and arrested the smugglers.
The Washington times., 1919-02-02
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The Washington times., 1919-02-02

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